20th Anniversary

Pop Rock 

At Their Most Beautiful

November 9, 2018November 9, 2018 John Everhart 2 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Bill Berry, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, R.E.M.

R.E.M.’s Up at 20

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Electronic Hip Hop Pop Rock 

Blame Is The Cure

October 26, 2018October 26, 2018 Dan Weiss 1 Comment 1998, 20th Anniversary, Mike Doughty, Soul Coughing, Warner Bros.

Soul Coughing’s El Oso turns 20

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Country and/or Western Rock 

Artful Americana

October 20, 2018October 21, 2018 Justin Joffe 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, David Berman, Drag City, Pavement, Silver Jews, Stephen Malkmus

20 Years Later, The Silver Jews’ ‘American Water’ remains a profoundly surreal document of otherness at home

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Electronic Pop Progressive Rock Rock 

The Value of Shock

October 17, 2018October 17, 2018 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Korn, Marilyn Manson, Nine Inch Nails

Marilyn Manson’s Mechanical Animals at 20

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Pop Punk Rock 

To Incorporate Little Girls

October 2, 2018October 2, 2018 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Courtney Love, DGC, Hole

Hole’s Celebrity Skin at 20

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Hip Hop Soul 

Five Reasons Aquemini Went Platinum

October 1, 2018 Jeremy Shatan 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Andre 3000, Big Boi, OutKast

Looking at the stunning success of OutKast’s third album 20 years later

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Hip Hop Soul 

1, 2, 3… How the Best Alliance in Hip-Hop Came to Be

September 28, 2018 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Black Star, Mos Def, Talib Kweli, Yasiin Bey

Mos Def and Talib Kweli are Black Star at 20

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Pop 

Mark Oliver Everett Vents Tragedy and Despair

September 21, 2018November 7, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Eels, Mark Oliver Everett

30 years ago, The Eels release Electro-Shock Blues

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Pop 

Lots of Dreams That Aren’t There

September 19, 2018September 19, 2018 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Beck, Belle and Sebastian, Matador Records

Belle and Sebastian’s The Boy With the Arab Strap at 20

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Progressive Rock Rock 

Who Turned the Light Out?

September 13, 2018September 13, 2018 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Jeremy Enigk, Sub Pop Records, SUNNY DAY REAL ESTATE

Sunny Day Real Estate’s How It Feels to Be Something On at 20

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Pop Rock 

Hour to Hour, Note to Note

September 1, 2018September 1, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Dreamworks, Elliott Smith, Jeff Buckley, The Beach Boys

Twenty years on, XO remains Elliott Smith’s magnificent requiem

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Hip Hop Soul 

Miseducation at 20

August 27, 2018August 27, 2018 Susan Hubbard 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Hip-hop, Ms. Lauryn Hill, The Fugees

On the timeless nature of Lauryn Hill’s classic debut

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Remembrance Rock 

Sparklehorse’s Good Morning Spider turns 20

August 23, 2018 John Everhart 0 Comments 20th Anniversary, Dancing Hoods, Mark Linkous, Mercury Rev, Sparklehorse

Remembering the late Mark Linkous and his existential classic

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Country and/or Western Rock 

Spyboy at 20

August 20, 2018August 21, 2018 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 20th Anniversary, Buddy Miller, Emmylou Harris, Gram Parsons, Rodney Crowell, Spyboy

How this oft-overlooked treasure from Emmylou Harris finds a cowgirl expressing her believe in a band

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Punk Rock 

Whitechocolatespaceegg at 20: In Which The Big Tall Man Wants Wings; or, Don’t Get Loose Enough To Trust Your Bartender

August 13, 2018August 13, 2018 Andrew Hamlin 0 Comments 1998, 20th Anniversary, Glenn McDonald, Liz Phair, Matador Records

A deeper look at Liz Phair’s underrated third LP

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