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The Breeders – Pod
We owe a lot to the Breeders. Their album, “Pod,” was hailed when it came out by Kurt Cobain as one of his favorite albums., and from a historical perspective, its influence on alt and grunge rock was...
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Radiohead – Subterranean Homesick Alien
I never got into Radiohead when they first got big. I had heard songs like “Creep” and “Karma Police” – which, by the way, I wouldn’t even put in their top ten having deeply explored their catalog –...
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Red Wanting Blue – From the Vanishing Point
Sometimes I feel like that sad sack from the Alka Seltzer commercials of 70s advertising immortality. I can’t. believe. I listened. to the whole. thing. And while the feeling I get from From the...
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My Bloody Valentine – M B V
Before I bought M B V this morning I re-listened to Loveless, the classic album My Bloody Valentine released two decades ago. It’s an odyssey of sound, a truly titanic record that is as deep as it is...
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Silkworm –“Couldn’t You Wait?”
Is it fair to say that there hasn’t been a more popular time for 90s-sounding indie rock than right now, including the actual 90s? It seems every month obscure records that may have had heavy rotation...
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Speedy Ortiz –“Hexxy”
“Hexxy” made its first appearance as the opening track on Speedy Ortiz’s debut release, The Death of Speedy Ortiz. Back then it was called “Hexxy Sadie” (a particularly witty Beatles reference—the...
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