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10 Essential Plunderphonics Tracks

Since the ceremonious return of The Avalanches earlier this year, the term “plunderphonics” has been…

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At the peak of Bruce Springsteen‘s Born in the U.S.A. fame in 1984, he appeared…

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How Jay Z’s Reasonable Doubt launched a hip-hop legacy

“Who do you think you are? Baby one day, you’ll be a star…” Jay Z…

10 Essential Color Albums

Throughout pop music, there are various albums that are known only by their album cover’s…

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“Well, how the hell do you be cool?” When Marge Simpson asks this question, exasperatedly,…

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10 Misleading Opening Tracks

Every album deserves a great opener. But not every album, great or less than great…

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Disparate Youth: An interview with Mourn

Mourn’s hometown of Barcelona isn’t necessarily a post-punk hotspot. Bass-thumping electronic clubs, famed architecture and…

10 Essential Triple Albums

It’s an impressive enough feat to make a double-length album that holds together well without…

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10 Essential Songs About Guitars

Last week, we put together a list of our Top 100 Guitarists, which led to…

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Impossible to Ignore: A conversation with Diarrhea Planet

Despite enjoying greater exposure than ever before and a steadily swelling fanbase, Diarrhea Planet haven’t…

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Greatest Hits: Radiohead

Thirty years, nine albums, and not a bad one in the bunch! How does a…

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Some of the greatest music from Japan’s cultural capital

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The facade of control: An interview with Sumac

Aaron Turner has been a member of some of heavy music’s least conventional, most boundary-pushing…

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10 Essential Neo-Soul Albums

10 essentials from a movement heavy on analog groove

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Somewhere between the fourth or fifth guitar solo during their headlining show at San Diego’s…

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10 Essential Cold War Albums

“Yeah, everybody’s got a bomb.” In the 1980s, the Cold War was an inescapable aspect…

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It was September 5, 1991. Dressed in my jammies and under what I assume was…

10 Essential 21st century pop albums

When Treble highlights the essentials of a particular style of music, we can sometimes pick…

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The best of the iconic UK electronic duo.

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10 Essential Native Tongues tracks

For a certain generation of listeners coming up in a certain era—the late ’80s and…