The Stooges - The Stooges (White Vinyl Edition)Although righty considered a classic these days, when the eponymous debut album by The Stooges was first released in 1969 it was anything but an instant hit. The album was rejected twice by their label before finally being released, and when it finally hit the shelves it was almost universally panned by critics. In retrospect, it's obvious that The Stooges were years ahead of their time; punk was still the best part of the decade away, but the raw

was an event too momentous for the medium assigned to record it

who described him as "A man who will someday be a child again

 OK Computer was the first Radiohead record to reach number 1 in the UK and to be nominated for the Album of the Year Grammy

Mac DeMarco‰۪s mid-twenties masterpiece

played all the instruments on the album themselves

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the thirteen songs on Run Fast range from sing-along anthems about being part of the underground in the modern economy (‰ÛÏKids in NY‰۝) to punk stompers (‰ÛÏOh Come On‰۝) and danceable takedowns (‰ÛÏHa Ha Ha‰۝)

The new album from John Moreland is an honest

We wrote and recorded ‰ÛÏI Do Not Care for the Winter Sun‰۝ during a break between tours and released it on the internet for free

who received a production credit on the label)

Chris Kenner and Bessie Banks