When SoundCloud launched in 2007, it was initially populated by DJs who posted hours-long sets,…
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The Best Electric Light Orchestra Songs
I knew I’d joined a special place when the first act Stylus Magazine inducted its…
The Best Post-Sonic Youth Songs
We weren’t prepared for the dissolution of Sonic Youth in 2011. An alternative-rock institution for…
The Best Television Songs
Matching guitar crosstalk with a lead singer whose pinched tones were like balsamic vinegar on…
The Best Yoko Ono Songs
The most maligned woman in rock history, Evelyn McDonnell called her, and it’s not hyperbole.…
The Complete Fleetwood Mac
Up until quite recently putting together a Complete Fleetwood Mac playlist wasn’t even possible. If…
Grant Hart’s Greatest Songs
To say Grant Hart lived a hard life is a gross understatement. With ’80s noise-pop…
The Worst New Order Songs
New Order may have recorded indifferent songs, but I could only think of a handful…
The World of Afrobeats
Afrobeats is the sound you heard on pop radio for much of 2016. It’s not…
Fiona Apple’s Top 10 Fiercest Lines
“I just wanna feel everything,” Fiona Apple softly quivers on “Every Single Night.” She repeats…