Jonathan Eig

Joined: Nov 22, 2023

Jonathan Eig has been studying pop culture as both a fan and scholar for five decades. After 20+ years teaching and writing about movies for websites like Huffpost and Curnblog, he began working as a site contributor for Riggo's Rag in 2020. More recently, he has begun contributing to 12th Man Rising because Seattle keeps beating Washington in the playoffs. When he is not writing about football, you can usually find him at a concert and/or serving as a contributor to AudioPhix, where he has been writing music columns since 2023, or checking out the latest Netflix offerings, which he writes about on Netflix Life.

Genius of Bob Dylan's 'Blood on the Tracks' still felt 50 years later

Five impossibly silly number-one songs from golden age of rock and roll

Sneaky six album titles that were completely misleading

12 sensational albums from the late 1980s that deserve another listen

12 excellent but forgotten albums from the mid-1980s

Six songs from the 1970s that were never supposed to be hits

Five best albums of the year for 2024

12 fabulous albums from the early 1980s that need more attention

Remembering 20 music luminaries who left us in 2024

30 best albums of 2024 (with a number one that might surprise you)

The great Grammy Awards mystery of 1967 might never be known

1958 Grammys were a complete mess and this is what should have happened

Maddy Hicks and Peter McPoland prove they are the future of pop music

13 incredible forgotten rock albums from the 1960s

10 hidden gem albums from the 1970s that you missed

Eight underrated indie pop albums from last five years that you need to hear