Veteran acoustic-indie hump Damien Jurado was looking to get adventurous when he linked up with gifted producer and multi-instrumentalist Richard Swift in 2010. Over an eight-year stretch, the pair would create some of the most musically-enriched LPs in Jurado's catalog. One random weekend after the release of the first of those albums, the pair hung out and spontaneously recorded nine cover songs in Swift's dining room. Never originally thought to be album-worthy, a few years later this collection would be formally released as Other People's Songs Volume One - a half hour of huggable audio that thrives in the freedom of having no intent.

After releasing two underwhelming albums under the direction of her managerial father Joe, Janet Jackson seeks independence and becomes boss. She closes out her teen years with 1986's Control - an album that places the emphasis on 'Janet' rather than 'Jackson.' Also, a new gang forms and joins the Grunge Hunx and Lady Faces in the Boogie Chitz universe.

Ween had released three lo-fi, home-recorded albums by the time they were of legal drinking age. For their fourth LP, Boognish the demon-god navigates Gener and Deaner into an actual recording studio where they crank out 1994's Chocolate and Cheese - a genre-hopping masterpiece that paints the town brown.

NRPS was initially formed as an outlet for Jerry Garcia to practice his pedal steel guitar in front of an audience in between Grateful Dead sets. Their 1971 sing-songy psychedelic debut proved there was life beyond the 'side project zone' for the New Riders.

The working class New Jersey guys of Skid Row acquire a stunning ladyman unit of a lead singer before dropping their self-titled party rock debut - an album that straddles the inseam of rock and roll's spandex past and flannel future.