Deep Cuts
Pearl Jam’s 10 Best Deep Cuts
This article originally ran in 2020, but we’re dusting it off for Eddie Vedder’s birthday on December 23rd. Pearl Jam 30 continues with a look at the band’s finest Deep Cuts. Be sure to see all of our Pearl Jam content, old and new, here. The idea of a deep cut usually isn’t so complicated. They’re the padding, the filler, the less marketable tracks buried deep on records or used as buffers between the singles both band and record company pin their joint hopes on. Of course, what’s beautiful about deep cuts is that once we’ve grown tired of the singles we’re urged to consume again and again, we stumble upon these afterthoughts, and they can often become our favorite songs off a record. Advertisement Pearl Jam kinda throw a wrench into that idea, though. First off, the band at one point wer...
Queen’s 10 Best Deep Cuts
This article was originally published in 2018, but we’re dusting it off for Freddie Mercury’s birthday on September 5th. Deep Cuts is a feature in which we look past the hits and dig into the buried gems of our favorite back catalogs. Queen’s discography doesn’t just cast an imposing shadow; it hovers over the musical zeitgeist of multiple decades and several movements within rock and pop music. We all know the hits — the infectious ditties and creative permutations that did as much to define rock as they did to inspire — but it’s safe to say there are plenty of songs within the band’s discography that still aren’t getting the attention they deserve. Advertisement So deep is their discography (15 albums across 22 years) that three separate Deep Cuts compilations were released in 2011… and ...
