On May 10, 2011, The Cars issued their final album, 'Move Like This.' In tribute to the Boston new wavers, Goldmine compiled a list of the 20 greatest Cars songs, ranked as usual, to add spice.
are barely detectable in the midst of all that new wave euphoria, like the weeknd had too much fun getting high to the cars. please cover “drive” next. — a.m. ‘escape from la’ (2020) image credit: kevin mazur/mtv vmas 2020/getty images nine years after the weeknd declared “...
One of the most innovative rap albums of all time, De La Soul's debut 3 Feet High and Rising changed the way hip-hop approached sampling, but the album wouldn't have resonated so widely if it were merely a playground for producer Prince Paul. De La Soul had the songs to back up the...
With an attraction this strong, it's hard to know whether those cars are on a crash course to love or to heartbreak.—EDL 19. "Yeah Yeah Yeah," BLACKPINK There were many gems in BLACKPINK's second studio album, Born Pink, but "Yeah Yeah Yeah" was a bright, bejeweled, bubbly ...
The Cars in 1978 were raw and edgy, even as their debut album spawned some of their most radio-friendly hit songs, including “Good Times Roll,”“My Best Friend’s Girl,” and “Just What I Needed” (the first three tracks on the first record, and some of the biggest...
Robyn Is Here was the name of the Swedish pop wunderkind’s debut album, but could anyone have understood what a poignant and prophetic statement it would be? In the years to come, Robyn would recalibrate pop with her specific brand of shattered euphoria, songs that doused you in glitter ev...
But on the third, or fourth, or fifth time I ran through the album, the comparison stuck in my head and I couldn’t shake it. It isn’t so much the songs as what they mean in the context of the album, the way both singular talents are employed by their master arrangers. Both ...
The title track and opening to Del Rey’s underrated third album is one of her most cinematic songs to date, making use of swooning strings and vocal overdubs across nearly six minutes. This is Del Rey at her most Lynchian, dreamy and seductive yet tortured and eerie all at once. “Our...
, The Strokes delivered New York punk for a new era, taking the best from the past – mainly the Cars, Stooges, and Velvets – and channeling them into songs that are invariably short and tasty (all under four minutes) and never quite linear. Originally catching on in late 2001, it ...
Mandy, Indiana are so committed to the bludgeoning power of sound that they dragged all their gear into a cave to get the right acoustics on their debut album, i’ve seen a way. It might have run afoul of fire safety regulations, but it’s also the reason songs like “Pinking Shears...