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20th Anniversary

Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo Hip Hop Rap 

‘Enough To Hold You To The Brightest Of Lights’: Celebrating 20 Years Of Atmosphere’s ‘Lucy Ford’

February 16, 2021February 16, 2021 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 2001, 20th Anniversary, Ant, Atmosphere, Husker Du, Lucy Ford, Minneapolis, Prince, Rhymesayers, Slug, The Replacements

Originally intended as a tour-only special release, its national distribution changed everything for the premier Minneapolis hip-hop crewalmost immediately

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Experimental Indie Rock Surf 

On the Spectrum

November 26, 2020November 27, 2020 Nathan Carson 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, A Spectrum of Infinite Scale, Gerry Rafferty, Man Or Astroman?, Steve Albini, Surf guitar, Touch and Go Records

Man or Astroman’s forever drummer Birdstuff talks turkey about their undersung, Albini-produced 2000 album A Spectrum of Infinite Scale at 20

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Funk Hip Hop Rap Soul 

Youth Full of Fire Ain’t Got Nowhere to Go: OutKast’s Stankonia Turns 20

November 2, 2020 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Andre 3000, Andre Benjamin, Antwan Patton, Aquemini, Big Boi, Billy Ocean, Dungeon Family, Goodie Mob, OutKast, Sir Lucius Leftfoot, Stankonia

The Atlanta duo’s career-definining fourth LP was the sweet sound of gasoline poured on the American Dream

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Pop Punk 

Unsung Against the Mold: Green Day’s Insomniac and Warning Turn 25 and 20

October 28, 2020October 29, 2020 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1995, 2000, 20th Anniversary, 25th Anniversary, Basket Case, Billie Joe Armstrong, Brain Stew, Green Day, Insomniac, Mike Dirnt, Minority, She, Tre Cool, Warning

Looking back-to-back at two key classics from the pop-punk lifers

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Alternative Rock Post-Hardcore 

‘Tell Us, Is The Black Box Lying?’ – At The Drive-In’s Relationship Of Command At 20

October 27, 2020October 27, 2020 Zachary Corsa 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, At The Drive-In, Cedric Bixler-Zavala, Grand Royal, Invalid Litter Dept, Jim Ward, Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, One Armed Scissor

The El Paso band’s third album and sole Grand Royal classic ushered in a new era of aggression for the 21st Century

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Country and/or Western Folk North Americana 

My Baby Needs A Shepherd: Red Dirt Girl Turns 20

September 17, 2020November 5, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Matthews, Emmylou Harris, Guy Clark, Nonesuch, Patti Scialfa, Patty Griffin, Red Dirt Girl, Wrecking Ball

Emmylou Harris dug deep and struck Grammy gold with her country-folk classic

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Folk Indie Rock 

Business Womyn of the New Millennium

August 6, 2020 Nikki Wertheim 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Neil Young, Sara Quin, Tegan Quin, This Business of Art, Vapor Records

How ProTools and Neil Young helped put Tegan and Sara over in the year 2000

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Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo North Americana Punk 

History To The Defeated: Left and Leaving at 20

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Greg Smith, Jason Tait, John K. Samson, Left and Leaving, Propagandhi, Red Fisher, Stephen Carroll, The Weakerthans

On their classic second album, The Weakerthans shored up on their strengths as a prominent band in their own right

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Alternative Rock Heavy Metal New Wave 

Pregnant With All This Space: Deftones’ White Pony at 20

July 25, 2020July 25, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Abe Cunningham, Black Flag, Chi Cheng, Chino Moreno, Deftones, Radiohead, Sade, Suicidal Tendencies, White Pony

Why the art metal band’s third album is still their best

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Hip Hop Rap 

Once Upon A Time: Fantastic Vol. 2 at 20

July 23, 2020July 23, 2020 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Baatin, Detroit, Fantastic Vol. 2, J. Dilla, Jay Dee, Slum Village, T3

Looking back at the album that introduced Slum Village to the world at large

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Britpop 

I’m Hoping I Don’t Freeze Here: The Hour of Bewilderbeast at 20

July 11, 2020July 11, 2020 Ian King 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Badly Drawn Boy, Beck, Damon Gough, Doves, Elliott Smith, The Hour of Bewilderbeast, Travis

How the first Badly Drawn Boy album set the scene for 21st Century Post Britpop

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Hip Hop 

Ghostface Killah and The Art of Storytelling Pt. 10304

February 7, 2020February 7, 2020 Raymond Cummings 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Def Jam, Dennis Coles, Hassan, Inspectah Deck, Ironman, Juju, Mathematics, Supreme Clientele, The Beatnuts, Tony Starks, Wu-Tang Clan

Still the quintessential solo masterpiece from the man AKA Tony Starks, AKA The Wally Champ, AKA Starsky Love, Supreme Clientele turns 20

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Funk Soul 

Let Me Tell You ‘Bout the Chicken Grease: D’Angelo’s Voodoo Turns 20

January 27, 2020January 27, 2020 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 2000, 20th Anniversary, Brown Sugar, D'Angelo, Erykah Badu, The Roots, The Soulquarians, Voodoo

Assessing its status as the quintessential soul album of the 2000s

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Electronics Emotional Punk Rock aka Emo New Wave Pop Post-Hardcore 

Le Tigre and the Dismemberment Plan Took Punk Into the Next Millennium

October 28, 2019October 28, 2019 Dan Weiss 0 Comments 1999, 20th Anniversary, DeSoto, Kathleen Hanna, Kill Rock Stars, Le Tigre, The Dismemberment Plan, Travis Morrison, Travistan

How two of indie-rock’s greatest albums broke down every remaining barrier in one day

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Indie Rock 

We Haven’t Turned Around: Gomez’s Liquid Skin At 20

October 10, 2019October 20, 2019 Lee Zimmerman 0 Comments 1999, 20th Anniversary, Bring It On, Gomez, Liquid Skin, Mercury Prize

In 1999, the UK indie rockers released their sophomore set and the music flows naturally

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