The Five Best and Worst Replacement Singers

Stone Temple Pilots have officially announced that their search for a singer to replace the late Chester Bennington has come to an end. ..

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A Beginner’s Guide to Richard Linklater

A Beginner’s Guide to Richard Linklater

This article originally ran in March 2016. We’re reposting today in anticipation of Linklater’s new film, Last Flag Flying. ..

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Voodoo Music Experience 2017: Exclusive Portraits

Voodoo Music Experience 2017: Exclusive Portraits

Voodoo Music Experience descended upon New Orleans’ own City Park over Halloween weekend for another round of spooky festivities. ..

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Ranking: Every Weezer Album from Worst to Best

Note: This feature was originally published in October 2014. We’ve updated it with the release of Pacific Daydream. Put this ..

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Top 25 Albums of 1977

Decades is a recurring feature that turns back the clock to critical anniversaries of albums, songs, and films. This month, we dial ..

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How 1977 Broke All the Rules and Changed Music Forever

David Byrne, Tina Weymouth, Jerry Harrison, and Chris Frantz could have called their debut record anything. But even with a world of potential ..

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10 Bands Who Changed Their Name and Found Fame

Feature photo by Philip Cosores. The High Numbers. Sigma 6. Tom & Jerry. Angel and the Snake. The Golliwogs. Tony Flow & the Miraculously ..

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10 Collaborative Albums You Should Know

The math is simple: 1 + 1 = 2. But basic arithmetic can’t account for chemistry. And that’s something a duo either seems to have ..

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Beck in 10 Songs

Beck in 10 Songs

This feature originally ran in 2016 when we first expected Colors to be coming out. Don’t fool us again, Beck! Ever felt overwhelmed ..

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The 13 Scariest Pop Songs

This feature originally ran in October 2014. We’ll continue to share scares, old and new, as we creep towards Halloween. If it haunts, ..

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A Brief History of Marilyn Manson Being Strange

A Brief History of Marilyn Manson Being Strange

When little Brian Hugh Warner was born in 1969 on a chilly day in January, his hometown of Canton, Ohio, must have surely felt a tip in the scales. ..

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The Very Best of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

The Very Best of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers

This article originally ran in 2015. We’re republishing today to celebrate the career of the great Tom Petty. Sadly, Florida will ..

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Tom Cruise’s Top 10 Performances

This feature originally ran July 2015. We’re returning to it just in time for American Made hitting theaters this weekend. Top Performances ..

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Top 10 Songs by The Beatles After The Beatles

This feature was originally published in April 2009. When my editor asked me to list the top 10 songs recorded by John, Paul, George, and Ringo ..

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Top 20 Rock ‘n’ Roll Solo Albums

This feature originally ran in 2013. With Rostam releasing his excellent debut solo album this week, we thought, why the hell not? Singer-songwriters ..

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Neil Young’s Top 10 Songs

This feature originally ran in 2014. We’re reposting in anticipation of Neil Young’s new album, Hitchhiker. Top Songs is a feature ..

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The Ultimate Back-to-School Mixtape

The Ultimate Back-to-School Mixtape

In honor of another year of pencils, books, and teachers’ dirty looks, Editor-in-Chief Michael Roffman revisits his ultimate back-to-school ..

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Top 21 Songs About Nostalgia

This feature was originally published in November 2013. nos·tal·gia noun [no-stal-juh, -jee-uh, nuh-] : pleasure and sadness ..

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The 25 Most Anticipated Tours of Fall 2017

Yes, summer is not technically over yet, but it’s not too early to look forward to what’s coming up for the rest of the year. ..

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The 25 Most Anticipated Albums of Fall 2017

The 25 Most Anticipated Albums of Fall 2017

As we eyeball the final stretch, it’s never easy to tell whether the year in music is speeding up or slowing down. In Tinsel Town, ..

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10 Other Nerd Rock Bands You Should Know

10 Other Nerd Rock Bands You Should Know

It’s almost a given that any listing of nerd rock bands will begin with a naval-gazing debate over semantics. I, however, am mostly ..

