GREGORY ALAN ISAKOV: Albums Ranked

For the majority of his career, Gregrory Alan Isakov has quietly flown below the proverbial radar, all the while dutifully assembling a catalog of timeless classics.

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EOB: Earth

Given the fact that Ed O'Brien had been working on a solo album for several years, there was no shortage of anticipation and expectation surrounding 2020's Earth (released under the EOB moniker).

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SARAH JAROSZ: Albums Ranked

To those who know her work, Sarah Jarosz is a multi-talented singer-songwriter and instrumentalist who has captivated audiences with her unique blend of contemporary folk, Americana, and bluegrass music for the better part of fifteen years (and counting).

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Run the Voodoo Down: Miles Davis – Bitches Brew

Released: March 30, 1970 Miles Davis famously said, “do not fear mistakes—there are none.” He’s also the man who reinvented jazz “four or five times.” He played his trumpet for decades, weathering one cultural revolution after another. He was an innovator, originator, and visionary. His audience spans a handful of generations at this point, and... Continue Reading →

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That’s Me In The Spotlight: R.E.M. – Out Of Time

Released: March 12, 1991 It's nearly impossible to discuss R.E.M.'s ascent from enigmatic indie-rockers to stadium-filling pop stars without mentioning the band's seventh album, Out Of Time, and the brooding, minor-key anthem "Losing My Religion." The band had long conquered the college-rock landscape, but everything changed in 1991. Thanks to the universal embracing of the unconventional... Continue Reading →

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Failure’s Fantastic Planet

Released: August 13, 1996 History is filled with countless examples of unsung bands whose efforts proved crucial to a movement or scene that would ultimately pass them by. While the '90s saw an alt-rock revival teeming with countless sound-alikes, Failure was a few years too early to the party. Still, while they only briefly flirted... Continue Reading →

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Step Right Up: Nine Inch Nails – The Downward Spiral

Released: March 8, 1994 While hard to imagine now, there was a brief point in time when Nine Inch Nails (Trent Reznor's musical brainchild/alias/moniker) was one of alt-rock’s most prominent bands. And in terms of cultural relevance, the outfit’s apex occurred with their second full-length album, the appropriately titled The Downward Spiral. The Downward Spiral... Continue Reading →

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Chronicling ‘The End of All Your Dreams’

Adam Steiner’s ‘Into The Never’ offers readers an in-depth, track-by-track overview of the seminal Nine Inch Nails release, ‘The Downward Spiral.’ Regardless of where ‘Downward Spiral’ sits within your personal rankings—I’d start my list with its follow-up, ‘The Fragile’—the cultural impact of the 1994 release is undeniable. But it’s nearly impossible to tell the story... Continue Reading →

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MEAN MARY — BLAZING HER OWN TRAIL

Photo by Johnny Giles The story of ‘Mean’ Mary James (who is perhaps best known as the intrepid, banjo-wielding songstress behind the inspired storytelling of 2013’s Year of the Sparrow, and the genre-bending follow-up Sweet) reads like a page from some lost rock ‘n roll memoir. She learned to read music before words; she wrote... Continue Reading →

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