Category: Classic Album

SNFU The One Voted Most Likely to Succeed Epitaph SNFU frontman, Mr. Chi Pig, known to his parents...

Joanna Newsom Ys Drag City Joanna Newsom’s Ys is an album of mythic proportions, a project too big...

Swervedriver Mezcal Head Creation/A&M Records Swervederiver were amongst the top flight of the...

R.E.M. Green Warner Bros. R.E.M. were one of the first of the darlings of the underground of 1980s...

Joy Division Substance Factory/Polygram I was a child when Ian Curtis took his life on 18 May...

The Jesus & Marychain Automatic Blanco y Negro Records Automatic was The Jesus &...

Killer Mike R.A.P. Music Williams Street Killer Mike’s career led up to this 2012 album, his...

The Tragically Hip Fully Completely MCA Records I was talking to my good buddy Dave last night....

David Bowie Low RCA There was something distinctly unsettling about Low the first time I listened...

Roots Manuva Brand New Second Hand Big Dada/Ninja Tune British, like Canadian hip hop, has...

Echo & The Bunnymen Reverberation Sire On the 1993 Judgement Night soundtrack, the producers...

Cover me, I’m going in A couple weeks ago here at The Typescript we had a bit of contentious...

De La Soul Buhloone Mindstate Tommy Boy De La Soul are the first artist to feature twice in our...

Public Image Ltd. First Issue Virgin The 1980s in suburbia was the equivalent of a long ago and...

Chucklehead Fuzz Summit Records An approximation of my life in Boston, 1992-1995: A ramshackle...

Sons of Freedom Sons of Freedom Slash Records I remember the first time I saw the video for...

Superchunk No Pocky for Kitty Matador Records Superchunk, indie rock idols from Chapel Hill, North...

Cowboy Junkies The Trinity Session RCA The Cowboy Junkies emerged in Toronto in 1985.  Bassist...

Concrete Blonde Bloodletting IRS Records/EMI This year marks the 30th anniversary of Concrete...

Living Colour Vivid Epic The first thing I noticed about Living Colour the very first time I saw...