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Sehnsucht at 20: How Rammstein Stood up Against Hate

Sehnsucht at 20: How Rammstein Stood up Against Hate

Dusting ‘Em Off is a rotating, free-form feature that revisits a classic album, film, or moment in pop-culture history. This ..

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Madonna’s Top 20 Songs

With Madonna celebrating her 59th birthday, we decided to revisit our 2013 list of her best songs. Here’s a funny picture: Thirty ..

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Ranking: Every Lollapalooza Lineup from Worst to Best

Ranking: Every Lollapalooza Lineup from Worst to Best

Rank and File finds us sorting through an exhaustive, comprehensive body of work or collection of pop-culture artifacts. This time, we celebrate ..

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10 Nine Inch Nails Songs That Freaked Your Parents Out

10 Nine Inch Nails Songs That Freaked Your Parents Out

This feature originally ran in 2013 and is being re-published in light of NIN’s new EP. When I was 12, my friend Chris and I started ..

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Melvins take over Consequence of Sound’s Instagram Story

Melvins take over Consequence of Sound’s Instagram Story

Featured photo by Nina Corcoran Melvins recently hit the road for a massive, 12-week North American tour. Supporting their first-ever ..

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10 Hair Metal Albums That Don’t Suck

Sometimes, music criticism in the 21st century can seem like one big, hapless exercise in re-evaluation. The ascension of poptimism means ..

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I’ll Be Missing You: A History of Tribute Songs

The world’s oldest complete piece of music is, one theory goes, a tribute song. Dating from between 200 BC and 100 AD, the Seikilos ..

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The 10 Best Bands with Siblings

For a lot of us, our brothers and sisters are the first enemies we ever had. They take our stuff, they call us names, and they blame us for the scribbles ..

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Ranking: Every Radiohead Song from Worst to Best

A staff ranking of Radiohead’s nine albums isn’t the easiest activity to partake in. There are different eras in the band’s ..

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The 10 Greatest Sophomore Albums of All Time

This feature originally ran in 2016. We’re revisiting today as we continue to pore over Lorde’s sophomore album, Melodrama. ..

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10 Other Shoegaze Bands You Should Know

This feature originally ran in November 2014 and is being re-published to celebrate Slowdive’s top-rated comeback album. ..

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A Brief History of Prince Being Prince

This feature was originally published in September of 2015. We’re reposting to mark one year since Prince’s passing. It’s ..

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The Top 10 Definitively Prince Songs

This feature originally ran in April 2016, shortly after Prince’s death. It’s now being re-published as we mark one year since ..

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The Nine Showrunners Who Defined The Simpsons

The Nine Showrunners Who Defined The Simpsons

Thirty years ago this month, America’s favorite animated family made their debut as part of The Tracey Ullman Show. To celebrate, CoS ..

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The 12 Best Nameless Characters on The Simpsons

The 12 Best Nameless Characters on The Simpsons

Thirty years ago this month, America’s favorite animated family made their debut as part of The Tracey Ullman Show. To celebrate, CoS ..

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The 50 Greatest Wrestling Themes

This feature originally appeared in 2014. The Undertaker is exhuming it for this weekend’s Wrestlemania 33 in Orlando. With all the chair ..

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Ranking: Every Bob Dylan Album From Worst to Best

This feature originally appeared in 2014. It’s been updated to include Bob Dylan’s new release, Triplicate.  “The ..

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Top 10 Songs of the Month: Lorde, Gorillaz, and Feist

March tends to be a pivotal month in the music calendar and not just for the hordes of buzz bands vying for attention at Austin’s ..

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Bob Dylan’s 20 Best Songs

Top Songs is a feature in which we definitively handpick the very best songs in an artist or band’s catalog. Sounds simple, right? ..

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Ranking: Every Song by The Smiths from Worst to Best

This year’s festival season begins next month in California’s Coachella Valley, and with it comes the annual parade of reunion ..

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