Desert Daze founder Phil Pirrone wants you to have a good time. And dammit if…
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Tom Morello: Radical Music
What’s This Playlist All About? As he prepares for the release of his new solo…
How Tracy Chapman’s Debut Made Her the 1980s’ Most Unlikely Icon
Before Tracy Chapman came along, 1988 sure didn’t seem like it was waiting for her.…
Charting the Outer Limits of The Monkees
In July of 1967, The Monkees dropped what would quickly become their fourth top-five single…
Ratt’s Unlikely Punk Rock Roots
The rock band Ratt have said they wrote their best and best-known song, “Round and…
GØGGS’ Leavin’ Town Playlist
Indie supergroup GØGGS features singer Chris Shaw of Memphis-based punk outfit Ex-Cult, indie psych darling Ty…
Dry Season Playlist by NOTHING
Post-whatever-you-wanna-call-it band Nothing have been carving their modern shoegaze sound out of their heavy music…
The Foreigner Strut: Mick Jones and Lou Gramm’s Sweet Science of Swagger
There’s something uniquely satisfying and majestically meta about a hard rock classic whose core subject…
Doors of Perception: The Songs That Introduced the World to Psychedelics
Psychedelic culture stands at the cusp of mainstream acceptance. This may sound odd given the…
The Influence of The Lizard King: Great Artists Who Loved the Doors Madly
Of all the many artists and songwriters who cited the Doors’ mercurial frontman as an…