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Nirvana, In Utero – 20t…
Nirvana’s third album was burdened with expectations almost as soon… more »
Six Degrees of Nirvana’…
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »
Arctic Monkeys, AM
Hangovers happen. The Arctic Monkeys — the brash British band led b… more »
2012 in Review: The R&B …
At the beginning of December, the song perched atop the Billboard’s… more »
A Skeptic’s Guide to Ae…
In recent years, Aerosmith’s fondness for big ballads and endless r… more »
Nirvana, In Utero – 20t…
Nirvana’s third album was burdened with expectations almost as soon… more »
Kelly Clarkson, Stronger…
It’s been nine years since Kelly Clarkson was crowned as the inaugu… more »
Kelly Clarkson, Stronger (Del…
It’s been nine years since Kelly Clarkson was crowned as the inaugu… more »
Mother Love Bone, Mother Love…
Listening to the scant amount of material recorded by the Seattle glam-pu… more »
Guns N’ Roses, Appetite…
The debut album from Guns N' Roses landed with a loud thunk in 1987, … more »
Interview: PJ Harvey
PJ Harvey’s Let England Shake is an explicitly political album, but… more »
P.J. Harvey, Dry
Eighteen years on, the debut album from PJ Harvey still sounds fairly ast… more »
Icon: P.J. Harvey
Polly Jean Harvey was a notable figure in rock music almost from the exac… more »
Six Degrees of Janet Jackson…
It used to be easier to pretend that an album was its own perfectly self-… more »
P.J. Harvey, The Peel Session…
PJ Harvey had a particularly fruitful relationship with the tastemaking R… more »
P.J. Harvey, White Chalk…
The cover of White Chalk shows a harshly lit Harvey sitting in a white dr… more »
Guns N’ Roses, Use Your…
Use Your Illusion II feels like more of an odds-and-sods collection than … more »
Guns N’ Roses, Use Your…
A Wings cover, a 10-minute mini-opera that recalls Bloodrock's "D.O.A… more »
Jazmine Sullivan, Love Me Bac…
Philadelphia soul singer Jazmine Sullivan has a lusty, untameable voice, … more »
P.J. Harvey, Rid Of Me…
The cover of PJ Harvey's second album shows her in the shower —… more »
P.J. Harvey, 4-Track Demos…
Many attributed the hostile sound of Rid of Me to Steve Albini's engi… more »
P.J. Harvey, To Bring You My …
Like its studio predecessor Rid of Me, To Bring You My Love fades in slow… more »
P.J. Harvey, Is This Desire?…
On Is This Desire? Harvey utilizes more machine-generated beats than on p… more »
P.J. Harvey, Uh Huh Her…
After the relative splendor of Stories from the City, Stories from the Se… more »

