Hall of Fame

Jethro Tull Thick as a Brick

Jethro Tull’s Thick As a Brick is 40 minutes of prog glory

The 40-minute prog opus guided by flute and poetry is Jethro Tull’s greatest moment

Bat for Lashes Two Suns

Bat For Lashes’ Two Suns built a fantasy world of its own time and space

Natasha Khan’s sophomore album was the actual best record of 2009

Birdie Some Dusty

Birdie’s Some Dusty bridged two distinct musical eras

A look back at the 1999 indie/sunshine pop cult classic

pj harvey is this desire

PJ Harvey’s Is This Desire?: A darkly beautiful look inward

On “Catherine,” the sixth song on Is This Desire?, there’s something off about Polly Jean…

cracked rear view

Cracked Rear View: Reassessing Hootie & the Blowfish’s breakthrough debut

A Blerd looks back on the formative experience of growing up with Hootie

Earl Sweatshirt Doris

Earl Sweatshirt explored insular shades of gray on Doris

The L.A. rapper reintroduced himself via a hazy and dark debut album

George Clinton Atomic Dog

George Clinton’s “Atomic Dog” at 40: Still Barking

A look back at the massive funk jam, with an even more massive influence on hip-hop.

Green Day Nimrod

Nimrod showcased Green Day at their most authentically eclectic

The group’s most mainstream moment is also their hardest to pin down

Miles Davis On the Corner

With On the Corner, Miles Davis rewired jazz

In 1972, Miles Davis made his most radical move yet

Bob Dylan Time Out of Mind

Bob Dylan’s Time Out of Mind was the start of something new

We look back at Dylan’s 1997 masterpiece for its 25th anniversary

Black Sabbath Vol. 4 at 50

Black Sabbath’s Vol. 4 is a climactic rock album from a tumultuous era

A legendary new frontier from the heavy metal titans. We look back on its 50th anniversary

Sonic Youth Sister Evol Bad Moon Rising

Bad Moon Rising, EVOL, and Sister: Sonic Youth’s dark American trilogy

The group’s mid-’80s trio of records was a massive breakthrough as well as a period of fixation on a dark American myth

mankunku quartet yakhal inkomo

Mankunku Quartet’s Yakhal’ Inkomo was a landmark album for South African jazz

A look back at a significant historical document of music made in a traumatic era

yo la tengo extra painful review

Slanted and Enchanted—Pavement’s unabashed masterpiece at 30

The indie icons’ debut recently turned thirty, and we look back at that wild ride

El-P Fantastic Damage

On Fantastic Damage, El-P paired stygian themes with apocalyptic beats

A debut set of bangers wrought from an apocalyptic mood.