
Neutral Milk Hotel only made two studio albums, but the one that gave the band a cult following was its last. In The…

The American release of Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s second full-length album, Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas…

In the immediate months before Gang Of Four was about to make its incendiary debut album, Entertainment!, guitarist A…
In 1983, when much of the music world was turning toward “modern-sounding” synths and electronic music, one young…
One of the best things about old records is the liner notes. Pick up a jazz or pop LP of a certain vintage and…
In 1976, filmmaker Barbara Kopple released Harlan County U.S.A., a documentary delving into Kentucky coal miners’…
On her 2007 album How To Win!, stand-up comedian Maria Bamford tells a joke about her mother telling her she looks…
Devo was finished. The quintet—brothers Jerry and Bob Casale and Mark, Bob, and Jim Mothersbaugh—had gotten about as…
A baby and a breakup. The catalysts for one of the most celebrated albums of 1998 are of some the most difficult and…
There are one-hit wonders and one-album wonders. There are musicians who consistently craft top-notch singles, but…