The 25 Best Demi Lovato Songs
Demi Lovato is her unabashed self, everything else be damned. If you need some of that energy right now, these are 25 songs to make you a “Lovatic”.
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The 10 Best Early Billy Bragg Songs
In his first records, Billy Bragg slashes and burns his way through the political and personal struggles of early adulthood with youth’s passion and idealism.
10 Songs That Will Make You Love U2
If you don’t finish this article with a newfound love of U2, at the very least, maybe you’ll leave with a newly-earned respect for the lads.
The 10 Best Peter Buck Collaborations in Song
Peter Buck is revered for his work with R.E.M., but he’s made brilliant music with Billy Bragg, the Decemberists, First Aid Kit, and Eyelids. We pick ten of the best.
15 of the Best Jangle Pop Songs Ever
With its soaring harmonies, chiming guitars, and generally sunny motif, one has to be dead or in jail not to get a rush out of jangle pop.
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MetalMatters: The Best Metal Albums of February 2023
February’s best metal albums feature Ulthar embracing their progressive ambitions and Anatomy of Habit’s descent to the depths of experimental doom.
Re-Considering the First Five Muslimgauze Releases in Memory of Bryn Jones
Muslimgauze’s first five releases are some of the most interesting, fully-realized artifacts to crawl out of the early 1980s industrial, experimental drainpipe.
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The 25 Best Classic Era Progressive Rock Albums
The initial and still-golden era of progressive rock started in 1969 and ended in 1981, and these are the 25 best prog rock albums of that era.
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Hip-Hop Matters: The Best Hip-Hop of February 2023
February’s best hip-hop projects feature angular experiments, tranquil vibes, a returning legend, and boundaries being blurred.
The 15 Best New Order Songs
New Order’s danceable rhythms and quick, clean melodies inspired a slew of paler imitators then and a new onslaught of dance-punk bands in the past few decades.
The Best Proto-Metal Albums From Heavy Metal’s Rowdiest Progenitors
Legions of underground musical legends litter the heavy rock graveyard, and the list below surveys a horde of those rowdy proto-metal rockers.
10 Alternative Songs for Your Valentine’s Day Playlist
These songs for Valentine’s Day playlists live on the fringes, outside that neat little box of what we consider to be typically romantic.
