Over the past year, we’ve listened to thousands of singles – way too many to count. Throughout the year, we’ve shared many of them through three regular features – The Melodic Tonic, The Matinee, and The Weekend Showcase. While we could have rolled up all those singles into one mammoth playlist, that would have meant a playlist of nearly 1,500 songs, not to […]

For ease, here is the complete list of our Favorite 50 Albums of 2015. Click on the sub-heading below to be taken to the original post and hear tracks from the artists. Thanks for reading and here’s to another great year of music ahead of us.   The First 15 Alabama Shakes – Sound & Color Algiers – Algiers The […]

Today, we reach the final 20 of our 50 Favorite Albums of 2015. From riot grrrl to psychedelic pop, from contemporary indie rock to the sounds of the ’50s and ’60s, from alt-folk to alt-country, the list is eclectic, diverse, and filled with the best of 2015. Read the final 20 LPs below. If you’re just catching up, you can find […]

Yesterday, we listed the first ten on our Favorite Albums of the First Quarter 2015. Today, here are the remaining ten albums. As always, they’re in alphabetical order. Celebrate the awesomeness of these fine artists. Lady Lamb Lady Lamb‘s unabashed approach to songwriting and unrestrained creativity made After truly stand out in a first quarter full of incredible records. Part of […]

This is definitely the coolest music video of the year. The song, ‘A New Wave’ off of Sleater-Kinney‘s triumphant return record, No Cities To Love, is a kickass rocker. The music video features the cast of hit animated TV show Bob’s Burgers rocking out to it. It’s an awesome case of worlds colliding, and fans of both Sleater-Kinney and Bob’s Burgers […]

There have already been quite a few festival line up announcements for this year already, including Bonnaroo, Boston Calling, Coachella, Governor’s Ball, Hangout Festival, New Orleans Jazzfest, and Shaky Knees, and Sasquatch will be coming out in February. The almost complete list for SXSW is out as well, too. If we could curate our own festival, there would no likely not be any massive hype […]

I can’t quite believe I’m writing a review of a new Sleater-Kinney record in 2015.  When they called it quits and went their separate ways, It didn’t seem like it was permanent, but the reality of the end set in after a while.  I remember hearing “Jumpers” on the radio followed up by the DJ saying something like “I’m going […]

For the past few weeks, we’ve taken a look back at the year that was in music for 2014. Now it’s time to look ahead to some of the albums that we are highly anticipating for 2015. Some of these are guesses (and educated ones at that), and ones we will be monitoring closely. Here’s the list in alphabetical order […]

This week, the newly reunited Sleater-Kinney did an AMA (ask me anything) on Reddit. They used that opportunity to drop a new single “Surface Envy”, which will be on their upcoming LP No Cities To Love, due out January 20th.  Earlier this year they shared another single “Bury Our Friends”. If these two tracks are any indication, Sleater-Kinney are back with a […]