Following upheaval of both the personal and professional variety, Tracey Thorn and Ben Watt had a reason again to write from the heart, and amplify it for the world to hear.
Read moreThe Knack’s Debut Album ‘Get The Knack’ Turns 45 | Album Anniversary
It’s time we forgive The Knack for sins mostly conjured up by angry journalists back in the late ‘70s. Get The Knack is a damn good record. Listen without prejudice.
Read moreDirty Projectors’ ‘Bitte Orca’ Turns 15 | Album Anniversary
‘Bitte Orca’ can be jarring and unsettling. Pop or indie music didn’t sound like this ten years ago and most of it still doesn’t.
Read moreMos Def’s ‘The Ecstatic’ Turns 15 | Album Anniversary
Influenced by MF DOOM’s unique lyrical content and flow, ‘The Ecstatic’ still very much feels like a truly Mos Def album.
Read moreLL Cool J’s ‘Walking With A Panther’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
An ambitious and confounding endeavor, LL Cool J’s third studio album found him taking a lot of chances that most superstar emcees wouldn’t take.
Read moreSiouxsie and The Banshees’ ‘Hyæna’ Turns 40 | Album Anniversary
The band’s sixth studio affair deepens their lush, symphonic playland, alternately playful and atmospheric.
Read moreGoodbye California: Red Hot Chili Peppers’ ‘Californication’ Turns 25 | Album Anniversary
The distance in time between ‘Blood Sugar Sex Magik’ (1991) and ‘Californication’ (1999) is a mere eight years, but the artistic jump the band achieved during this period feels extraordinary.
Read moreWarren G’s Debut Album ‘Regulate… G Funk Era’ Turns 30 | Album Anniversary
Warren G took the G-funk sound that Above The Law birthed and Dr. Dre then perfected, and made it his own on ‘Regulate... G Funk Era.’
Read moreNeneh Cherry’s Debut Album ‘Raw Like Sushi’ Turns 35 | Album Anniversary
Across her debut album, Cherry focuses on the inner workings of relationships and self-identity, and casts her eyes beyond her block to a broader social consciousness.
Read moreThe Killers’ Debut Album ‘Hot Fuss’ Turns 20 | Album Anniversary
There is an up-and-comingness that undergirds ‘Hot Fuss,’ something that’s difficult for us to imagine now. For us, The Killers are only enormous.
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