These three rock concept albums are particularly special. These 1970s releases completely changed the idea of what a rock ...

On March 1, 1973, Pink Floyd released The Dark Side of the Moon—a phsycadelic rock album that changed the genre forever. The ...

Who doesn’t love concept albums? When one is in the mood to get cerebral, rather than zoning out to cool-sounding tunes, a concept album is the right remedy. We all know about the great concept albums ...

In February 2026, Collider released a list of the 10 best classic rock concept albums. The Dark Side of the Moon, released in ...

Explore the rise of the concept album and why bands embraced telling bigger stories through music. This segment highlights famous examples, key innovators, and the cultural impact of albums that flow ...

Get ready for a mind-bending musical journey as we explore albums with the wildest, most perplexing stories and concepts. From psychedelic rock operas to prog rock epics and experimental oddities, ...

J.S. Gornael has a BA in English with a Creative Writing Emphasis in Poetry and an MFA in Fiction. He has taken workshops in poetry, fiction, and non-fiction (though mostly the second). Half-cinephile ...

The creators of Larry the Musical: An American Journey will release the concept album on Saturday, April 5, 2025, available digitally and on vinyl. This musical release celebrates the extraordinary ...

The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy’ was over three years in the making and was the most labor intensive recording I have ever been involved in,” Claypool says.

“Our biggest influences are a mix of Prince, Operating Theatre, Little Dragon, BDSM as well as the storytelling of drag, burlesque and DIY theatre,” says Slade Warnken of Drugstore Lipstick. “We’ve ...