Nada Surf’s fourth album, 2005’sThe Weight is a Gift, is the sound of self-actualization. Marked by singer Matthew Caws’s wistful lyrical insight, this coming-of-age record was a hard-won triumph for the New York power-pop trio - after a brief invite into the music industry's in-crowd.
Willie Nelson has never exactly been picky as to who he’ll lend a verse, having released numerous LPs full of duets. Perhaps there’s no better proof of Willie’s generosity than his 2008 joint effort with Snoop Dogg, “My Medicine.”
There’s no doubt that Adele prefers the impact of paramount quality over bottom-line-boosting quantity. Her trio of studio LPs over the past dozen years has yielded but a pair of cover songs. But what covers they are.
In between the dissolution of Uncle Tupelo in 1994 and the release of 1996's Being There, things were much different for Wilco and its cousin group, Son Volt. The two bands' critical and commercial roles were practically the polar opposite of what they've been for the past quarter century.
A teenaged Johnny Cash vowed he would marry June Carer one day. They met for the first time six years later, after she watched him make his debut at the Grand Ole Opry. They wed 12 years after that.
Metallica’s fiery catalog suggests that James Hetfield and Lars Ulrich are practically a real-life version of Beavis and Butthead, spazzing out at the slightest flicker. Here are the Metallica tunes that burn the brightest.
With an average of over two records per year to his iconic name, few modern musicians have been as prolific as Willie Nelson. That large quantity, while admirable, isn’t what’s most impressive about the Willie discography. His consistently high level of quality is what’s truly astonishing.
The following is an excerpt from an interview between Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle and Bandbox's Erik Thompson about All Eternals Deck, taken from the exclusive zine that comes with each Mountain Goats order through Bandbox.
Who knew Bruce Springsteen was such a 30 Rock fan? Eight years after Tracy Morgan’s sitcom self popularized the pursuit of hitting for the award show cycle, The Boss made his bid for the EGOT equivalent of a triple - the Tony - just three blocks from NBC headquarters.
He had the coolness of a Rolling Stone and the pop instincts of a Beatle. What songwriter wouldn't want to be Tom Petty? "You don't know how it feels to be me," he sang in 1994. Here are five artists who tried, incorporating elements of his melodic genius into their own works.
Dogma. Devotion. Enlightenment. All themes the three members of this Chvrch aim to conjure with their irreverent moniker. Inevitably, big concepts like these form the skeleton of 2013’s The Bones of What You Believe.
“THIS IS NOT FOR YOU!” Eddie edder loudly proclaimed on his band's third record, 1994's Vitalogy. This is, however, an abbreviated timeline of Pearl Jam’s defiance. For you.
