10 Great Unsung Shoegaze Songs
Shoegaze’s trademark sound, rippling sheets of guitar noise, is endlessly pliable, easily molded into sonic textures smooth and abrasive alike.
Sound Affects
The 10 Best Progressive Rock Albums of the 2000s
This list is a reflection of the many great efforts of progressive rock artists of the 2000s and a tribute to the style’s most important musician of the decade.
Gimme Indie Rock: 12 Essential Sebadoh Songs
Sebadoh began in the mid-’80s as an outlet for Lou Barlow’s home recordings away from Dinosaur Jr. These are the 12 essential tracks from their diverse catalog.
15 Essential Scott Walker Songs
We celebrate the career of experimental pop pioneer Scott Walker through 15 of his essential songs.
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 Nirvana Songs
Nirvana’s songs melded heavy riffs, captivating pop hooks, dynamic verse/chorus shifts, and soul-scarred catharsis into the most notable rock of the 1990s.
15 Best Madonna Songs of All Time
These are the most significant Madonna songs that traverse the vast terrain of subjects, styles, and themes she has gravitated towards across her long career.
10 Deep Tracks from Interpol’s Early Discography
With Interpol’s new LP out this week, revisit these early Interpol tracks you may have missed or skipped over in favor of those oh-so-relevant singles.
The 12 Best Brian Wilson Songs
From massive hits to experimental pop compositions, Brian Wilson’s music is always thoughtful, idiosyncratic, and as thrilling today as it was in the 1960s.
The 10 Best Belle and Sebastian Non-Album Songs
This might not be so far away from a best-of list of all Belle and Sebastian songs, considering how these tracks show the breadth of the group’s styles and moods.
12 Must-Have Songs for Your Halloween Playlist
Before you go out to your favorite haunted house or visit your favorite witchy woman, be sure to have the proper monster music handy.