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10 iconic alt '90s movie soundtracks

The ’90s boasted tons of iconic alt movie soundtracks. From Letters to Cleo in 10 Things I Hate About You to Elliott Smith in Good Will Hunting, check out our picks.

Record Store Day's Black Friday clearly saved the best releases for last

We hope you saved some money because Black Friday is Record Store Day’s final shopping event of 2020. If your toes don’t curl at the breadth of this month’s selections, well, do you even like music? There are plenty of great titles being reissued on the vinyl format for all of your post-Thanksgiving wonderment. Here […]

Top 10 album covers you can track down and visit in person

Plenty of thought goes into the images plastered across album covers, even if they don’t have the same relevance in the digital age. Now, artists can focus on making the right statement and summing up their music with the visuals. These records could belong in any top 10 list, but the ability to see them […]

Murder By Death tackle Weezer, Elliott Smith, Misfits, more on new covers album

Earlier today, Murder By Death released As You Wish, a 15-track covers album, via their Bandcamp page. As You Wish includes the band's takes on songs by Weezer, Motörhead, Misfits, Elliott Smith, Wilson Phillips and many more. You can stream the record below. As the band explain: “we did a crazy kickstarter in July of 2012. […]

Listen to an alternate version of Elliott Smith's "Alameda"

In celebration of what would have been Elliott Smith's 43rd birthday, Kill Rock Stars will be releasing alternate versions of Elliott Smith songs all of August. Below you can listen to the first one, “Alameda,” which was originally on his 1997 album, Either/Or. On August 6, Kill Rock Stars will release their Elliott Smith compilation, An Introduction…, […]

Under The Acoustic Covers: Benji Madden vs. Metric

You think it’s hard to write an original song? Try finding a cover song that hasn’t been done before—it’s harder than you think. That’s why we bring you Under The Covers: Each week, we’ll pit two bands who have covered the same source material against one another, and it’s up to you to decide who comes out on […]

Various Artists - Live From Nowhere Near You: Volume Two

Various Artists Live From Nowhere Near You: Volume Two   Compilations by nature have a strong odds & sods bent, and Live From Nowhere Near You is no exception. Extending across three discs, 65 tracks and almost four hours—and featuring recordings from more than 50 different artists—it’d hard for it to be otherwise. But it’s […]