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Permanent Records

Permanent Records is an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most.

8/11/19

11:00 AM

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Permanent Records8/11/19

The Soft Bulletin still stands as The Flaming Lips’ trippy masterpiece

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5/8/19

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Permanent Records5/8/19

On Silent Alarm, Bloc Party said hello and goodbye to indie rock

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3/12/19

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Permanent Records3/12/19

With Pyromania, Def Leppard made a pop-metal hybrid for the ages

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2/12/19

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Permanent Records2/12/19

The slow and steady perfection of Galaxie 500’s On Fire

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1/9/19

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Permanent Records1/9/19

Panopticon’s Kentucky combined folk and black metal to take on the coal industry

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10/23/18

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Permanent Records10/23/18

One of punk’s true originals, Germfree Adolescents is as fresh today as it was in 1978

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9/29/18

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Permanent Records9/29/18

40 years after Are We Not Men? we’re just now starting to get Devo

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8/21/18

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Permanent Records8/21/18

Lauryn Hill’s Miseducation is more than a crossover—it’s a beacon

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6/18/18

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Permanent Records6/18/18

The Cars is so much more than The Cars’ greatest hits

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5/15/18

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Permanent Records5/15/18

The Thermals’ best album is relevant again, but that’s not what makes it so great

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4/9/18

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Permanent Records4/9/18

20 years ago, Boards Of Canada made electronic music personal

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3/26/18

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Permanent Records3/26/18

Gang Starr ended one of the greatest hot streaks in hip-hop with its masterpiece

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2/19/18

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Permanent Records2/19/18

Good timing turned Ace Of Base’s The Sign into the luckiest hit of the ’90s

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5/25/17

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Permanent Records5/25/17

Foo Fighters’ second album didn’t change rock music—not that it was trying to

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4/4/17

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Permanent Records4/4/17

Riot grrrl grew up on Sleater-Kinney’s Dig Me Out

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3/9/17

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Permanent Records3/9/17

Either/Or built the myth of Elliott Smith

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11/15/16

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Permanent Records11/15/16

Big Star’s swan song captured a band—and a genius—falling apart

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11/1/16

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Permanent Records11/1/16

With We Are The Romans, Botch helped redefine hardcore

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10/11/16

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Permanent Records10/11/16

The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion hit its freak-rock peak on Now I Got Worry

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10/4/16

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Permanent Records10/4/16

Felt’s caustic, captivating masterpiece cemented a genre

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

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