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For dedicated audiophiles who still like streaming, Qobuz is most likely a household name already. The niche music streaming platform, launched in...
Today, June 5, is Pete Wentz’s birthday, and what better way to celebrate the Fall Out Boy bassist and lyricist than with some of his best work with...
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With brand new tracks from Mike D, a run of small-venue shows, and the exciting news of an upcoming album, a lot of attention has been put on the fact...
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While this list certainly isn’t the end-all, be-all of 2010s indie pop, it’s not a bad place to start. Trying to recall the albums you used to...
These three songs were big hits when they came out in the 2000s, but they were actually all covers. If you forgot about the classic original songs,...
On June 4, 1976, the Sex Pistols played the first of two shows at the Lesser Free Trade Hall in Manchester. The second took place on July 20, but that...
In the week of June 3, 2006, the Red Hot Chili Peppers earned their first U.S. No. 1 album with Stadium Arcadium, which released early that May. A...
Khalid recently expressed words of encouragement and support for his opening act in an Instagram post. Lauv (real name Ari Staprans Leff) announced he...
On June 3, 2013, a teenage Lorde released her debut single “Royals”. It quickly became a huge international hit, praised for its clever commentary...
Pop-rock as a genre is expansive and nuanced, but often there’s a through-line of singer-songwriter sentiment. It can dip into twee pop as well,...
If we put Rage Against the Machine at one end of the “music is political” horseshoe and Kid Rock at the other, then Vanilla Ice would probably sit...
Weird Al’s parody song “Eat It” from 1984 was definitely an early breakout for his career. It appeared on his second studio album, Weird Al...
M.I.A. was supposed to open Kid Cudi’s Rebel Ragers Tour this summer, alongside acts like Big Boi and A-Trak. But her descent into controversial...
June 1, 2008, dawned on a tragedy for Hollywood when the Universal Studios backlot caught fire. At around 4:40 a.m., a fire erupted from the roof of a...
On June 1, 1999, Blink-182 released their breakthrough album Enema of the State. This album remains a fan favorite for its bold mix of themes. The...
This is a story about The Breeders, which can be traced back to the Pixies and Throwing Muses, which can then be traced back to the late-80s Icelandic...
The Clash were known for fully embracing the New York City hip-hop scene and the genre’s crossover with punk in the 80s. While playing a handful of...
It’s been 26 years since Britney Spears upended pop culture with her second album, Oops!…I Did It Again. It was released on May 3, and by May 28...
Cher made a name for herself through the 60s and 70s as a glamorous sort of diva character, often dressed in sequined jumpsuits with her black hair...
In 1988, hip-hop duo Rob Base & DJ E-Z Rock started a revolution in the club scene with their hit song “It Takes Two”. On May 22, 2026, Rob Base...
Foo Fighters are continuing their “Take Cover Tour” this summer, now with the added benefit of their latest album release, Your Favorite Toy. The...
In 1985, Kate Bush released a little album called Hounds of Love. On it was a little song called “Running Up That Hill (A Deal With God)”. At the...
Before 2005, seeing “Sum 41” and “Congo War” in the same sentence was the last thing anyone would expect. In those days, the words “Sum...
Kristen Pfaff was a key innovator of the Minneapolis sound of the 90s with her band Janitor Joe. She came from a musical family, studied piano and...
Members of Austin-based Japanese punk trio Peelander-Z are still recovering in the hospital after suffering “traumatic injuries” in New Mexico....
On May 26, 2017, beloved grunge vocalist Chris Cornell was laid to rest at Hollywood Forever Cemetery. The Soundgarden frontman died by suicide on May...
The following three albums were released in the hardcore punk scene of the 80s. But they remained relatively underrated at the time. Even the most...
While the 80s are sometimes considered a bit stale in terms of groundbreaking album releases, the later years produced some great work. Inching toward...
On May 25, 2004, Avril Lavigne followed up her successful debut album with a second offering that predated the emo pop boom by several years. Under My...
Raise your hand if you keep forgetting Blink-182 put out an album before Dude Ranch. Okay, maybe that album brought them their first influx of fans,...
We’ve traveled to 1998 and looked back at 1994, but what about the late 80s? What album releases defined the year 1988? More than you’d think,...
On May 21, 2026, Harry Styles admitted to a room full of important people in the British music industry that he lost his virginity while listening to...
35 years later, and Public Enemy is still fighting the power. And not only that, because in 2025, Chuck D and Flavor Flav put their money where their...
October 1992 marked the beginning and end of Nirvana’s history in Argentina. The band was playing a show on October 30 at a 50,000 capacity venue in...
On May 15, 2026, The Strokes took to social media to share some disappointing news for longtime fans. The indie rock pioneers have a new album in the...
A history lesson on pop’s biggest boy bands wouldn’t be complete without mentioning Lou Pearlman. In the 90s, he helped launch arguably the two...
So many great album releases happened in 1994. But similarly to the Great Album Releases of 1998, there were a few that defined that year. They were...
On May 19, 1998, the soundtrack for the highly grossing but ultimately disappointing film Godzilla was released alongside the movie. Despite the...
On a summer day in August 1993, producer Rick Rubin presided over a public gathering of music’s best and brightest in Los Angeles. A funeral was...
When we think of psych-rock, we think of Jimi Hendrix, The Doors, and Grateful Dead. Fleetwood Mac, occasionally. Pink Floyd, definitely. They all...
The 90s were a huge decade for album releases, but 1998 proved to be singularly important. That was a great year for everything from trip-hop to indie...
May 18 is a dour day for grunge and post-punk fans alike. In 1980, it was the day Ian Curtis of Joy Division died by suicide. 37 years later,...
The Smashing Pumpkins’ 1998 album Adore was a striking deviation from their previous three releases. Coming off the back of Mellon Collie and the...
David Bowie had a long legacy of being a creative chameleon, slipping in and out of different identities like coats. His entire career was like that....
The emo revival evolved off the back of third-wave emo, beginning in the late 2000s and extending into the 2010s. There’s that whole joke about emo...
Shoegaze often feels like a distinctly ’90s genre, with many albums even sounding dated. But there are still those that have stood the test of time....
By 1991, Nirvana was just about ready to break into major commercial success. They played Reading Festival that August, just a month before Nevermind...
Debuting in 1976, The Ramones didn’t exactly burst onto the punk rock scene. More like, they handcrafted it from scratch to influence punk...
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