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Tori Amos – From the Choirgirl Hotel (1998)
Perhaps the only all-embracing Tori Amos Album
While the multi-talented American singer, songwriter, pianist and composer Tori Amos’ 1996 album Boys for Pele, left most fans and critics scratching their heads, her stellar fourth studio album ‘From the Choirgirl Hotel’ released in 1998 found her returning to the electronica infused baroque pop-rock form that first made her originally famous. Tori crafted an […]
Stranger Minds – Monster (Single Review)
Moody Melancholic Rock served Italian Style
Our Music Discovery of this week. “Stranger Minds” is a new 5 piece alternative rock band from Italy featuring an eclectic mix of nationalities as diverse as Irish, English, and Italian. Lead singer Oisin Mccormack is from Ireland, Drummer Charlie Cope is from England while Guitarist Alessandro Cimini, Bassist Alberto Masetto and Alice Saracini on […]
Pearl Jam – Rough Mixes 4/26/91
Celebrating the 28th anniversary of this rare album from the Grunge superstars
What is the one of the rarest, (if not the rarest) most collectible Pearl Jam recording? In the past, this question would have been answered by almost every serious Pearl Jam collector either with the fan club only ‘91 Christmas single (1500 copies) or the 3-track Alive promo CD-single featuring Alive (different mix from ‘Ten’), […]
Elastica – The Menace (2000)
Girl powered modern rock nostalgia
The second album from the abrasive brit alt punk rockers! In 1995, the female fronted Britpop Alternative Rock Band Elastica headed by ex-Suede members Justine Frischmann and Justin Welch appeared out of nowhere to score a massive hit with the hugely irresistible “Connection.” That song, which borrowed heavily from an older track by Wire, propelled Elastica’s self-titled debut album to the top of the British charts and earned the band a spot on that year’s Lollapalooza tour.
Radiohead – Kid A (2000)
The weirdest Alt rock album to ever sell a million copies
The English rock band Radiohead’s fourth studio album, the radically different Kid A (2000) severely divided critics when it was released, some ruing that it probably would not sell many copies. Can’t blame them too much because this is indeed a challenging, often downright confusing piece of alternative rock music that will leave even ardent Radiohead fans scratching […]
The Devlins Greatest Hits – An Exclusive Compilation
Melodic Alternative - Indie Rock Selection from the Splendid Dublin Fourpiece
While The Devlins burst into the alt rock scene in 1994 with their spectacular debut album ‘Drift’ (produced by the award-winning Malcolm Burn, a protégé of Daniel Lanois); I heard them first only in 1996 on the soundtrack of the Winona Ryder – Lukas Haas coming of age teen flick ‘Boys’. Like Ian Brown, another […]
Nirvana – MTV Unplugged In New York (1994)
Acoustic Nirvana for Nirvana Fans
On MTV Unplugged In New York, Kurt Cobain and company (including Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl) spend a lot of time paying tribute to their influences. Nirvana performs songs by the Meat Puppets, the Vaselines, and David Bowie. Cobain‘s blistering interpretation of Bowie’s “The Man Who Sold the World” is one of few remakes that sounds […]