
"Don't call it a comeback" is usually a phrase uttered self-protectively by musicians who are very much coming back from some degree of obscurity. Dr. Dre wasn't exactly absent during the seven-year stretch between his first and second albums ("California Love," anybody?), but his 1999 sophomore release 2001 is littered with lines like "Ladies pay homage, but haters say Dre fell off/ How, nigga? My last album was The Chronic ." If he ever gets around to releasing Detox , it'll surely be stacked with similar "I never went away" rhetoric (and, undoubtedly, lyrics about headphones.) [...]

Segunda entrega de los mejores 50 discos de 2012, según el equipo de indieHearts : 30. The Smashing Pumpkins - Oceania ¿Cuánto hay de Pumpkins en los actuales Pumpkins? Corgan desempolva sus vinilos de Yes y Rush y bajo el amparo del ambicioso proyecto Teargarden By Kaleidyscope , surge Oceania . Varios temas perpetúan la línea de las últimas búsquedas musicales de Corgan, más cercanas al metal alternativo y progresivo ( [...]

Silversun Pickups 4-13-2007 // photo by Allie Bishop ( more photos ) Silversun Pickups are now streaming their new album Neck Of The Woods via MTV. If you are a fan of the band's past work, Neck Of The Woods will not disappoint in the slightest. Listen to it below and grab it when it comes out next week! Also, make sure to see Silversun Pickups at Sasquatch! Music Festival! Get More: Silversun Pickups [...]

When you compile a list like this, you start to tremble at how much you're really going to absorb in the ensuing months. This doesn't even cover the misses and surprises. If you're a casual listener, you might get through an album a day. Okay, maybe two. If you're a fanatic, you're spinning discographies left and right. Still, after 365 days, either person is buzzing. One's just a little louder with the phonetics. As I wrote back in December, in a year, you'll have your next roundup of favorite albums. You'll have a new favorite song. You might [...]
A look back at Johnny Cash's 'American Recordings' series, with highlights from each album.