Fred Pessaro

Giving the classic the respect it's due to celebrate its 30th birthday.

Spin this black circle, and four that helped it come to life.

The sun is shining, and that's not a good thing.

We imagined a world where Radiohead went with their commercial instincts instead of taking chances, and the result is an utterly pedestrian 'OK Computer'

Mikey Young of Eddy Current, Total Control, and a zillion production / mastering / mixing projects breaks out with a new record, and it is ready to blow your mind.

Who needs Oasis when you have a banger like this? Check out 'Wall of Glass.'

Sixteen years have passed since the band's fan favorite 'Tell All Your Friends.' Can a writer loop back to it after all these years and FINALLY connect to the record?

In 1994, the D.C. post-hardcore band released their major label debut, and easily one of the most important records of the era.

Exploring a devotion to a band that's so fierce it's literally the first thing that people notice about you.

'Sleeping on the floor of a squat in Basque Country gave me everything I needed to sit across from a billionaire years later at the Four Seasons, look her in the eye and ask for a sizable donation to a humanitarian charity.'