If there’s one hip-hop group – and symbol – that’s likely to be immortalized in music culture forever, it’s the Wu-Tang Clan, and their unmistakable “W.” With one of the most iconic albums in rap history, the 1993 release, Enter…
From the Record Crate: Björk – “Post” (1995)
Due to its ambiguous definition, “pop music” can mean just about anything; and is often reliant on other, more distinctive genres around it to define its sound. This is one of many reasons why pop music in 2020 and pop…
Album Review: Sports Team Revives Their Rock and Indie Influences on “Deep Down Happy”
It’s no secret that historically, Britain has acted as the epicenter of everything in rock music. Almost anyone could spew endless examples of their influential projects; the Beatles, the Rolling Stones, and Led Zeppelin just to name a few. This…
From the Record Crate: Queens of the Stone Age – “Rated R” (2000)
Though the genre isn’t often discussed in the larger context of rock and roll, desert rock is something incredibly strange, and unique. Jumping out of the Palm Desert region, bands like Kyuss, in the early ‘90s, managed to culminate the…
From the Record Crate: The White Stripes – “White Blood Cells” (2001)
While there’s still a large debate going on about whether rock is dead, it’s not controversial to say one of the last true rock movements was the garage-rock revival of the late ‘90s and early 2000s. Bands like the Hives,…
