2004

Alternative Rock Rock 

How Drag Racing Inspired the New Soul Asylum LP

September 26, 2024 Katherine Yeske Taylor 0 Comments 2004, Blue Élan Records, Dave Pirner, Minneapolis, Minnesota, Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney, Slowly but Shirley, Soul Asylum

Dave Pirner dishes on Slowly but Shirley

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Alternative Rock Blues Folk Rock 

Mark Lanegan’s Bubblegum Receives 20th Anniversary Reissue

July 24, 2024July 24, 2024 Ron Hart 0 Comments 2004, Beggars Arkive, Beggars Banquet, Bubblegum, Bubblegum XX, Josh Homme, MARK LANEGAN, Screaming Trees, Troy Van Leeuwen

4LP/3CD set due out August 23rd on Beggars Arkive

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Alternative Rock Rock 

Wishful Thinking: Wilco’s A Ghost Is Born at 20

June 24, 2024June 24, 2024 Justin Cober-Lake 0 Comments 2004, 2024, 20th Anniversary, A Ghost Is Born, Glenn Kotchke, Jeff Tweedy, Jim O'Rourke, John Stirratt, Nels Cline, Wilco

A look back at the Chicago greats’ most divisive album

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Alternative Rock Noise Rock 

Just Being Totally Perfect: Sonic Nurse Turns 20

June 8, 2024June 8, 2024 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 2004, 20th Anniversary, Goo, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Mariah Carey, Murray Street, Rather Ripped, Sonic Nurse, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore

Looking back on a high watermark in the Sonic Youth catalog

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Hard Rock Heavy Metal Rock 

Dimebag Darrell’s Studio Swan Song

February 12, 2024February 12, 2024 Emily Bellino 0 Comments 2004, 20th Anniversary, Bob "Bobzilla" Kakaha, Corey Taylor, Damageplan, Dimebag Darrell, New Found Power, Pantera, Patrick Lachman, Rex Brown, Slipknot, Vinnie Paul

A look back at Damageplan’s sole effort New Found Power

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Pop Punk Records Rock 

Across the Alienation: Green Day’s ‘American Idiot’ at 15

September 25, 2019November 26, 2019 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 15th anniversary, 2004, American Idiot, Billie Joe Armstrong, Boulevard of Broken Dreams, Green Day, I Walk Alone, Mike Dirnt, Nobody Likes You, Tre Cool

A decade after Dookie, Mike, Tre and Billie Joe hit creative paydirt with pop’s last great rock opera

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