‘3 Feet High and Rising’ by De La Soul is one of the most influential hip-hop albums ever created. It’s also an album that was essentially impossible to stream until about 2023, as it was tied up in a sampling lawsuit that kept it off digital platforms for almost 30 years. And yet its reputation only grew stronger… People sought …
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It’s been a rainy few days here, and without really thinking about it, I found myself listening to The National’s “Trouble Will Find Me” on my way to work. Some records just belong to certain weather. Certain moods. I’ve seen The National perform live about twelve times, and I still can’t fully explain why their music hits me the way …
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I’ve been driving to work this week with Built to Spill on heavy rotation, a band I discovered way back in college that never really “broke through” by conventional metrics, but quietly accumulated some of the most passionate fans in indie rock. No big hits. No algorithms. Just music that meant something to the right people. It got me thinking …
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