Column 252
Shadow of the Horns: Kill Yr Idols
We should only blame ourselves for littering the metal canon with assholes.
Treble Roundtable: Valentine’s Day Mixtapes
The soundtracks to our courtships, when songs say more than words ever could.
Pick Your Poison: Junior Kimbrough vs. R.L. Burnside
A look at two titans of the Hill Country Blues.
Remake/Remodel: Redrawing the map to Anderson .Paak’s ‘Oxnard’
Making some tweaks to a good album that fell short of its potential.
Treble Roundtable: The Best Old Music We Discovered in 2018
The archival releases that filled in the gaps in 2018.
Pick Your Poison: Jim O’Rourke’s Eureka vs. Insignificance
The idiosyncratic artist and producer's two "pop" records, side by side.
Pick Your Poison: Bob Dylan vs. John Prine in the ’70s
This inaugural edition of our new column pits one giant of folk-rock against another.
Remake/Remodel: Raiding the vault to build Prince’s ‘Purple Rain Part Two’
Adding a follow-up with eight more songs to a perfect pop moment.
Shadow of the Horns: The underappreciated art of the metal song
You won't see a lot of Best Metal Songs lists this year, and that's kind of a bummer.
Treble Roundtable: Halloween party essentials
We discuss the songs we always queue up on All Hallow's Eve.
Remake/Remodel: Stitching up Ministry’s ‘With Sympathy’
Redeeming the good name of a much-slandered synth-pop record.
The Best Albums of September 2018
Thirteen albums we couldn't stop spinning in the last month.
Shadow of the Horns: Hell bent for leather
An appreciation of Judas Priest, plus the best metal tracks of the month.
Shadow of the Horns: The best game in town
A look back at an underrated classic, plus the best new metal tracks of the month.
The 10 Best Albums of July 2018
The 10 albums—or, technically, nine albums and three EPs—that made July great.