Everybody's Dummy

Back when bands used to put out two albums a year—the luxury! Can you imagine?—it wasn’t common for said bands to screw with the formula too...

There’s something so joyous about an incredibly stupid song, particularly when it comes from someone with loftier ambitions. (Think “Happy ...

RCA Records had history on its side, but promotion and art direction weren’t always their strengths. Their budget reissues looked cheaper t...

To the astonishment of everyone, Robert Plant managed his biggest critical success in years—if not ever—for his collaboration with Alison Kr...

Having apparently remembered less is more, Lou kept to mostly the same formula on Legendary Hearts , but with two key changes. Fred Maher j...

After their longest absence yet, Out Of Time sent R.E.M. thoroughly in to the stratosphere. It still had its weird moments, but concentrate...

In hindsight, it was highly improbable that the Byrds would have left such an indelible stamp on rock history. They were basically a bunch o...