30th Anniversary

Dance Pop 

A Future Love Paradise: Seal at 30

July 22, 2021July 22, 2021 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Acid House, Adamski, Crazy, Future Love Paradise, George Michael, Killer, Seal, Sire, Trevor Horn, Violet

His debut is still a stunner three decades later, and still the best Seal album

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Funk jazz Pop Soul 

Aaron Neville: Warming Hearts In Crescent City

June 30, 2021July 14, 2021 Mitchell Cohen 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, A&M Records, Aaron Neville, Bo Diddley, Bobby Blue BLand, Everybody Plays The Fool, Fats Domino, Linda Ronstadt, New Orleans, Roy Orbison, Tipitina’s, Warm Your Heart

Looking back at the New Orleans icon’s epic 1991

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Folk Rock 

I’m Gonna Break Somebody’s Heart Tonight: Rumor and Sigh at 30

June 29, 2021July 7, 2021 Robert Baird 0 Comments 1952 Vincent Black Lightning, 1991, 30th Anniversary, Alternative Rock, Capitol, Fairport Convention, Mitchell Froom, MTV, Richard Thompson, Rumor and Sigh

Richard Thompson’s opening salvo for the 1990s remains one of the best works in the English guitar maverick’s extensive catalog

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Hip Hop Rap 

How’d You Get My Name and Number?: De La Soul Is Dead at 30

May 20, 2021May 21, 2021 Daniel Offner 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, De La Soul, De La Soul Is Dead, Long Island, Maseo, Plug 1, Plug 2, Plug 3, Posdnuos, Prince Paul, Tom Waits, Tommy Boy, Trugoy, Trugoy The Dove

Still unavailable on streaming services, the second De La Soul albums nevertheless remains a high-water mark in hip-hop creativity

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Alternative Rock Hard Rock Rock 

The Enduring Heartbreak of Temple Of The Dog

May 3, 2021May 11, 2021 Gillian G. Gaar 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Chris Cornell, Eddie Vedder, Hunger Strike, L, Mike McCready, Mother Love Bone, Pearl Jam, Seattle, Temple of the Dog

How an album put together by members of Pearl Jam and Soundgarden as a tribute to Mother Love Bone frontman Andrew Wood took on new meaning five years after the passing of Chris Cornell

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Alternative Rock Funk Ska 

Fight The Youth: 30 Years of a Fishbone Masterpiece

April 24, 2021April 24, 2021 Jason Webber 2 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Angelo Moore, Fishbone, Nevermind, Nirvana, Norwood Fisher, Red Hot Chili Peppers, The Reality of My Surroundings

The Reality of My Surroundings once got me in trouble; it was worth it

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Alternative Rock Pop Rock 

Near Wild Heaven: Out Of Time Turns 30

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Trevor Seigler 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Bill Berry, Losing My Religion, Michael Stipe, Mike Mills, Near Wild Heaven, Out Of Time, Peter Buck, R.E.M., Scott Litt, Shiny Happy People

Was the biggest R.E.M. album also their best?

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adblock Alternative Rock Indie Rock Power Pop Punk 

Crush Story: Cereal Killers at 30

March 12, 2021March 12, 2021 Ryan Maffei 0 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, Blink-182, Cereal Killers, CHEAP TRICK, Giant Records, Martha Quinn, MTV, Sandy Smallens, The Who, Tim Quirk, Too Much Joy

Three decades on, Too Much Joy look back on the album that almost murdered their cult status

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adblock Hip Hop Rap 

Why Insane Clown Posse Matters

February 17, 2021February 17, 2021 Jason Webber 7 Comments 30th Anniversary, Insane Clown Posse, Juggalo March, Juggalos, Shaggy 2 Dope, Violent J, Washington D.C.

In honor of Juggalo Day and the 30th anniversary of their debut, we bring you a full throated appreciation of Detroit rap’s most misunderstood masterminds and unlikely changemakers

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Alternative Rock Power Pop 

It’s an International Pop…OVER-Throw!

February 5, 2021February 5, 2021 David Bash 3 Comments 1991, 30th Anniversary, International Pop Overthrow, International Pop Overthrow 2019, International Pop Overthrow festival, Jim Ellison, Material Issue, Mercury Records

Celebrating 30 years of Material Issue’s power pop masterpiece

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adblock Alternative Rock Art Pop Electronic Hip Hop New Wave Pop Rock 

Well, Did You Evah: Red Hot + Blue at 30

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020 Thomas Inskeep 0 Comments 30th Anniversary, AIDS, Cole Porter, Fine Young Cannibals, Jimmy Somerville, Jody Watley, Jungle Brothers, Les Negresses Vertes., LGBTQ, Red Hot + Blue, Red Hot Organization, Salif Keita, Sinead O'Connor, The Pogues, Tom Waits, U2

The Red Hot Organization was launched in 1990 with a Cole Porter tribute album

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Hip Hop Rap 

Wrecking Shop When I Drop: LL Cool J’s Mama Said Knock You Out Turns 30

November 10, 2020November 10, 2020 Ted Miller 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Def Jam, Lil Wayne, LL Cool J, Mama Said Knock You Out, Marley Marl, Slick Rick

Remembering the classic that invented the hip-hop comeback album,

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Alternative Rock Indie Rock 

Not Your Enemy: Buffalo Tom’s Birdbrain Hits 30

November 9, 2020November 12, 2020 Brad Cohan 1 Comment 1990, 30th Anniversary, Bill Janovitz, Birdbrain, Black Flag, Blake Babies, Buffalo Tom, Chris Colbourn, Dinosaur Jr., Galaxie 500, J Mascis, Lemonheads, Pixies, Rollins Band, Tom Maginnis

On its gamechanging second album, the Massachusetts trio shedded the ‘Dinosaur Jr Jr’ label and took their ace songwriting to the next level

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Rock 

Hindu Love Gods at 30

October 20, 2020October 24, 2020 Ron Hart 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Andrew Slater, Bill Berry, Georgia Satellites, Giant Records, Hindu Love Gods, Mike Mills, Peter Buck, Prince, R.E.M., Virgin Records, Warren Zevon

Looking back at the time Warren Zevon and R.E.M. got together to cover Prince and the blues, only to be released as a Hindu Love Gods album three years later

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Alternative Rock Pop Power Pop 

Baby’s Come Back: Jellyfish’s Bellybutton at 30

September 10, 2020September 10, 2020 Jordan Blum 0 Comments 1990, 30th Anniversary, Andy Sturmer, Beatnik Beatch, Bellybutton, David Bowie, Jason Falkner, Jellyfish, Jr, King's X, Mike Portnoy, Roger Joseph Manning, The Black Crowes, Three O’Clock, Todd Rundgren, World Party, XTC

Inside the album that helped usher L.A. rock into the 1990s

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