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Slayer, "Reign in Blood" cover art (1986)

Blindspotting: Slayer, "Reign in Blood"

Let's thrash, bitches

Old Music Friday: 3/14/85

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Old Music Friday: 3/14/85

Counting down the singles that debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 this week in 1985

A still from Foster the People's video for "Helena Beat"

The One After the One-Hit Wonder, Part 5

Top 40 success can be so fleeting. Just ask these artists

Photo from the Carpenters' 1971 album

Blindspotting: The Carpenters, "Carpenters"

Today's column is brought to you by the makers of insulin

Still from Jordan Hawkins' "Crazy" video

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New Music Friday: 3/7/25

It is only with the New Music that one can see Friday; what is essential is invisible to the eye

Cropped version of the cover artwork for Molly Hatchet's "Lightning Strikes Twice" album (1989)

Major Letdowns: Molly Hatchet, "Lightning Strikes Twice"

Flirt with disaster long enough, and she'll flirt right back

Photo from the cover of Wu-Tang Clan's "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)"

Blindspotting: Wu-Tang Clan, "Enter the Wu-Tang (36 Chambers)"

At long last, investigating da mystery of chessboxin'

New Music Friday: 2/28/25

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New Music Friday: 2/28/25

I have always depended on the New Music of Friday

Islands in the Stream: 2/13/25

Islands in the Stream: 2/13/25

Giving some extra love to artists who deserve more of it

Cropped version of Jimmy Buffett's album artwork for "A-1-A" (1974)

Blindspotting: Jimmy Buffett, "A-1-A"

Wasting away, and then wasting some more

Cropped version of SPIN's New Music 1992 issue cover

Revisiting SPIN's 1992 New Music Preview

I wonder whatever happened to those Nirvana kids

Cropped version of Leonard Cohen's album cover for You Want It Darker (2016)

Blindspotting: Leonard Cohen, "You Want It Darker"

One last album of slammin' pop bangers from MC Leo

A hooded Corey Feldman doing terrible things on stage

Earmageddon: The Ex-Corey-Ation

What's even less appealing than an album by a former teen idol? A DOUBLE album by a former teen idol

A man wearing large hair curlers

Islands in the Stream: 1/29/25

Giving a little extra love to artists who deserve more of it

The cover of Bjork's POST album (1995, One Little Indian)

Blindspotting: Björk, "Post"

Bork! Bork! Bork!

New Music Friday: 1/24/25

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New Music Friday: 1/24/25

I took a deep breath and listened to the old brag of my heart; New, Music, Friday

Shot of Judd Nelson as Bender at the end of "The Breakfast Club"

The Big Music

Sneaking in a playlist real quick-like

Revisiting SPIN's 1991 New Music Preview

How many of these predictions came true?

cover artwork for Jefferson Airplane's "Surrealistic Pillow" album

Blindspotting: Jefferson Airplane, "Surrealistic Pillow"

Extremely low altitude

Cover art for Pat Benatar's "Gravity's Rainbow" album

Major Letdowns: Pat Benatar, "Gravity's Rainbow"

She hit us with her best shot, but in 1993, it wasn't enough

Still from the video for Deee-Lite's "Power of Love"

The One After the One-Hit Wonder, Part 4

Top 40 success can be so fleeting. Just ask these artists

Cover artwork for fIREHOSE's "If'n" LP

Blindspotting: fIREHOSE, "If'n"

Fixing musical blind spots, one album at a time

Cover artwork for Loudon Wainwright III's "History" album

The Instant Fan Chronicles, Part 5

Sometimes, a single song is all it takes

Cover artwork for the Smiths' "The Queen Is Dead" album

Blindspotting: The Smiths, "The Queen Is Dead"

Fixing musical blind spots, one album at a time

A hastily and sloppily assembled collage featuring artwork from some of my favorite albums released during 2024

My Favorite Albums of 2024

2024 brought us some terrific LPs. These are the ones I enjoyed most