Grunge pioneers Green River gave the adoring crowd exactly what they were looking for last night at the Sub Pop 20th Anniversary Party at Seattle’s Marymoor Park. The reunited sextet
If Hidden Track is just one of many music blogs you read than you’ve probably seen a bunch of bloggers listing their favorite albums from each year they were alive. Before the weekend started, we asked a number of our contributors and JRoxx of Runaway Dinosaur to come up with lists of their own to share.
Everyone we asked to make this list came back and told us how much fun they had putting it together. To join in the fun just leave your list as a comment on the bottom of this post. If you need help determining what album came from what year you can use Wikipedia’s list of album releases or Robert Christgau’s Pazz and Jop rundowns. Here’s what we came up with…
Scotty’s List:
1977 – Steely Dan – Aja
1978 – Warren Zevon – Excitable Boy
1979 – Frank Zappa – Joe’s Garage
1980 – Talking Heads – Remain In Light
1981 – The Police – Ghost In The Machine
1982 – Michael Jackson – Thriller
1983 – The Police – Synchronicity
1984 – Van Halen – 1984
1985 – Dire Straits – Brothers In Arms
1986 – Paul Simon – Graceland
1987 – Guns N Roses – Appetite for Destruction
1988 – R.E.M. – Green
1989 – Beastie Boys – Paul’s Boutique
1990 – Depeche Mode – Violator
1991 – Pearl Jam – Ten
READ ON for six lists full of incredible albums from each year…
For this mid summer Stormy Monday we have a roots reggae mix, just right for these steamy days. First up is a show opening pair from Peter Tosh in the
A couple months back we mentioned the debut album from music collective known as The Baseball Project. Well, since we’ve reached the “official” half-way mark of the baseball season and
After an extremely slow start, Rhino Records has finally started unveiling new Grateful Dead archival releases at a decent pace. Rhino’s next release–Rocking The Cradle – Egypt 1978–contains 2 CDs
Compadre Records/Music World Music has announced the release of JOHNNY CASH REMIXED, featuring bold new interpretations of Johnny Cash classics from top music remixers and producers who were recruited to
After years of badgering by fans, Mac McCaughan, aka Portastatic, is clearing out the vaults with Some Small History, a 2-disc collection of rarities. Some Small History compiles material including
Following the release of their newest album Amen Corner, Railroad Earth took their west coast tour through Portland’s Crystal Ballroom on June 20th to ring in the summer solstice in style. In teaming up with Portland’s own prankster production team of Peak Experience, RRE decided to bring more than just their own special sound to the mix; they brought a horn section, a rocking guest guitarist in the form of Scott Law, a top notch opening act of Greensky Bluegrass, and more eye candy and costumes than most shows this side of Ringling Brothers.
For an artist as prolific as Beck- six proper studio album in the past ten years (10th overall) – one would either A.) be sick and tired of his never going away or B) completely in awe of his continual creative re-inventions. From the somber break-up hymns of Sea Change, the high energy romps of Midnight Vultures, the Odelay flashes of Guero or the “quasi hip hop” of The Information, Beck’s albums are becoming their own box of chocolates.
Gomez have announced a special one-off show, in which they will perform the whole of their debut album in its entirety. The group will perform ‘Bring It On’ at Manchester
