20th Anniversary

Alternative Rock Indie Rock Rock 

When Cloven Hoofprints Turn Up in the Garden: The Mountain Goats’ Tallahassee at 20

November 21, 2022November 21, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, 4AD, All Hail West Texas, Jeff Magnum, John Darnielle, Phil Ochs, Tallahassee, The Beatles, The Mountain Goats

The band’s pivotal, heartbreaking major-indie debut was their first true concept album

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Alternative Rock Folk Rock 

Let the Golden Age Begin: Beck’s Sea Change at 20

September 26, 2022September 26, 2022 Kara Tucker 0 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, Beck, Beck Hansen, DGC Records, Dust Brothers, Lost Cause, Mellow Gold, Midnite Vultures, Mutations, Nigel Godrich, Odelay, Paper Tiger, Sea Change, The Golden Age

How a broken-hearted Mr. Hansen expressed himself pastorally

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Alternative Rock Rock 

And Nothing Else Compares: Coldplay’s A Rush of Blood to the Head at 20

August 26, 2022August 26, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, A Rush of Blood to the Head, Chris Martin, Clocks, Coldplay, In My Place, Jon Buckland, Politik, The Scientist, Will Champion

Looking back on one of the best sophomore albums in modern rock

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Indie Rock Rock 

Method Acting: Bright Eyes’ Lifted Turns 20

August 19, 2022August 19, 2022 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, Bright Eyes, Conor Oberst, Daniel Johnston, Jandek, Lifted, Lifted Or The Story is in the Soil Keep Your Ear to the Ground, Mike Mogis, Nate Walcott, Saddle Creek Records

Time has made the soil in this story of Conor Oberst’s magnum opus richer than ever

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Bruce Rock 

A Dream Of Life: Bruce Springsteen’s The Rising at 20

August 2, 2022 David Seville 4 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, 9/11, Amadou Diallo, America, American Skin (41 Shots), Bruce Springsteen, Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band, E Street Band, New Jersey, Patriotism, The Boss, The Rising

Looking back on the album that helped heal a nation after 9/11

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Alternative Rock Experimental Noise Pop Rock 

Get Your Hands Off My Tomato: Sonic Youth’s Murray Street Turns 20

July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, DGC Records, Jim O'Rourke, Kim Gordon, Lee Ranaldo, Murray St., Murray Street, Sonic Youth, Steve Shelley, Thurston Moore

On their most melodic album since Washing Machine, the NYC rock greats returned to a city they never left

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Blues Folk Rock Zep 

Robert Plant’s Renewed Reality: Dreamland at 20

July 25, 2022August 4, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 1 Comment 2002, 20th Anniversary, Alison Krauss, Dreamland, Led Zeppelin, Mercury Records, Robert Plant

The former Led Zeppelin frontman’s 2002 return as a solo act found him honoring his musical heroes

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Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo Hardcore Heavy Metal Post-Hardcore 

Cosmopolitan Blood Loss: Glassjaw’s Worship & Tribute At 20

July 20, 2022July 20, 2022 Ian King 0 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, Daryl Palumbo, Emo, Glassjaw, Justin Beck, Long Island, Ross Robinson, Todd Weinstock, Warner Bros., Worship & Tribute

Looking back at the Long Island post-hardcore mavens’ complicated sophomore classic

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jazz Pop 

Come Away With Norah Jones All Over Again

May 10, 2022May 10, 2022 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2002, 2022, 20th Anniversary, Adam Levy, Bill Frisell, Blue Note, Blue Note Records, Brian Blade, Come Away With Me, Jesse Harris, Kevin Breit, Norah Jones, Tony Scherr

The New York jazz maven’s classic debut gets a remarkable revisit

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Punk 

We Laugh At Danger: Against Me!’s Reinventing Axl Rose at 20

March 31, 2022March 31, 2022 Joseph Kyle 0 Comments 2002, 20th Anniversary, Against Me!, Fat Wreck Chords, Fat Wreck Chords 2002, Laura Jane Grace, Reinventing Axl Rose

It may have been an inconspicuous debut, but it set the course for one of today’s most vital and exciting punk bands, still going strong two decades on

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Alternative Rock Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo Post-Hardcore 

How Near How Far: 20 Years of Source Tags & Codes

March 5, 2022March 5, 2022 Ian King 0 Comments ...And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead, 2002, 20th Anniversary, Interscope Records, Madonna, post-hardcore, Source Tags & Codes

The third LP from …And You Will Know Us By The Trail of Dead bottled the band’s unstable but undeniable chemistry as they clawed upwards to their early 2000s peak

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Beatle Remembrance 

George Harrison Left the Material World 20 Years Ago Today

November 29, 2021November 30, 2021 Ron Hart 4 Comments 20th Anniversary, All Things Must Pass, Cloud Nine, Electronic Sound, Eric Clapton, Extra Texture, George Harrison, Get Back, Live In Japan, Peter Jackson, RIP, The Beatles, Thirty Three and 1/3

Looking back on five of his most underrated solo albums

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Electronics 

Melt Your Phace6: Aphex Twin’s Drukqs Turns 20

October 24, 2021April 3, 2022 Ted Miller 1 Comment 2001, 20th Anniversary, Aphex Twin, Blame Game, Chris Rock, Dillinger Escape Plan, Drukqs, Kanye West, Mike Patton, Warp Records

Looking back on the polarizing 2001 double opus of Richard D. James

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Music Journalism 

“The New Mercury Rev Album Is Out”: How Music Helped Define 9/11

September 11, 2021September 11, 2021 Jason Thurston 0 Comments 20th Anniversary, 9/11, Bob Dylan, Dream Theater, Drowning Pool, I Am The World Trade Center, Jay-Z, Jimmy Eat World, The Coup, The Moldy Peaches

Jay-Z’s Blueprint, Dylan’s revival, The Coup loses its cover, Clear Channel hearts banning songs and other tales from that fateful day

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Heavy Metal Progressive Rock 

‘Disintegrating As It Goes, Testing Our Communication’: 20 Years Of TOOL’s ‘Lateralus’

June 7, 2021 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 2001, 20th Anniversary, AEnima, Lateralus, Maynard James Keenan, Schism, Tool

Was this the band’s last great album or the beginning of their slow slide into the mundane?

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