Top 10 Songs by Alkaline Trio
April 28, 2025
Alkaline Trio is a supremely undersung band in rock music. Too melodic for punk, too bouncy for emo, and too workaholic to be slackers, Matt Skiba’s group has carved out an incredible discography. Alkaline Trio is one of the finest bands in alternative music, one of…
Victory Point and combobox Reviewed
April 14, 2025
Victory Point – Puppies and Kittens
“Punk-rock PR & Consultant” is the job I’m gunning for. And if bands like Green Day know what’s best for them, they’ll hire me to tell them just what line they can push and how far they can extend it before lifelong…
Jane’s Addiction was the very first alternative-rock band for whom the major record labels battled. They did it through great songs and through an extremist approach to presentation. The group’s end through a stage fight may have been said. But when all is said…
The 10 Best Songs by Free: Walk In Their Shadow
March 20, 2025
Free was one of the first truly great blues-rock bands capable of taking a minimalist, but muscular guitar-based sound and making it a success with giant live crowds, as well as radio listeners. But the group members were also young and plagued by personal demons. Where does…
Creedence Clearwater Revival was akin to an athlete with a near-perfect record who says goodbye to the big time only a few years into their career having won everything. Behind, the group left an impeccable collection of simple, well-crafted and incredibly famous roots-rock…
Top 10 Songs by Misfits: Legacy of Brutality
January 30, 2025
Misfits came to punk rock as men on a particular mission – to horrify and to seduce. In the process of bringing their highly melodic, horror-obsessed, muscular punk to a small, dedicated fanbase, they also created a musical style.
The legend of the Misfits grows…
The Real Meaning of blink-182's "Adam's Song"
December 28, 2024
Late 1990s blink-182 had a long way to go if they were to prove that they weren’t just immature kids who wrote songs about farts and made music videos of them running naked through the streets. “Adam’s Song” was the first tune that made the world…
Led Zeppelin - "Led Zeppelin IV" aka "Zoso" Reviewed and Revisited
December 13, 2024
Led Zeppelin was already one of the biggest bands in the world by the time the group caught the plane back from their first U.S. tour. Each new release and series of concerts only cemented their reputation. Even so, their fourth album, known to fans as “Led Zeppelin…
Progressive rock’s emergence represented the moment that rock n’ roll grew up and decided it wasn’t going to merely rely on making people dance any longer. This wasn’t cool music anymore, but it sure was clever. It was book-smart and technically…