In the words of a certain wannabe indie band, “If you don’t get on some soundtrack, you're screwed!” Halloween is the perfect time to revisit the indulgent soundtrack of one of the best feminist cult classics to date.
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25 years ago, Smashing Pumpkins released their third album, a sprawling exploration of the human condition and a high-water mark for the band.
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In the five years since its release, Julien Baker’s self-produced first record has aged into a testament to humankind’s ability to change and progress.
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25 years after its release, No Doubt’s third album lives on through its quirky new wave ska, breakup melodrama, and Gwen Stefani’s digestible feminism.
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The 2010s pop king burst into the limelight with his chart-topping debut Doo-Wops & Hooligans, a breezy dance record dedicated to the wild side in us all.
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Original interpretations get a seat on this list.
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For the past century, LGBTQ+ musicians have expressed their sexual and romantic experiences through their work. Listeners today reference the music of their favorite LGBTQ+ artists to find community online and figure out if their social media crushes swing the same way they do.
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Today, we celebrate “Mean Girls” in all its one hour and 37 minutes glory: pink on Wednesdays, Aaron Samuels, t-shirts with holes in the chest, and, of course, the word “fetch.”
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Today not only marks the 1970 release of Pink Floyd's fifth studio album, Atom Heart Mother, but also an end to the band’s era of bizarre improvisations, as they moved toward a mature and deliberate sound.
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In 1975, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" showed us how to Time Warp and embrace our inner freak. Why would this year be any different? Pain is temporary, but Rocky Horror is forever.
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In 1970, the band Santana molded together African and Latinx influences with their namesake’s signature guitar sounds, creating a legacy and projecting Latin rock into ears across the world.
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35 years later, Kate Bush’s impassioned battle cry for femininity, sexuality, and total renewal remains one of pop’s greatest albums of all time.
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100 gecs’ genre-bending experimental music embraces the chaos of the Internet Age.
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As if 2020 wasn’t crazy enough, the cult-classic video game “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater” is returning to the limelight with a highly anticipated remastered version releasing this September — 21 years after the original. Now that the game is old enough to buy itself a drink, it’s time we raise our glass to the iconic soundtrack that accompanied it.
Luminous synths and romantic idealism come together for the ‘80s-inspired masterpiece that’s now consistently hailed as one of the best pop albums of the 2010s.
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With trip hop beats and guitar sparkle, Garbage offered a dynamic reprieve from grunge gloominess and opened the door to experimentation and genre fluidity in its self-titled debut.
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While the movie adaptation of John Green’s “Paper Towns” didn’t live up to expectations, its sunshiney soundtrack uplifts the story’s familiar coming-of-age elements.
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Get excited Twihards — Edward Cullen will be revived during yet another pandemic. “Midnight Sun,” a new book from Stephenie Meyer that recounts “Twilight” from Edward’s perspective, drops Aug. 4. To celebrate the “Twilight” renaissance, let’s check out the music featured in the first film.
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