The Shining’s main body of production consisted of J Dilla, Oxnard-born producer Madlib, and Detroit compatriot Kariem Riggins…
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: Matchbox Twenty – ‘Mad Season’ (2000)
From the mild success of Tabitha’s Secret, which formed in 1990 and was dissolved by ‘95, Rob Thomas has gone on to become a prolific, critically-reco…
From The Record Crate: Humble Pie – ‘Smokin’’ (1972)
One of the early so-called “supergroups” of the late ‘60s, Humble Pie, formed in 1969 and released Smokin’ in 1972—the band’s fifth studio album, as w…
From the Record Crate: Bon Iver – ‘For Emma, Forever Ago’ (2007)
Bon Iver is a legend of the unknown, and a relatively unknown legend. In 2006/07, Justin Vernon went into the forested wilderness of Midwest America a…
From the Record Crate: David Gray – “White Ladder” (1998)
A great album doesn’t have to make a grand political statement or adhere to some lofty concept. Sometimes a great album is nothing more than a collect…
From the Record Crate: Flight of the Conchords – “Flight of the Conchords” (2008)
When most people think of novelty music, they think of “Weird Al” Yankovic; I’m mainly lookin’ at you, fellow elder-Gen Z types. I, too, w…
From the Record Crate: The Avalanches – “Since I Left You” (2000)
Despite the ever-evolving nature of music, and the endless amount of landmark records that are released every year, there are few albums in music hist…