The Cars is so much more than The Cars’ greatest hits
There are one-hit wonders and one-album wonders. There are musicians who consistently craft top-notch singles, but fall…
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The Thermals’ best album is relevant again, but that’s not what makes it so great
When The A.V. Club put together an Inventory of George W. Bush-era political works that still hold up, we couldn’t have…
20 years ago, Boards Of Canada made electronic music personal
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Gang Starr ended one of the greatest hot streaks in hip-hop with its masterpiece
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Good timing turned Ace Of Base’s The Sign into the luckiest hit of the ’90s
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Foo Fighters’ second album didn’t change rock music—not that it was trying to
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Riot grrrl grew up on Sleater-Kinney’s Dig Me Out
It didn’t take long for riot grrrl to turn into girl power. By 1997, what had started as a provocative, politically…
Either/Or built the myth of Elliott Smith
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Big Star’s swan song captured a band—and a genius—falling apart
When is an album not an album? In 1978, the American independent label PVC Records released a Big Star LP called 3rd,…
With We Are The Romans, Botch helped redefine hardcore
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The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion hit its freak-rock peak on Now I Got Worry
A piercing scream opens “Skunk,” the lead track on The Jon Spencer Blues Explosion’s Now I Got Worry. It’s a harrowing…
Felt’s caustic, captivating masterpiece cemented a genre
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The Disco Before The Breakdown was the release that gave away Laura Jane Grace’s secret
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Neurosis’ Through Silver In Blood is still crushing, 20 years later
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Trampled moss and sitars: Pearl Jam’s tricky, transformational No Code
“The last time I saw Eddie, he was lying on his face…” It’s the summer of 1995 and Neil Young is standing in front of…
Everything Sucks marked the return of an older, angrier Descendents
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Sloan self-reflected with charming power pop on One Chord To Another
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The weird, wonderful Brainiac lives on with Bonsai Superstar
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In an album-oriented rock era, Journey became an outstanding singles band
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With the Ox releases, Coalesce grew up and embraced its home
Permanent Records is an ongoing closer look at the records that matter most.