Heatmiser, circa 1993

Precluded Predecessors, Vol. 1: Heatmiser

Before Elliott Smith was a household name, he played some loud rock ‘n’ roll.

Yeasayer at the Showbox

Live Review: Yeasayer

The Showbox; Seattle, WA.

UNKLE live

Live Review: UNKLE

Mezzanine; San Francisco, CA.

Chuck Klosterman

Life on Shuffle: Death to Chuck

…or at least some kind of comeuppance.

Rivers Cuomo rocking out

Perversity

Looking back on some records we missed in ’07.

Radiohead

Best Albums of 2007: Staff Top 10s

Individual Writers’ top ten lists.

Pissed Jeans

Hope for Men: Noise Rock in 2007

The cult of Albini gains notoriety.

The Music of Buffy The Vampire Slayer

a.k.a. ‘Whedon Comes Alive!’

Joe Strummer

Life on Shuffle: Soul is Hard to Find

Another surrender to the randomness of 10 songs out of 20,000

The Format War: Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD

The Format War: Blu-Ray vs. HD-DVD

We take a break from music to allow a rant on dueling DVD formats.

Transatlantic Underground: Summer 2007

Transatlantic Underground: Summer 2007

More unsigned acts and new discoveries from all ends of the earth.

Spoon is Truly Great and wrote one of the best songs ever

Spoon “Jonathan Fisk”

A rocking, amazing highlight from Kill the Moonlight.

Spoon is Truly Great and wrote one of the best songs ever

Truly Great: Spoon

Best rock band in the world? Maybe. Just maybe.

Bonnaroo 2007

Bonnaroo 2007: Appendix

More odds and ends from this year’s festivities.

Best Song Ever: Once

Best Song Ever: Once

Redefining the movie musical

Veronica Mars

The Music of Veronica Mars

As the CW’s last good show comes to an end, we look back at its best musical moments.

The Sugarcubes "Birthday"

Best Song Ever: The Sugarcubes “Birthday”

Wrapping up the Björk festivities with an early classic.

Bjork: Truly Great

Truly Great: Björk

A look back at our favorite Icelandic pixie’s storied career.

Björk: Tele-gló

A quick look at two of Björk’s unsung gems.