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: Public Enemy – “Yo! Bum Rush The Show” (1987)

Before Kendrick Lamar, before Kanye West, before Jay-Z, and even a year or two before…

From the Record Crate: Pavement – “Slanted and Enchanted” (1992)

Reviewing their album Wowee Zowee in Rolling Stone, critic Mark Kemp accused Pavement of being…

From the Record Crate: Avril Lavigne – “The Best Damn Thing” (2007)

In the early 2000s, we all bowed down to the pop-punk princess, Avril Lavigne. With…

From the Record Crate: Toto – “Toto IV” (1982)

It’s been thirty-five years since the release of Toto’s fourth study album Toto IV and…

From the Record Crate: The Clash – “The Clash”

Since The Clash’s breakout in 1977, they’ve influenced scores of punk rock artists and were inducted…

From The Record Crate: Sleater-Kinney — “Dig Me Out”

Long before the triumphant No Cities to Love, before Carrie Brownstein and Fred Armisen teamed…

From the Record Crate: Third Eye Blind – “Third Eye Blind” (1997)

If you grew up in America during the ‘90s, I can guarantee you’ve heard at…