10 perfect albums for celebrating 4/20
April 20 is a holiday for some people. While for many, today is just a regular early spring day, for others 4/20 is a day
April 20, 2013
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April 20 is a holiday for some people. While for many, today is just a regular early spring day, for others 4/20 is a day
This week’s new releases feature a lot of hip-hop and a lot of artsy indie rock. But two beloved mainstream rock bands, Yeah Yeah Yeahs
The West Coast is in the midst of a major resurgence. After a long period where national audiences were turning a deaf ear to SoCal,
It’s another broad week of new releases, though there isn’t a bonafide blockbuster
Here is a list of twenty of the most essential jazz albums from some of the genre’s most indelible artists.
1988 saw hip-hop truly come into its own — and diversify.
Lil Wayne’s harrowing few days have made for some pretty constant—if unfortunate—publicity. It’s likely that, that bit of bittersweet timing will only help his new album,
Timberlake isn’t the only new release dropping this week. Though, it certainly feels like it.
2003 was a transitional year; and now that a full decade has passed, we decided to take a look back at some of that year’s most significant rap albums.
Mindless Behavior is back with a new album!!! (Cue the screaming preteens.) The boy band’s devoted fans are likely squealing with glee, but there’s plenty
This week features quite a few stellar new albums from respectable soul singers.
Afeni Shakur, the mother of fallen hip-hop legend Tupac Shakur, has announced plans to release never-before-heard music from the rapper.
While the brainier side of guitar bands are again represented this week; there are quite a few of interesting, slightly left-of-center R&B releases.
This week’s new releases are all-over-the-place, and if there is any sort of theme, it has to be “indie.”
Here are 10 veteran artists releasing new music in 2013. All of them have this in common: if they fail, they could be the final career death knells for some former chart-toppers.
Overhyped debuts. Ridiculous side projects. One novelty act that just should’ve stayed in 2011. There were a lot of albums in 2012 that just missed the mark.
Here are ten of the best indie hip hop releases from 2012, ranging from offbeat and quirky, to dark, to socially-aware—the DIY rhymers made major-level noise this year.
2012 was the year mainstream R&B became interesting again. Despite the regrettable obsession with pandering to Eurodance trends, and the still-overbearing influence of contemporary hip-hop;
Some landmark albums turned 20 this past year, so at the risk of making some people feel really old and some others feel really young, here are 10 classic albums that crossed the two-decade mark in 2012
25. The Best: Erik B. & Rakim Let’s revisit the early days of hip-hop, in a time long before photo shop overload and airbrush addiction,
