Part three of five finds an even mixture of debuts and veteran releases that made a mark in 2009.
Calling a song “I Wish I Was in Hüsker Dü” seems pretty customary for a high school band. Maybe not today, but we can
Regardless of where one grows up, the role of music is prevalent enough to embed sentiments of nostalgia into one’s memory of their childhood.
Eccentric personality traits can be quite glaring upon meeting a new person. For me, whether they are artistically focused with a plethora of innovative
by Mike Mineo ———————————————————————————————– 20. Ra Ra Riot – The Rhumb Line Losing a member of a band to death can be devastating. No
by Mike Mineo ———————————————————————————————– 40. Kristoffer Ragnstam – Wrong Side of the Room We all knew that it was only a matter of time
by Mike Mineo ———————————————————————————————– 50. Hot Chip – Made in the Dark Before they earned a Grammy nod or topped the UK singles charts,
Ever since the emergence of California-based surf-rock instrumentalists like The Surfaris and Dick Dale & the Del-tones in the early ‘60s, it has become
A prevalent veneration for the past can certainly be detrimental to an artist’s work if their techniques are either outdated or generic, but holding
I was originally going to begin this feature by comparing Katzenjammer’s passion for music to some relentless force of nature, mainly because this Norwegian