After the birth of rock and roll around the early ‘40s, its popularity slowly grew until its inevitable explosion in the 1950s. The eventual spawn of pop giants like Elvis Presley and Buddy Holly put …
TYF Music Crash Course: Math Rock
Welcome to the first installment of our new music feature Music Crash Course, in which we highlight musical genres, movements, time periods, record labels, and scenes that are important to the history…
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 music culture forever, it’s the Wu-Tang Clan, and their unmistakable “W.” With one of the most iconic albums in rap hist…
From the Record Crate: Björk – “Post” (1995)
Due to its ambiguous definition, “pop music” can mean just about anything; and is often reliant on other, more distinctive genres around it to define its sound. This is one of many reasons why pop mus…
Album Review: Sports Team Revives Their Rock and Indie Influences on “Deep Down Happy”
It’s no secret that historically, Britain has acted as the epicenter of everything in rock music. Almost anyone could spew endless examples of their influential projects; the Beatles, the Rolling Ston…
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 rock is something incredibly strange, and unique. Jumping out of the Palm Desert region, bands like Kyuss, in the …
From the Record Crate: The White Stripes – “White Blood Cells” (2001)
While there’s still a large debate going on about whether rock is dead, it’s not controversial to say one of the last true rock movements was the garage-rock revival of the late ‘90s and early 2000s. …