Al Shipley

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Columns

Revisiting The Ringtone Era: Crazy Frog’s Hits Album Came Out 20 Years Ago Today

July 25, 2025

Book Club

“We Dressed To Sweat”: Read An Exclusive Excerpt From The New Book About The History Of Baltimore Club Music

July 18, 2025

Interviews

We’ve Got A File On You: The Offspring

October 8, 2024

Interviews

We’ve Got A File On You: Raphael Saadiq

October 2, 2024

Interviews

We’ve Got A File On You: Logic

August 8, 2024

Interviews

We’ve Got A File On You: No ID

October 18, 2023

Lists

14 Saturday Night Live Musical Guests That Performed Unreleased Songs

September 29, 2022

Lists

Max Creeps And The History Of Hoax Bands

May 4, 2022

Lists

10 Overlooked Gems From Soul Legend Bill Withers

April 3, 2020

Columns

Little Feat’s “Willin'” And This Is Us: The Trucker Ballad’s Long, Winding Path To Pop Culture

September 14, 2017

TV Review

Pack It Up And Tear It Down: The Good And Bad Of Cameron Crowe’s Roadies

August 25, 2016

Columns

After Empire: What’s The Future Of Hip-Hop On Scripted Television?

December 14, 2015