Tim Karan
Spring 2015 New Music Preview
While you never can tell when another blizzard (or overhyped flurries) will add another day to winter, the record release calendar is just starting to heat up.
Mandatory Music: Built to Spill, Best Coast + More
If you only listen to five new songs today, make it these. (Also: learn to live a little.)
Why an Oasis Reunion Might Not Be a Mirage
If ever the time was right for an Oasis reunion, this is it. (Despite what Noel Gallagher says.)
Worst to First: Every Pearl Jam Album Ranked
Although they didn't create the wave of grunge that crashed over the mainstream in 1991, it was Pearl Jam who became the biggest band on the planet.
Get Behind Me Satan: Our Pathological Need to Vilify Everyone
Maybe we feel a Darwinian pull to watch others fail. Maybe we’re all just jerks. Either way, our culture loves building celebrities up to tear them back down.
Worst to First: Every Jack White Album Ranked
If Jack White is on it, you can absolutely judge an album by its cover. (It means it's a good one.)
14 Break-Up Albums Inspired by Ruined Relationships
There’s only one feeling more universal than the sensation of being in love: the soul-crushing agony and hopeless despair of being brokenhearted.
Why Beck and Kanye West Will Probably Collaborate Now
Kanye West knows exactly what he’s doing even when he clearly has no idea what he’s doing.
Worst to First: Every Beck Album Ranked
Grammy voters are obviously into Beck's latest, 'Morning Phase,' but where does it rank next to all his other albums?
The 18 Best Animated Bands Ever
It's a wonder more animated characters don't pick up instruments and learn to play considering how easy it is for them to instantaneously become amazing at it.
Choosing Sides in the Battle of Blink-182
Nobody's perfect, but it's pretty easy to tell who the villain is in the story of Blink-182.
11 Pop Songs You’d Never Guess Were Written by Rock Musicians
Behind every pop song, there's often an entire fleet of songwriters who have to remain far from the spotlight – even if they happen to be famous rock stars.