Thurston Moore

”With a bunch of creative, alien kids in working-class Michigan finding one another and unleashing a catalog of totally amazing tunes, it was the blueprint for radical punk that’s still going strong today. Dope, Hookers and Pavement lets everyone who made the scene state their case and connects the dots,” says Thurston Moore.

NYC record store Other Music may be gone but we’ve got year-end lists from 20 of their staff members.

Fugazi, Drive-by Truckers, Thurston Moore, Atmosphere, The Hold Steady, The Jayhawks, Jeff Tweedy, Dessa, Soul Asylum, Har Mar Superstar and more are contributing rare recordings to help raise money for iconic Minneapolis club First Avenue to help keep it afloat during COVID.

Mark Knopfler, John Mellencamp, The War on Drugs, Nathaniel Rateliff, Steve Martin, Leon Bridges, Graham Nash have also donated instruments to the National Independent Talent Organization’s charity auction…

Strike Anywhere’s 45 favorite songs of 2020 include tracks by Nothing, Dropdead, Hum, Laura Jane Grace, Be Well, Run The Jewels,Bruce Springsteen, Bob Mould, Coriky, NØ MAN, Thou, Chubby and the Gang, and more…

As a magazine that still regularly puts ’60s icons on its cover, you might not be too surprised at their #1.

Always first out of the gate with end-of-year lists, Rough Trade has just announced their 2020 Albums of the Year list…

Over 600 artists have signed onto the campaign so far, which was launched by the Union of Musicians and Allied Workers.

The new podcast features all four original members of New Order (three of whom were in Joy Division), plus members of Radiohead, Sonic Youth, Primal Scream, Stereolab, Oasis, and more.

Few shows before or since worked in their love of music like Gilmore Girls. From a snowman version of Bjork to appearances from Sonic Youth and Sparks, here are 10 musical moments to celebrate the series’ 20th anniversary.