Rilo Kiley, the Southern California indie-rock band that flourished through most of the 2000s, began…
From the Record Crate
From the Record Crate is about looking back. It’s about reaching into your music collection and pulling out an old favorite, or looking through dollar bins for older CDs you’ve never heard. It’s as much about obscure albums you’ve never heard as it is about albums that are constantly ranked among the all-time greatest.
From the Record Crate: Bruce Springsteen – “Born to Run” (1975)
After the birth of rock and roll around the early ‘40s, its popularity slowly grew…
From the Record Crate: Raekwon – “Only Built 4 Cuban Linx…” (1995)
If there’s one hip-hop group – and symbol – that’s likely to be immortalized in…
From the Record Crate: Arcade Fire – “The Suburbs” (2010)
The Suburbs sounds like adolescence, and that’s not just because of its prominence on my…
From the Record Crate: Björk – “Post” (1995)
Due to its ambiguous definition, “pop music” can mean just about anything; and is often…
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…
From the Record Crate: Beyoncé – “Dangerously in Love” (2003)
Not many musical artists, past or present, can say they’ve had the same success and…
