I’m having some trouble placing my Verve purchases in a reliable timeline. I believe I bought A Storm in Heaven (1993) at some point before I picked up Urban Hymns...
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It baffles me that many people seem to consider the Stone Roses’ self-titled debut one of the greatest albums of all time. I didn’t know the album when it came...
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I’m not a big fan of most ‘80s synthesizer-influenced music. Too many artists of the time only used synths to smooth out and fill up their music, taking the edge...
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Everything but the Girl, the duo of singer Tracey Thorn and multi-instrumentalist / producer Benn Watt, had been making music for more than ten years before I first heard of...
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It’s my general impression that Royal Trux fans (all seventeen of them) tend to fall into two categories: the fans who prefer their noisy, chaotic deconstructions of rock and roll,...
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For a short time in mid-‘90s Britain, there was a war. Not with tanks and guns and planes, but with guitar, bass, drums, and the human voice. The battlefield was...
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Oasis made big and bold and brash music about living loud and large forever, about chasing the sun, about being rock and roll stars. Their brand of Britpop was grandiose—rock...
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I’ve always wanted to dismiss Belle and Sebastian. To my ears, they come across as overly precious, privileged prep school students playing at being Nick Drake, only with as many...
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When I first moved to Boston in 1993 for grad school, I searched for a radio station that could replace the college radio of my undergrad days, KTRU. Boston, it...
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The dreaded sophomore release is the burden of many a band. Following up a successful debut release often poses a challenge for a myriad of reasons—the rush to release a...
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