Hall of Fame

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony E. 1999 Eternal

Bone Thugs-n-Harmony’s E. 1999 Eternal merged R&B and gangsta rap

A landmark ’90s hip-hop album that merged disparate styles

Godspeed You Black Emperor Slow Riot for a New Zero Kanada

Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s Slow Riot for New Zero Kanada is a concise, poignant work

Last year, we named Godspeed You! Black Emperor’s F# A# ∞ the greatest post-rock album…

Isis Oceanic hall of fame

Isis’ Oceanic is metal at its most boundless

Revisiting the groundbreaking 2002 album from the post-metal innovators

Gang of Four Entertainment!

Gang of Four’s Entertainment! radicalized pop music

A look back at a revolutionary post-punk album that’s never been successfully replicated

Gorguts Obscura - Hall of Fame review

Gorguts’ Obscura took death metal to a higher realm

Have you ever been overwhelmed by a performance? The kind that causes your body to…

De La Soul Buhloone Mindstate - hall of fame

De La Soul’s Buhloone Mindstate is a sound from a different era

David Jolicoeur, a founding member of the hip-hop group De La Soul, who performed under…

Merzbow Pulse Demon - Hall of Fame review

Merzbow’s Pulse Demon is a masterful paradox of noise

A look back at a landmark of punishing noise

Thursday Full Collapse

Thursday channeled frustration into forward motion on Full Collapse

An album that channeled anger and sadness into something positive and powerful

Simple Minds New Gold Dream - Hall of Fame

Simple Minds revealed a brighter vision on New Gold Dream

The Scottish new wave heroes’ 1982 album took them higher

Turnover Peripheral Vision

Turnover’s Peripheral Vision delivered anthems for outsiders

The Virginia emo heroes’ second album is an essential for those who feel lonely our disconnected

Walkmen Bows + Arrows

The Walkmen’s Bows + Arrows has a bitter cold streak

Revisiting the incredible, and chilly, sophomore album from the indie rock vets

Luther Vandross Never Too Much

Luther Vandross’ Never Too Much delivered quintessential city cuts

When Luther Vandross released his debut solo record Never Too Much in August of 1981,…

Lenny Kravitz Are You Gonna Go My Way

Are You Gonna Go My Way is Lenny Kravitz at his most concentrated

There is no better embodiment of success than when America anoints a song as a…

Mastodon Leviathan

Mastodon’s Leviathan is the Great American Metal Epic

The 2004 sophomore album from the Atlanta metal troupe set a new standard for post-millennial metal

Nine Inch Nails Year Zero

Nine Inch Nails’ Year Zero soundtracked an apocalypse

Trent Reznor’s apocalyptic concept album feels shockingly resonant and relevant after more than 15 years

Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick

Jethro Tull’s Thick As a Brick is 40 minutes of prog glory

The 40-minute prog opus guided by flute and poetry is Jethro Tull’s greatest moment

Bat for Lashes Two Suns

Bat For Lashes’ Two Suns built a fantasy world of its own time and space

Natasha Khan’s sophomore album was the actual best record of 2009

Birdie Some Dusty

Birdie’s Some Dusty bridged two distinct musical eras

A look back at the 1999 indie/sunshine pop cult classic

pj harvey is this desire

PJ Harvey’s Is This Desire?: A darkly beautiful look inward

On “Catherine,” the sixth song on Is This Desire?, there’s something off about Polly Jean…