As you will see in the below list of the Top 50 New Wave Songs, chosen by the UCR staff, many of these tracks would fit comfortably within other playlists from the era, not just punk, but also pop, ...

A song heavy with restlessness, "Urge for Going" was written in the mid-'60s before Mitchell left Canada, and was originally recorded by her friend Tom Rush. It was eventually released as a B-side to ...

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As a pop-rock song from the 1970s (released in 1970, around the same time the Beatles officially broke up), it qualifies to be on the list. But I don’t really like the song very much. Neither did its ...

The below songs are ordered by release date, starting with the most recent releases. Vampire Weekend can rewind to 2008 with just one sound. A few seconds into “Classical,” a riff drops in that sounds ...

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With her explosive emergence in the late '00s, Gaga raised the bar for all facets of pop superstardom, while her continued ...

The longstanding gripe about Dylan’s tendency to deconstruct and rework his music until it’s virtually unrecognisable live is ...

I’m back! A big thank you to Jon Caramanica, Marc Tracy and Dave Renard, the three guest playlisters who filled in for me while I took a few weeks off. The Amplifier returns to its regular schedule ...

The singer and songwriter’s fifth album processes intense pain through a high-concept homage to role models including Stevie ...

The Great Impersonator” unfortunately relies a bit too much upon the rawness of its themes alone, letting its technical ...