A longtime music journalist, whose work has appeared in/on MTV Hive, Thrillist, American Songwriter, Paste, the Hartford Courant, and the Food Network.
Will Levith
17 Years Ago: Sublime’s ‘Sublime’ Album Released
Sublime’s self-titled third album might be the biggest record ever released by a band that no longer existed.
16 Years Ago: Whiskeytown’s ‘Strangers Almanac’ Album Released
When the lead singer of Whiskeytown decided to drop his first name, David, he opened himself up for a lifetime of being mistaken for Canadian.
16 Years Ago: Teenage Fanclub’s ‘Songs From Northern Britain’ Album Released
‘Songs From Northern Britain,’ the sixth full-length from Scottish power-pop faves Teenage Fanclub, might be the best '90s album you’ve never heard.
27 Years Ago: R.E.M.’s ‘Lifes Rich Pageant’ Album Released
In 1986, ‘R.E.M.’ stood for Rapidly Evolving Machine.
20 Years Ago: The Smashing Pumpkins’ ‘Siamese Dream’ Album Released
The Smashing Pumpkins’ sophomore effort, ‘Siamese Dream,’ may be second only to Nirvana’s ‘Nevermind’ on the list of most influential grunge-era albums. It is, without a doubt, one of the most important records of the ’90s, and today, it turns 20 years old.
10 Artists That Owe Nick Drake a Round
In honor of this soft-spoken singer-songwriter, we’ve compiled a list of stylistic disciples. (The bartender in heaven should go ahead and start a tab.)
10 Bands That Owe the Ramones a Round
We could have gone with nothing but pop-punk bands, but we sprinkled in a few slightly less obvious choices. Hear us out.
18 Years Ago: Elliott Smith’s ‘Elliott Smith’ Album Released
There’s something very classical -- as in Bach- or Mozart-eseque -- about Elliott Smith’s self-titled second album.
10 Things You Might Not Know About Jane’s Addiction
Jane’s Addiction are so quintessentially ’90s that it’s sometimes hard to think of them in any other context. But they’re more than a ho-hum grunge band. They've put out some good stuff since the days where Jane said she was done with Sergio, and their story doesn't end in the Clinton era. If you're not up to speed on all of JA's comings and goings, be sure to peep this list of 10 Things You Might Not Know About Jane's Addiction and amaze your friends with your new-found knowledge.
Rolling Stone’s Boston Marathon Bomber Cover: Sound Journalism or Publicity Grab?
Yesterday morning, #RollingStone was a trending topic on Twitter.
A quick click of the hashtag revealed why the music magazine was all over the social media forum: The powers that be at the publication -- most likely editor Jann Wenner, who has final sign-off on everything that goes to press -- had put a picture of accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on the latest cover. The controver