The 15 Best Songs of the Replacements
The classic Replacements lineup of Paul Westerberg, brothers Tommy and Bob Stinson, and Chris Mars remain unbeatable. The inhuman streak of Let It Be, Tim, and Pleased to Meet Me are bested by only a few.
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It’s Business As Usual for the Hold Steady on ‘Open Door Policy’
Like the title implies, it's hard to see the Hold Steady's latest album as something more than just another shrewd career move.
Death By Unga Bunga Deliver Deft Hooks, Garage Rock Ecstasy on “Faster Than Light” (premiere)
Death By Unga's "Faster Than Light" is the latest single from new LP, Heavy Male Insecurity, which finds the Norwegian act brandishing their best attitude and melodies
Goat Girl’s ‘On All Fours’ Is Amazingly Gorgeous
What we have on Goat Girl's On All Fours are some hazy but deeply unsettling observations, carried along effortlessly on a bed of delirious voices, sailing over music quieter, slicker, and tighter than that on their debut.
K Michelle DuBois Relies on ‘Fever’ Pitch for Striking Return (interview + premiere)
As an innovative musician who grew up in Nashville before making a name for herself in Atlanta, K Michelle DuBois changes with the times while exploring other unconventional ways to write and record The Fever Returns.
Philip B. Price Wonders If We’re “Scarred For Life” (premiere)
Longtime Winterpills member Philip B. Price steps out with a masterful new solo release that taps into the zeitgeist without being defined by it.
Foo Fighters Hit the Dance Floor on ‘Medicine at Midnight’
Medicine at Midnight finds Foo Fighters flirting with danceable rhythms and pop melodies. It's a fun album but might be polarizing just the same.
Good Bison’s ‘Scattered Storms’ Is Positively Sun-Splashed
With touches of reggae upstrokes and even Tropicalia, Good Bison's debut EP is positively sun-splashed, lending Pablo Alvarez's various crises and neuroses a slight touch of irony, even satire.
Black Country, New Road’s Debut Sets a New Benchmark for Experimental Rock
Black Country, New Road show us what a "rock band" or "rock outfit" can achieve on For the First Time. For those bands labeled as experimental, we now have an expectation and a new benchmark.
Weezer Pull Themselves Out of a Rut with Help From an Orchestra
Fresh out of gimmicks, Weezer think outside the box and deliver their most sincere album in years with OK Human.