You couldn’t go on AIM in the year 2005 without seeing a lyric from Panic! at the Disco’s “I Write Sins Not Tragedies” or “Lying is the Most Fun a Gir…
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: Talking Heads – “Naked” (1988)
With the release of Naked, Talking Heads departed from their formulaic pop production constantly demonstrated on their previous two albums. The band&#…
From the Record Crate: Evanescence – Fallen (2003)
Founded by lead singer Amy Lee and guitarist Ben Moody in 1995 after meeting at a youth camp, goth rock band Evanescence diligently worked for seven y…
From The Record Crate: The Mothers of Invention – “We’re Only In It For The Money” (1968)
“Does Humor Belong in Music?” is one of those questions that, whatever your answer might be, it defines your entire worldview, especially …
From the Record Crate: Radiohead – “Pablo Honey” (1993)
Radiohead is one of the most influential bands of all time. Coldplay and Machine Gun Kelly have both stated that the English natives are one of their …
From the Record Crate: Styx – “Kilroy Was Here” (1983)
In the popular consciousness, this is the album that put a halt to Styx’s music career and caused the band to break up. While music critics can debate…
From the Record Crate: Los Campesinos! – “Hold On Now, Youngster…” (2008)
There’s a scene in Kieron Gillen’s comic series Phonogram that has come to define Los Campesinos! since it was published in December 2009’s Vol. 2 Iss…