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Baths' "Cerulean"

Perversity

Five more amazing albums that slipped under our radar.

“Take” Songs

You’ve been taken!

stage banter

More Rock, More Talk: The 5 Types of Stage Banter

From the Avalanche to the Algonquin Roundtable.

Pop songs as TV themes

From Waits to the Who, Weeds to The Wire.

Grunge Albums Better Than Bleach

Seattle’s (and a few other cities’) underdog grunge classics.

Out of Time: R.E.M.'s generation gap

Out of Time: R.E.M.’s generation gap

A reflection on R.E.M.’s classic discography, and younger generations’ hesitance to embrace it.

Get Back: Treble's Reunion Wishlist

Get Back: Treble’s Reunion Wishlist

Thirteen bands that should give it another go…because we asked so nicely!

Mark Kozelek's creepy chandelier

Perversity

More missed goodies from the past year and beyond.

Pump It Up: A primer on soundtracking a workout

Pump It Up: A primer on soundtracking a workout

Jam yrself fitter.

The Greatest of All Time: Music Lists

The Greatest of All Time: An Ode to Making Lists

A chronicle of one man’s quest to assemble his favorite songs of all time.

I Wanna See Movies of My Dreams

I Wanna See Movies of My Dreams

A quest to find the film that best translates the feeling of music.

Fictional Greatest Hits Vol. 2

Fictional Greatest Hits, Vol. 2

More nonexistent singles compilations that really should be released.

A Slow Century

A Slow Century

Searching for meaning behind the #1 songs of each of the last 100 years.

Indie Rock Blues

Indie Rock Blues

An essay on a love/hate relationship with the very genre that sustains this Web site.

Cymbals Eat Guitars' "Why There Are Mountains"

Perversity

Six more albums that we (perversely) overlooked.

Let's all buy fur coats!

The Best Tracks of the ’00s – No. 16: Smashing Pumpkins – “Bring on the Light”

Smashing Pumpkins “Bring the Light”

Passion Pit, in their winter best.

Live Review: Passion Pit

The Bowery Ballroom; New York, N.Y.

Andrew Bird, holding a Victrola.

The Best Tracks of the ’00s – No. 15: Andrew Bird – “Skin Is, My”

Andrew Bird – “Skin Is, My”

Yo La Tengo, in harmony.

The Best Tracks of the ’00s, No. 14: Yo La Tengo – “Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House”

Yo La Tengo “Let’s Save Tony Orlando’s House”

The Hot Snakes, hating the kids.

The Best Tracks of the ’00s, No. 13: Hot Snakes – “I Hate the Kids”

The Hot Snakes “I Hate the Kids”