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 “…
From the Record Crate
From the Record Crate is about looking back. It’s about reaching into your music collection and pulling out an old favorite, or looking through dollar bins for older CDs you’ve never heard. It’s as much about obscure albums you’ve never heard as it is about albums that are constantly ranked among the all-time greatest.
From the Record Crate: Arcade Fire – “The Suburbs” (2010)
The Suburbs sounds like adolescence, and that’s not just because of its prominence on my favorite Pandora Radio channels in the early 2010s. Arcade Fi…
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 …
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…
From the Record Crate: Beyoncé – “Dangerously in Love” (2003)
Not many musical artists, past or present, can say they’ve had the same success and cultural impact through music than that of Beyoncé Knowles-Carter.…
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 gara…
From the Record Crate: Gorillaz – “Demon Days” (2005)
The design is simple, but memorable: four panels against a black background. It’s reminiscent of the cover art for Let It Be—but instead of the Beatle…