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It’s the last day of February, which means it’s the last day of Black History Month, which means this is the last of our Deep Dives to celebrate underrated artists who particularly ought to be celebrated this month. As such,...

15 years ago this week – the actual anniversary was yesterday, if you’re curious – John Frusciante released his fourth solo album, an LP which instantly became notable as a result of being the first of his solo albums to...

40 years ago this week, the Stranglers released the first live album of their career, and while it would in no way, shape or form be their last (we’re not even going to tell you how many they’ve racked up...

For today’s Deep Dive in honor of Black History Month, we’re diving a little deeper than usual and spotlighting a band that released three albums on Elektra between 1979-1980 and even scored a top-10 hit on Billboard ’s R&B Singles...

Today we celebrate the fact that yesterday was Roberta Flack’s birthday, and we also apologize for the fact that we don’t post new pieces over the weekend, but we figured that the occasion of Ms. Flack’s birth was worthy of...

Today we celebrate the birthday of singer-songwriter Tom Rush, and we’re doing so by taking a look at an album from his back catalog which – despite being the most commercially successful LP of his career – still isn’t known...

As February rolls on, so does Black History Month, but you probably guessed that, since they’re one and the same. What you likely didn’t guess, however, was that we were going to decide to spotlight Leon Ware in today’s piece,...

Today we celebrate the birthday of the man who may not have officially invented “shock rock” but certainly helped turn it into a tremendous mainstream success: Alice Cooper. In honor of the day Vincent Damon Furnier – yes, that’s Alice’s...

33 years ago today, Ray Charles was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, which would seem to be the perfect time to spotlight some of his most rockin’ hits. Instead, however, we’re going to play the contrarian...