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Though artists are constantly morphing and experimenting, many like to keep a consistent theme running through their music and visual aesthetic. These six artists took this idea of visual consistency to heart, creating album covers that immediately identify an album as one of theirs. -
7 Amazing Alternative Musicians Who Are Mothers: Patti Smith, Liz Phair, and more
Happy Mother's Day! In honor of all of the awesome moms being celebrated today, here are seven moms who just so happen to be amazing alt-rock musicians as well. -
8 Albums That Open with Their Best Song: Frank Zappa, Black Sabbath, and more
The tracklisting for an album can make or break the listener's opinion of it. If an album doesn't open powerfully enough, the listener might not even make it through the rest of the songs. These eight albums got around this problem by placing the best song right at the top. -
5 Artists with Unexpected Senses of Humor: Jeff Buckley, Nirvana, and more
Plenty of artists play types of music that allow room for humor and silliness. Because the Beatles wrote light, fun songs, it wasn't so surprising when they would joke around in interviews and make hilarious movies like A Hard Day's Night. However, some artists project such a solemn image through their music that it's hard to imagine them ever laughing about anything, such as these five artists. -
6 Artists Whose Debut Songs Were Their Best: The B-52's, Black Flag, and more
It's not uncommon for an artist's debut album to be its best work, but some artists have debut singles that are so unequivocally excellent that they never again write anything that good. Here are six artists who's debut song was their best. -
8 Bands to Check Out If You Love 'The Blue Album': The Promise Ring, the Apples in Stereo, and more
Today is the 20th anniversary of the release of Weezer's debut album, known as "The Blue Album" by pretty much everybody, and it remains Weezer's most successful and best-loved album. If you've heard "The Blue Album" and love it as much as I do (which is as much a person can love an album without marrying it), you'd probably enjoy these eight bands a whole lot, too. -
Grim Legion raises classic death metal monsters in New Jersey
This week Music Times meets up with Markus Misery, bassist for New Jersey classic death metal band Grim Legion. -
6 Great Songs with Just One Chord: Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, and more
Coming up with a decent chord progression is a difficult task for some songwriters. Some take the easy way out and just use tired, clichéd progression that we've heard a thousand times before (I'm looking at you, every artist in this Wikipedia article I found), while others make the odd decision to do away with progressions entirely, playing one chord and nothing else. Here are six great songs written with just one chord. -
6 Incredible Songs That Took Lyrics from Other Songs: Radiohead, The White Stripes, and more
There's a very fine line between homage and plagiarism, but these six artists walked that line masterfully when writing the lyrics to these songs. Here are six incredible songs that took lyrics from other songs. -
8 Great Punk Covers of Classic Songs: Minor Threat, Big Black, and more
If an artist does a cover version of a song, but doesn't really change anything about it, then there's not really a point in doing it at all (listen to Seal's version of "Let's Stay Together" and tell me why it had to be made). However, these eight bands took songs by non-punk bands and put their own noisy punk spin of them. -
11 Initial Thoughts On Lana Del Rey's 'West Coast' Video
After pulling the video from Youtube yesterday, Lana Del Rey re-released the video for her single “West Coast” today, and these are all of my thoughts after watching the video just one time. -
6 Artists Who Have Reused Their Lyrics: The Smiths, Bruce Springsteen, and more
A lot of artists get accused of writing the same songs over and over again (AC/DC, the Ramones...), but some artists have literally taken parts of their songs and used them twice. Here are six artists who have recycled their own lyrics.
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