One could argue that in the year 2015 you can do better for a musical
role model than Billy Corgan, and it sounds as if Silversun Pickups are slowly but surely reaching a similar conclusion. The Los Angeles-based alternative outfit ...
Moving the guitars forward in the mix paid off in spades for Clutch, who continued
with their familiar formula of mixing Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath on their sophomore album. Without straying at all from its roots, the band adds ...
In many ways, Screaming Trees missed their opportunity. They released Sweet Oblivion just as grunge
began to capture national attention and they didn't tour the album extensively, which meant nearly all of their fellow Seattle bands became superstars while they ...
Despite a handful of classic pop singles, Saint Etienne's debut album, Foxbase Alpha, is a
tentative fusion of club culture and swinging '60s pop. Lead vocalist Sarah Cracknell hasn't been fully integrated into the band's lineup -- she doesn't even ...
Arriving several months before Nirvana's Nevermind, the Smashing Pumpkins' debut album, Gish, which was also
produced by Butch Vig, was the first shot of the alternative revolution that transformed the rock & roll landscape of the '90s. While Nirvana was ...
Gold and Stone, the self-produced fourth album by Virginia indie pop trio Eternal Summers, sees
the group continuing to balance their dreamy side with the energy displayed in their exciting live shows. Previous albums Correct Behavior and The Drop Beneath ...
For the Lightning Seeds' third album, Jollification, Ian Broudie wrote his strongest batch of songs
yet and managed to return to the top of the British charts. At ten tracks, Jollification is overly brief; eight of the ten tracks are ...
Sadly, MTV Unplugged stands as Nirvana's last album. While it's an album of covers and
old songs, it ranks as one of the band's most cohesive records. Instead of relying on the trio's overpowering sonic force, Unplugged concentrates on Kurt ...