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Unplugged & Immortal: The Best Live Acoustic Performances
The great irony about the MTV Unplugged phenomenon of the 1990s is that the performances…
Happy Samhain: Ringing In the Dark Half of the Year
Let’s make one thing glaringly plain right at the start: This is not a Halloween…
Don’t Bore Us, Get to the Chorus
Despite its reputation as the No. 1 music-industry disruptor of 2019, Lil Nas X’s honky-hop…
50 Songs in 5 Minutes
At a minute and 53 seconds, “Old Town Road” made headlines for being the shortest…
Other Tongue: Songs Sung in Fake Languages
In 1999, Sigur Rós’ Ágætis byrjun bewitched a surprisingly broad swath of music lovers with…
R.I.P. David Berman
An homage from Dowsers founder Sam Chennault: I’ve never written an obituary, and I’m not…
The Greatest One-Person-Band Albums
Sometimes music is a solitary endeavor. After recording technology advanced to the point of making…
Fond Farewells: 26 Posthumous Gems
There’s no pain exactly like losing a musician you love. Partaking in good art can’t…
Hard Rock Holidays
Santa Claus is a proudly blue-collar, salt-of-the-earth kind of guy who never leaves the house…