Remembering Things
None of You Motherfuckers Wrote About the 20th Anniversary of Catch-22’s ‘Keasbey Nights’ so I Guess I’ll Do It
Seriously, no one is gonna commemorate this album turning 20? Ugh, fine, I'll do it.
Remember When MC Hammer Was a Bat Boy for the Oakland A's?
On Opening Day of the MLB season, we look back at the baseballingest rapper of them all, MC Hammer, who got a taste for the executive life long before "U Can't Touch This."
I Am Still Livid About the Shitty Drum Sound on Wheatus' "Teenage Dirtbag"
A deep dive into what this alt-rock classic's terrible snare tone has in common with 311 and Limp Bizkit.
‘Antidotes’ Still Hints at Foals Being This Generation’s Radiohead
Ten years on, Foals' first record is a singular, expansive piece of art.
Remembering Delta Goodrem's Brief but Heated Feud with Arcade Fire
Way back in 2012, pop titan Delta Goodrem and indie legends Arcade Fire clashed. The music world was never the same.
The Music in ’Run Lola Run’ Is Still a Techno Rush to the Head
Every beat that pulses through Tom Tykwer's 1999 cult classic captures the breathless pace of big city life.
Robyn’s “Dancing On My Own” Is Still an Undeniable Queer Banger
This tune—and the club night that carried its name—continues to illuminate the isolating, beautiful parts of the queer experience.
How 1978 Kicked Off the Explosion of Pop-Punk
Forty years ago, a burst of bands like the Buzzcocks, the Ramones, and the Undertones led a burgeoning subgenre that rebelled against punk itself.
How 1978 Kicked Off the Explosion of Pop-Punk
Forty years ago, a burst of bands like the Buzzcocks, the Ramones, and the Undertones led a burgeoning subgenre that rebelled against punk itself.
Enjoy Nature Exactly the Way God Intended It, As an App
Irv Teibel’s esteemed series 'Environments' is now an application thanks to the diggers at Numero Group. It’s both a historical document and a salve for modern ills.
The Psychedelic Tale of Terence McKenna's Forgotten Music About DMT
In collaboration with the synth explorers Zuvuya, the "Timothy Leary of the 90s" made two albums nearly as hallucinatory as the psychedelic substance that drove his work.
20 Years Ago, ‘The Wedding Singer’ Forced 80s Nostalgia Down Our Throats
The 1998 Adam Sandler/Drew Barrymore rom-com kicked off the wave of retro culture fetishization that was to follow.