In October of 1995, The Smashing Pumpkins gave us Mellon Collie And The Infinite Sadness, a wildly ambitious double album (or even triple album) that remains revolutionary 30 years later. To celebrate its release, they unleashed an equally ambitious launch including a record release show at the Riviera Theatre in […]
When Radiohead created “Everything In Its Right Place,” it became the key that unlocked Kid A, both musically and emotionally. In the aftermath of OK Computer, Thom Yorke was crushed by fame and burnout, unable to write, frustrated by false starts and creative paralysis. Yorke’s block became an existential crisis […]
In 1975, Patti Smith’s “Horses” was one of the first albums to drop from the newly burgeoning CBGB scene. This debut fused poetry, punk, and rock into something entirely new. Recorded at Jimi Hendrix’s Electric Lady Studios and produced by John Cale of The Velvet Underground, the album channeled the […]
In November 2025, Radiohead surprised everyone with a return tour, their first in nearly a decade after quietly slipping away in August of 2018. What was behind this departure was a blend of grief, controversy, and the feeling that they had pushed themselves too far. Thom Yorke’s previous partner and […]
Nothing sounded like The Jesus And Mary Chain in 1985, when their debut album “Psychocandy” hit the airwaves. Brothers Jim and William Reid, trapped in the grey sprawl of East Kilbride, Scotland, transformed pop music into a weapon of noise, birthing a new sound. Fueled by attic 45s and a […]
The story of “Love Will Tear Us Apart” begins in the late 1970s. Joy Division was transforming Manchester into the epicenter of a new post-punk sound. Frontman Ian Curtis was beginning to unravel. His marriage to Deborah Woodruff was unraveling and he had fallen into a complicated relationship with Belgian […]
After a 9 year hiatus, Blonde Redhead returned in 2023 with Sit Down For Dinner. What came next was completely unexpected. It included a reworking of their songs courtesy of ASMR, a massive Children’s Choir, and a Mariachi band. That album is “The Shadow of the Guest” and this is […]
Here it is: my definitive Top 15 rundown of the best albums (and Top 5 vinyl reissues) of 2025. It has been an absolute monster of a year for music: indie darlings dropping career-best records, legends roaring back with fire in their veins, surprise drops that shook the game, and […]
In 2025, a Radiohead song nearly 3 decades old hit the charts. But here’s the catch, back in 1997, Thom Yorke thought it “too pretty” to be on OK Computer, and it nearly tore the band apart. This is the story of “Let Down,” how it defined OK Computer, how […]
The Smiths’ explosive title track “The Queen Is Dead” traces its origins from an impromptu live ad-lib in 1985 to a ferocious six-minute studio masterpiece that opens their 1986 landmark album. Beginning with a subversive sample of a nostalgic World War I music-hall tune smashed by howling feedback and thunderous […]
