Hall of Fame
A debut album that brought pop’s bright sensibility to an indie sleaze audience
A glimpse of the band without the industry filter
The R&B diva transitioned into the ’80s with a sleeker, successful pop sound
A landmark debut album from one of the pioneers of gothic rock
A landmark debut that comes alive through the details of the stories it tells
Revisiting the landmark 1994 film soundtrack, featuring The Cure and Nine Inch Nails
A 1979 disco-funk classic that helped to give rise to not one but two genres
An elegiac meditation on mortality and decay
The critically reviled 1999 album has held up far better than the naysayers would have you believe
A young Lonnie Lynn pairs introspective lyricism with Blue Note cool
The night Josh Tillman fell in love
A killer soundtrack to an indulgent film project
Revisiting Jason Martin’s stellar 1995 album and memories of a really terrible year
A breakthrough moment for Janet and a curation of sleek, nouveau Black pop
A sci-fi horror reboot that’s worth the price of admission
CCM. JPM, and a bold statement from a maturing artist
The 2001 album was a stunning and fitting end for the Washington, D.C. post-hardcore icons