The cliche applied with grating consistency to the Velvet Underground’s first record is that only a thousand were sold, but everyone who bought one went and formed a band. The Frogs’ first record, 1989’s It’s Only Right and Natural, is subject to an updated version of that folktale—it would easily be considered one of the [...]

Yeah, I know, another list. This one was a lot easier to compile (especially the top 10) than the albums list. It was a decent year for videos overall (and for David Cross, who appears in 1/3 of them), one in which Gondry held serve for me as the G.O.A.T., Spoon showed that they still [...]

(This is the fourth installment of marathonpacks’ Top 50 of the 90s list. To see #50-41, click here. To see #40-31, click here. To see #30-21, click here. The fifth and final installment will be posted Thursday.)

20. Mos Def-Black on Both Sides (Rawkus, 1999)
The last two installments of this list will draw heavily [...]