Category: THE OVER/UNDER

With Big Star best-of/rarities box Keep An Eye On The Sky slated for a September release, Alex Chilton, Jody Stephens, Andy

This Liverpool foursome made the ‘80s worth living through. I bought the band’s debut LP, Crocodiles, the day it came

The Over/Under isn’t about the best and worst of Genesis. It’s the most overrated and underrated Genesis tracks, and the

Say what you will about Elvis Costello—he’s certainly got a great sense of timing. When the young Costello first hit

Once upon a time, Green Day was the little punk band that could, a heart-on-sleeve manifestation of the fiercely indie

Has there ever been another musician who's had two such brilliant and successful, but entirely separate, careers? Peter Gabriel left

Did the ‘70s punk movement produce a more important legacy than “The Only Band That Matters"? The Sex Pistols may

When the Hold Steady formed in 2003, part of its mission statement was to combat the scourge of plastic dance

Corey duBrowa’s Over/Under entries on Radiohead and Elliott Smith prompted insightful reader comments such as “This list fails,” “[Given] the

The Wilco Over/Under was really well-received. So much so that somebody calling himself “sgtpepper64” on ViaChicago, the Wilco message board,

Merge Records, the North Carolina-based label built by Superchunk, sustained by Neutral Milk Hotel and Magnetic Fields, and made mega

Corey duBrowa can clearly remember two pivot points in the career of Elliott Smith: the first solo show he attended

MAGNET's friend Roob (you'd know him if you saw him) was a Yes man until he took a trip to

Unlike the Smiths’ fairly straightforward catalog of releases (surveyed in last week’s Over/Under), that band’s former frontman scatters album tracks,