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Time Machine: Metallica's eponymous record

Time Machine: Metallica's eponymous record

Thirty years ago this week, the top Billboard 200 album was Metallica’s seminal “Metallica,” otherwise known as “The Black Album.” It has been regarded as one of the best rock albums of all time, but in 1991 it seemed the age of 80s thrash metal had come and gone,

It's no longer a "Cruel Summer"

It was Thursday night. It had been a horribly long week, so I had a cup of chamomile tea, went to bed early and started dreaming about a singing penguin only to be startled awake when I remembered that the Queen herself, Ms. Taylor Swift, was finally releasing “Fearless (Taylor’

"Terra Firma" ends my musical rut

Everybody knows the dreadful feeling of being in a music rut — when you can’t find anything good to listen to and you spend way too much time skipping through Spotify playlists. Well, if you're like me, stuck in a musical rut of misery, then look no further,

Taylor Swift, save me

Don’t mind me, sitting at my desk in the Exponent office listening to Taylor Swift’s award-winning album “Fearless.” You may be wondering why a 21-year-old male is doing such a thing and oh boy do I have some fantastic news for you, ‘Swiftie’ or not.

An album of confidence and clarity

Just after 2020 ended, the year that many young people felt was the hardest of their lives, Kota the Friend gifted us with a new project full of cautious hope and gentle advice. “Lyrics to GO, Vol. 2” is something different, something new and fresh to start the year that

Rockin' out with Pearl Jam

Pearl Jam has been making music in Seattle since 1990, becoming a staple of the Pacific Northwest music scene. This iconic grunge-rock band released a fiery new song titled “Get it Back” on all streaming services Saturday, Oct. 10. The band originally released the track for one day on

Welcome to the church Of Kanye

Holed up in his Wyoming ranch, Kanye found God. His faith has always been somewhat visible in his work, moving slightly more front-and-center in the gospel cuts of West’s 2016 album “The Life Of Pablo.” The man once self-stylised as Yeezus proclaiming “I Am a God”