The 30 Best Live Versions of Songs

By CoS Staff on July 8th, 2011

“Sure, but have you heard the live version?”

Black History Month Spotlight: All That Jazz

By Matt Melis on February 24th, 2009

Much like yesterday’s spotlight, Matt Melis continues to celebrate Black History Month, talking today about the pretty awesome history in jazz. Stick around folks, tomorrow will be a new genre, as will Thursday and Friday. He’s hitting ‘em all, and considering he’s spent a great deal of time on ‘em, I recommend you comment away! [...]

List ‘Em Carefully: The Top Concept Albums

By Adam Kivel on January 6th, 2009

The concept album is an unusual beast. Sometimes the plot of the album is blatant and clear. Sometimes you know there’s a concept there, but couldn’t articulate it if you tried. Either way, interweaving and consistent lyrical themes, instrumental motifs and the like produce some of the best albums out there. This list includes all [...]