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Features Linkin Park’s A Thousand Suns changed the way we think about concept albums Linkin Park stretched boundaries by thinking big on their “multi-concept” epic that still continues to divide and bewilder today.
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Features 23 killer rock songs with the most weirdly random song titles From unnecessarily long and wordy titles to phrases that just make you go, ‘Eh?!’, these bands have been particularly imaginative when it comes to naming songs…
Features Amyl & The Sniffers: The untamed duality of Australia’s weirdo punk misfits With their 2019 self-titled debut album, Amyl & The Sniffers were poised to take over the world. Two years, a global pandemic, and one questionable shed later, the quartet are ready to do it all over again – now with some added strings to their bow…
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Features “A revolution in noise”: Our original 2001 review of Converge’s Jane Doe On September 4, 2001, Converge unleashed their fourth album Jane Doe – a “whirling, screaming assault of a record” that redefined hardcore…
Features The 18 best albums released in August 2021 From Turnstile to Trash Boat to Jinjer, these are the best albums released in August 2021.
