Silversun Pickups- Carnavas
Best Songs: Well Thought Out, Lazy Eye/// Another band that I have Mark Johnson to thank for turning me on to them. I thought it was a country band from … Continue reading
Eels- Electro Shock Blues
Best Songs: Last Stop, Cancer for the Cure, Hospital Food/// I have KROQ to thank for turning me on to E, also known as Mark Oliver Everett, who is pretty … Continue reading
Neutral Milk Hotel- In the Aeroplane Over the Sea
Best Songs: In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, Oh Comely, Holland 1945/// This was definitely a band I discovered through Echo, the Pandora before Pandora. NMH is basically one guy, … Continue reading
Tears for Fears- The Hurting
Best Songs: Mad World, Change, Pale Shelter/// One of the great ’80s bands that almost seemed to come a decade too early. I didn’t hear them until their second album … Continue reading
David Bowie- Hunky Dory
Best Songs: Oh You Pretty Things, Changes, Life on Mars/// I actually remember hearing David Bowie for the first time at my next door neighbor’s house at a very young … Continue reading
Jethro Tull- Stand Up
Best Songs: A New Day Yesterday, Nothing Is Easy, Back to the Family/// Of all the music I have not shared with you boys yet, Jethro Tull is my favorite. … Continue reading
Of Monsters and Men- My Head is an Animal
Best Songs: Little Talks, Mountain Sound, Yellow Light/// Fun new band out of Iceland with a female co-lead singer by the name of Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir. Don’t ask me ask me … Continue reading
Against Me! As the Eternal Cowboy
Best Songs: Rice and Bread, Unsubstantiated Rumors, Turn Those Clapping Hands/// I came across this band during what must have been my angry years at JUXT. I blame Steve. Against … Continue reading
Built to Spill- Keep it Like A Secret
Best Songs: Carry the Zero, Broken Chairs, Sidewalk, Bad Light/// One of my favorite groups of all-time. A Boise-based group with no less than twenty songs across six albums that … Continue reading
Metallica- …And Justice For All
Best Songs: One, Blackened, Shortest Straw/// The summer going into high school was musically challenging for me. I tried my best to adhere to my early alt-rock principles, shunning White … Continue reading
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