• Seven Cool Emo Bands with Terrible Names

    When I was originally putting together bands for this article, the topic was simply "Great Bands with Terrible Names," but I soon realized that a great number of the bands I had chosen were emo bands. It must be an unfortunate side effect of playing music in a genre that itself has a terrible name. Here are seven excellent emo bands that should've thought a little longer about the names they chose.

  • 4 Decades of Country - ACM Winners From the Past

    In 1965, the first Academy of Country Music Awards were handed out for the best music of 1964. As we head into the 49th annual awards weekend, let's take a trip down memory lane to see who the past winners were 10, 20, 30 and 40 years ago in selected categories.

  • 8 Classic Albums That Sound Awful: The Stooges, Bruce Springsteen, and more

    If you take a look at a list of the greatest albums of all time, you'll find albums by the Beatles, the Beach Boys, Radiohead; huge bands that recorded with expensive equipment and talented producers. Any true indie fan will tell you, though, that you don't need top notch production to create a top-notch album. Here are eight albums that are classics despite their less-than-stellar production.

  • 5 Best Canadian Albums of the 21st Century

    Since the turn of the century, Canada has produced a lot of excellent artists: Arcade Fire, Feist, Grimes, and a ton more. Narrowing down a list of just five great albums from our northern neighbors was tough, but I think you'll agree with these choices.

  • 8 Artists Who Would Make For Interesting Musicals: Springsteen, Bowie, and more

    Even though a musical based on his songs is probably the last thing he ever wanted, the music of Kurt Cobain is coming to Broadway, apparently. Nirvana's music is excellent, but if I were in charge of selecting a catalog of songs to adapt into a musical, Nirvana would be towards the bottom of my list. Here's who would be at the top:

  • 9 Excellent Songs with Wordless Hooks: Kanye West, The Smiths, and more

    As someone who writes songs in his spare time, I completely understand how difficult it is sometimes to come up with lyrics to a song that's otherwise totally finished. It can be very tempting to just fill up the melody with a bunch of nonsense and call it a day. Here are 10 songs where the songwriters did just that and got away with it.

  • A Brief History of The Flaming Lips' Weirdness

    The Flaming Lips' recording of a companion album to Pink Floyd's The Dark Side of the Moon may seem like a strange idea, but should come as no surprise to anyone familiar with the Oklahoma band's tendencies. This is just the latest in a long string of unusual activity for the band. Here's a brief history of the strangest things the Flaming Lips have done.

  • 7 Artists Who Rarely Perform(ed) Live: Steely Dan, The Beatles, Brian Eno and more

    When Kate Bush recently announced new concert dates, a certain section of the Internet freaked out. This reaction wasn't simply due to the fact that she's one of the world's most celebrated living musicians, but rather because Kate Bush has somehow managed to not tour since 1979. She's not the only world famous artist who has an unusual relationship with the stage, however...

  • 8 Albums that go against the theory of the sophomore slump: Radiohead, Nirvana, Neutral Milk Hotel and more

    The theory of the "sophomore slump" is that an artist has their whole lives to create their first album, but then suffers creatively when they have only a short time to create their second. Andrew W.K., The Stone Roses, Television, Interpol, and Best Coast are all examples of artists who have fallen into this trap, but it's not as widespread as music historians may lead you to believe. There are a huge number of bands whose second albums either made up for the false start of their debuts, or rode their debut's success to even greater artistic heights.
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