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    September 22, 2011

    The Five Real Reasons R.E.M. Broke Up

    ​Yesterday, R.E.M. announced the band's breakup on their official website, and they did it in just about the classiest way possible. After 31 years, the Georgia rockers bowed out amicably, without "lawyers squaring off" or "disharmony," they said. But we have a feeling there's more to th ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 9, 2011

    Decemberists Bassist Nate Query Talks Influences, The Smiths, and a Love of Americana

    Nate Query, second from right​ Everyone, it seems, loves The Smiths. Morrissey and co. hasn't played together for nearly 25 years, yet the hyper-literature jangle rockers have had an enduring influence on bands across the spectrum. Good luck finding an indie scenester who doesn't know every morbid ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 27, 2011

    The Best and Worst Baseball Songs

    As a lifelong baseball fan, these lists come from the heart. Some lesser-known ballads will have their day in the sun while other too-oft worshiped pieces of garbage will finally be called out. I am not doing this to make any friends. It is all for the love of the game.

  • Blogs

    March 26, 2011

    The Baseball Project Last Night at Martini Ranch

    ​ The Baseball ProjectMartini RanchFriday, March 25There's really no better tune to sum up The Baseball Project's set than their opening one, "All Future and No Past." In its 3-odd minutes, the tune encapsulates everything that makes the band so great, the opening day optimism that makes eager fan ... More >>

  • Music

    March 24, 2011

    Think of The Baseball Project as an Indie Rock Soundtrack to a Ken Burns Documentary

    ​ The Baseball ProjectMartini RanchFriday, March 25There's really no better tune to sum up The Baseball Project's set than their opening one, "All Future and No Past." In its 3-odd minutes, the tune encapsulates everything that makes the band so great, the opening day optimism that makes eager fan ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 2, 2010

    Slash's Solo Album Stream: Hear It Before Its May Release

    Slash has a new record out...with the help of loads of famous friends.​When you used to be in a band with a guy that made arguably the most anticipated album of the last two decades, which turned out to be Axl Rose's epic failure Chinese Democracy, it's kinda hard to top the hype yourself. But ala ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 28, 2008

    The Top 10 Reissues of 2008

    By Chris Gray It's time to rank the best of what went around and came around again. BILLY JOEL The Stranger (Columbia/Legacy) As punk and disco exploded, the Piano Man's deeply unhip 1978 breakthrough proved that top-shelf Broadway/Brill Building songwriting could still sell - and, occasionally, ... More >>

  • Music

    August 28, 2008

    The Baseball Project

    Volume 1: Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails
    (Yep Roc)

  • Music

    January 4, 2007

    Singles Going Steady

    The best end-to-end albums from a singles-driven year

  • Music

    April 14, 2005

    Eels

    Blinking Lights and Other Revelations
    (Vagrant)

  • Music

    January 20, 2005

    The Minus 5

    At the Organ
    (Yep Roc)

  • Calendar

    July 22, 2004

    Thrilling Me

    Not-so-softly with their songs

  • Music

    June 5, 2003

    The Romantic Fence

    Idlewild may mix post-Brit Pop identities, but the tension helped the Scots make one of the year's best albums

  • Music

    August 15, 2002

    That '80s Sound

    With help from Wilco and the Gin Blossoms, Tommy Keene chases down the sound he was after 20 years ago

  • Music

    May 9, 2002

    Off the 'Mats

    No, the Replacements aren't getting back together. Yet.

  • Music

    June 21, 2001

    Down So Long

    Morose singer/songwriter Mark Eitzel delivers his best solo record, informed by -- gasp! -- upbeat electronica

  • Music

    March 15, 2001

    Two for One

    On a new split double disc, the Young Fresh Fellows and the Minus 5 revive good-natured pop-rock

  • Music

    July 6, 2000

    Kevn Kinney

    The Flower and the Knife
    (Capricorn)

  • Music

    December 23, 1999

    The Forever Frown

    More than 30 years later, Smile remains the subject of so much mystery

  • Music

    December 2, 1999

    Cheese Addict

    After 20 years and as many albums on his own, Robyn Hitchcock is still lost in a world of fairies, elves and French fromage

  • Music

    August 12, 1999

    Molten Wax

    After 20 years and as many albums on his own, Robyn Hitchcock is still lost in a world of fairies, elves and French fromage

  • Music

    December 3, 1998

    Life After Death

    As we reach the fifth anniversary of Doug Hopkins' suicide, his best music remains unheard by all but a few friends

  • Music

    October 1, 1998

    Logan's Run

    Jack Logan just can't slow down his amazing song factory

  • Music

    October 9, 1997

    Trigger Happy

    Tempe's Pistoleros learn that the waiting really is the hardest part

  • Music

    June 12, 1997

    Power Trio

    Peter Buck goes West with Eitzel, Middle Eastern with Tuatara, and everywhere else with Minus 5

  • Music

    May 15, 1997

    Recordings

    Peter Buck goes West with Eitzel, Middle Eastern with Tuatara, and everywhere else with Minus 5

  • Music

    September 26, 1996

    The Big Sleep

    Peter Buck goes West with Eitzel, Middle Eastern with Tuatara, and everywhere else with Minus 5

  • Music

    July 28, 1994

    LOGAN'S RUN

    HE'S SPENT HIS LIFE MAKING MUSIC FOR FUN. NOW HE'S ABOUT TO BECOME THE NEXT EVERYTHING.

  • Music

    July 15, 1992

    SHEER SUPPORT

    HE'S SPENT HIS LIFE MAKING MUSIC FOR FUN. NOW HE'S ABOUT TO BECOME THE NEXT EVERYTHING.

  • Music

    May 20, 1992

    NO MORE HIDING IN THE HERD

    ONCE A DINOSAUR JR. CLONE, BUFFALO TOM HAS BECOME A WHOLE DIFFERENT ANIMAL

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