The Inventory

Pop culture obsessives writing for the pop culture obsessed.

Power HourPower Hour creates one tight 60-minute set from a musician’s discography or a genre, picking both big hits and deeper cuts.

Justifying our love: An hour of Madonna’s greatest non-hits

Alex McLevy & Kelsey J. Waite

Fairweather friends: Elton John’s best collaborations, from Aretha to A Tribe Called Quest

5/30/19 10:00AM

Full tank of gas and a ’69 Tempest: An hour of great mainstream country from the ’80s and ’90s

Laura M. Browning

1/03/19 10:00AM

Beyond “Monster Mash”: 60 minutes of killer tunes for your graveyard smash

10/27/18 8:00AM

Fembots, dancing queens, and love fools: 60 minutes of Swedish pop

10/12/18 2:00PM

60 minutes proving De La Soul is one of hip-hop’s greats—but its legacy is in danger

Moving out from “The Middle”: 60 minutes of eternal adolescence with Jimmy Eat World

Get caught up on K-pop in 60 minutes

Wearing and tearing: An hour of classic rockers grappling with punk and new wave

60 minutes proving the ’90s is when punk covers of pop hits first swarmed the mainstream

Shotgun 60 Guided By Voices songs in just 60 minutes

Sean O'Neal and Katie Rife

Load up your own heist playlist with 60 minutes of Baby Driver-inspired music

10/17/17 10:00AM

Have the time of your life with 60 minutes of schlocky movie love songs

8/16/17 12:00AM

Meet the many faces (and masks) of MF Doom in 60 minutes

5/22/17 12:00AM

“Timothy” was delicious: 60 minutes of death-fueled ’70s story songs

5/02/17 12:00AM

Spend an hour getting to know Future, the best and bleakest rapper alive

2/28/17 12:07PM

Hear the scope of Liz Phair’s underrated career in 58 minutes

Jesse Hassenger

10/06/16 12:00AM

There’s lots to love in Bruce Springsteen’s post-2000 career

Caitlin PenzeyMoog

9/29/16 12:00AM

Screeching tires and busting glass: Defining the teen-tragedy song in 60 minutes

9/14/16 12:00AM

60 minutes of Dinosaur Jr.’s stormy guitar epics

8/05/16 12:00AM

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