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The Gaslight Anthem's sepia-tinged masterpiece The '59 Sound turns 15: “I was a firm believer in the magic of things,” says Brian Fallon

One of the most innovative and fearless British rock bands ever, Enter Shikari have released seven studio albums since 2007: we sort out the so-so from the sensational

The unique, incomparable catalogue of Iceland's biggest band re-reviewed and ranked

The story of Chicago's Touch and Go Records in five essential albums

SST became America's definitive underground rock label: here's the story of how it happened, via five essential records, from Black Flag to Soundgarden

Jarvis Cocker and co. are national treasures, but which album is their crowning glory?

Minor Threat knew they were falling apart as they recorded their debut album: that helps explain why, 40 years after its release, Out Of Step sounds as vital, urgent and furiously fucked-off as it did in 1983

Released on April 20, 1998, Massive Attack's third album Mezzanine sounded like nothing that had come before. 25 years on, it still does

Radiohead's Jonny Greenwood hated his band's debut single so much that he tried to sabotage and kill it: when Creep became Radiohead's biggest anthem, Thom Yorke often wished that the guitarist had succeeded

Nirvana's Kurt Cobain admitted it, but pretty much every single alt. rock band of the past 35 years has 'borrowed' from Pixies 1988 masterpiece Surfer Rosa

Released on March 12, 2013, Real To Reel, the soundtrack to Dave Grohl's homage to Sound City Studios is an open-hearted celebration of music and those who make it

A cult hit upon its release on March 10, 1998, Far's Water & Solutions stands as one of the most revered and essential post-hardcore albums of all time

Released on February 10, 1998, Neutral Milk Hotel's In The Aeroplane Over The Sea turns 25 today: here's how Anne Frank’s The Diary Of A Young Girl inspired one of the great cult albums of the '90s

Refused's The Shape Of Punk To Come, released on October 27, 1998, was born from conflict and contempt for the scene from which it came

Released on September 30, 1982, Bruce Springsteen's stark, dark sixth album might just be his best

Released on August 25, 1997, Stereophonics' debut album, Word Gets Around, found Kelly Jones shining a light on a community filled with both characters and character

Released on June 23, 1992, Helmet's Meantime has hit its 30th anniversary. Here's why it remains essential listening

Inside Radiohead's OK Computer: darkness, isolation, paranoia, and songs so far ahead of their time that the world is still catching up

Matt Skiba and Dan Andriano's punk-noir catalogue rated and ranked

Post-Kyuss, Josh Homme embarked on a mission to create rock music “heavy enough for the boys and sweet enough for the girls”: here are QOTSA's eight albums in order of greatness