We believe Dire Straits‘ “Money For Nothing” deserves every single listen and stream it gets. However, there are certainly people out there with contradicting perspectives. Following its release, the ...

It isn’t really true that everything was bigger in the ’80s, but the decade did find us embracing excess in a number of ways — including hefty shoulder pads, piled-high hair, and absolutely massive ...

What were the best college rock songs of 1985? We were still six years away from alternative rock becoming a more mainstream format, but college radio stations were quite essential in getting some of ...

In what’s now become a yearly tradition every December, I’m back ranking #1 hits from topical anniversary dates. This winter we’ll be doing 1975, 1985, 1995, 2005, and 2015, and I’ll be ranking every ...

The 1980s were a big decade for country music. New acts, with new sounds, were emerging, while some artists were still holding onto the traditional country sound. These four songs were all released in ...