Treble at 10: Greatest Hits
By Fans, For Fans
By Fans, For FansAs with a lot of music journalism, much of what we’ve written and covered over the last decade has come from a place of sheer geekiness. Treble’s staff and contributors have always been a passionate sort, and as such we sometimes delve into topics that other obsessives have also put a lot of thought into, at the expense of other important things.
The Brief History of Amazing Letdowns: A guide to out-of-print music
Jeff and Terrance talk about the great obscure albums that somehow dropped out of the marketplace. Does not include albums that are in desperate need of a vinyl reissue, which could also be a long list.
The Lost Art of Saying I Like You
Kevin Falahee delivers a strict how-to for making a mixtape. If you do it wrong, he’ll make you start over again. You don’t want that.
All Time Lows: When good artists release bad albums
Tackling the sticky subject of the worst that an artist has to offer, and whether or not it’s really that bad (Spoiler: It usually is).
Gimme Fiction: Our favorite fictional bands
Sometimes Hollywood captures the rock ‘n’ roll lifestyle accurately, and sometimes it’s way off the mark, but most of the time, we get a good laugh out of it. In this feature, we roll out a list of our favorite fictional bands, which run the gamut from Spinal Tap to The Be Sharps.
Putting together a wedding playlist is harder than it looks, especially when you don’t want to resort to cliches. So we did some outside-the-box thinking for such a special occasion. Not our typical article, but as it turns out, one of our most popular.
The 90-Minute Guide: The lost soundtrack to Ferris Bueller’s Day Off
An official soundtrack was never released for Ferris Bueller’s Day Off, so Ernest Simpson compiled his own, featuring music from the movie. Damn, this would be a great album.
Team Spirit
A lot of our favorite articles were actually collaborative articles with all, or at least most, hands on deck. In fact, this is often when Treble is at its best — as a team, working together to produce interesting and fun assemblages of ideas. We don’t necessarily mean year-end lists; those happen every year, and while the music we write about may change, the methods don’t change. These are a little more creative, and by extension, more fun.
Best Song Ever: #1 Summer Jams
We make pretty good mixtapes at Treble — mixtape box sets even. So we took the opportunity to assemble similarly themed songs whenever we could, like in this celebration of the summer jam in all its forms.
Best Song Ever: The Scariest Songs Ever
Some readers commented that Sufjan Stevens and Radiohead weren’t really scary — that’s probably true, but you need to look past the surface. Music can give you chills, either viscerally or subtly, over time. This feature runs the whole gamut.
The 90-Minute Guide: Post-Millenial Pop
Treble writes a lot about indie rock — it’s our bread and butter, it’s what got us started and we’ll always be indie dorks. But we’re eclectic indie dorks, who happen to love pop music, and we gushed at length in this mixtape-themed feature about our capital-p POP favorites. We still get some readers who look at us funny when we publish a positive review of a Paramore album, but hey, we said we’re eclectic indie dorks.
Pet Grief
In 2011, editor in chief Jeff Terich began a regular column in which he voiced his concerns and issues with music, not always directly related to the music itself.
Two dubstep artists engage in a slapfight. We make an infographic.
In an attempt to stay current with what comprises the zeitgeist or something, Jeff listens to every single song on the Billboard Hot 100.
Personal Ethics on Music Ownership
An argument for being a conscientious consumer.
