Stereogum — Over the years, Nashville country has absorbed the aesthetics of lots of different out-of-favor pop genres like ’70s singer-songwriter music and ’80s hair metal. Now, country is coming for ’90s alt-rock. At least, that’s the impression tha... more info

Stereogum — So you say Adam Duritz has got a funny face — it makes him money. We already knew that MJ Lenderman was into Counting Crows. Last year, in a crazy bit of synchronicity, Lenderman and Karly Hartzman, then his bandmate in Wednesday, both covered t... more info

Stereogum — In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This column is a companion piece to The Number Ones, a... more info

Stereogum — The ’90s sha-la-la veterans Counting Crows have been coming up on this website a lot lately, largely because people keep covering “A Long December.” (Meanwhile, Counting Crows themselves are out here covering Taylor Swift.) These days, Count... more info

Stereogum — Counting Crows’ 1996 power ballad “A Long December” has emerged as a depressive lighters-up standard. In recent years, a bunch of people have covered “A Long December”: The Hold Steady, Oceanator, Knifeplay. Earlier this year, Noah Kahan... more info

Obscure Sound — An emotive yet harmonious rock/pop intertwining impresses on Four Orphans, the upcoming EP from Brian Halloran. Out on December 20th, the release proudly wears a ’90s alt pop/rock inspiration on its sleeves; Halloran cites influences like Counting ... more info

Stereogum — In the two years since Knifeplay released their spectacular sophomore album Animal Drowning , the dreamy and grandiose Philly indie band has not released a whole lot of new music, but they’ve made it count. Each winter, Knifeplay have expanded ... more info

Stereogum — Last we heard from LAKE, the Olympia indie-pop outfit were releasing a reissue of their 2009 album Let’s Build A Roof . They also spent part of May on a West Coast tour. Today, LAKE are back again with a totally charming cover of Counting Crows... more info

Stereogum — Last year, the widely beloved New York singer-songwriter Jesse Malin, a veteran of punk bands like Heart Attack and D Generation, suffered a rare spinal stroke that left him partially paralyzed. Malin’s peers and admirers raised money for his re... more info

Stereogum — Now, see, this is interesting. Over the past couple of years, we’ve seen a new boom of rootsy, confessional soul-baring singer-songwriter music, as it turns out that this stuff clicks just fine with gen-Z and TikTok. One of the standard-bearers ... more info