Honoring the label’s anniversary with a roundup of some of its greatest releases.
The final album from the Seattle trio tested the limits of where a commercial audience would follow them
Mingus’ masterful jazz suite showcased the dueling personas that drove his music
Rundgren’s third album found the singer/songwriter and producer fully embracing the possibilities of the studio
The proper introduction of a guitar god and psych-rock legend
Where to start with the inscrutable, experimental rock artist
The L.A. rapper reintroduced himself via a hazy and dark debut album
Michael Eugene Archer’s soul masterpiece, an act that took 15 years to follow
We speak with Julia Steiner about the band’s decade-plus journey, and new album ‘The Window’
A Texas troubadour’s greatest songs, stripped down to the raw nerves
The greatest calcification of what Metallica had to offer
A masterpiece of dread, as far away from a commercial hit as you can get
The Irish singer bared her soul on her 1990 album
An incendiary debut whose power can’t be replicated
The weirdest record ever to go triple platinum.
The defining masterpiece of a distinctive new wave duo
An album this incendiary can only be detonated once