The Top 50 Albums of 2016, Albums 20-11
Across the Margin continues its countdown of the Best Albums of 2016 with albums 20-11… 20. Parquet Courts – Human Performance Parquet Courts, in our estimation, is…
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The Top Fifty Albums of 2016, Albums 30-21
Across the Margin further dives into the Best Albums of 2016 with albums 30-21… 30. Schoolboy Q – Blank Face LP Schoolboy Q’s follow up to…
The Top Fifty Albums of 2016, Albums 40-31
Across the Margin continues its rollout of the Best Albums of 2016 with albums 40-31… 40. Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds – Skeleton Tree…
The Top Fifty Albums of 2016, Albums 50-41
Across the Margin begins its rollout of the Best Albums of 2016 with albums 50-41… Let’s face it, 2016 was a son of a bitch….
Twenty Years Later – DJ Shadow’s Endtroducing
by: Michael Shields Twenty years ago today DJ Shadow released Endtroducing, one of the most audacious and innovative albums ever birthed… In the 2002 film…
Twenty Years Later – Ghostface Killah’s Ironman
by: Michael Shields Twenty Years after its release, Ironman persists as an exemplification of the extraordinary talents of Ghostface Killah… Note: The bulk of this…
To The Flynn
by: John O’ Leary As Phish prepare for a four night run in Las Vegas leading up to one of their famed Halloween performances, one…
An Evening With Andrew Bird
by: Michael Shields Looking back on an interview with one of music’s most individual of performers, Andrew Bird… Andrew Bird is a bit of an…
Control
by: HC Hsu Prince, his genius and the deliberate framing of his musical legacy… “I’ve never spoken about this before, but I was born epileptic. And…
Twenty Years Later – Jay Z’s Reasonable Doubt
Jay Z’s debut album, which dropped twenty years ago today, isn’t simply one of the best rap albums of all time, but represents the dawning…
Twenty Years Later – Beck’s Odelay
By: Chris Thompson Twenty years after its release, we take a look back at the “new pollution,” and the pop genius of Beck’s award winning…
The Best Songs of 2016 (So Far)
by: Michael Shields & Chris Thompson Across the Margin takes stock of the status of music in 2016, stopping at the midway point to offer…