A synth-driven Psychedelic Furs song might not seem like a great cover idea. But it was.

This feels like a solo album dressed up in Echo and the Bunnymen’s clothes.

Don’t let the name fool you: These Pixies are raucous, loud and sometimes vulgar.

‘EP1’ seemed to hint at a productive spurt for the Pixies, the groundbreaking alternative band who I discovered woefully late.

The Pixies without Kim Deal? No, that doesn’t work.

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Big Star is a band that you know, at least by sound and structure, even if you never knew them, you know? Roundly ignored across two early-1970s releases, their’s was the sound of the college-rock scene of a decade later. You May Also Like: Mickey Stephens and the Poor BlueRead More

Get a free taste of Toad the Wet Sprocket’s forthcoming New Constellation, along with a trio of re-done classic tracks, in advance of the group’s first new album together in 16 years. You May Also Like: Evil Genius – Experiments On Human Subjects (2018) Sound Etiquette – Sound Etiquette (2016)Read More

For fans of a certain age, Big Star was our Velvet Underground — the band that everybody sounded like, but nobody (well, nobody but us) actually knew anything about. R.E.M., the Replacements, Matthew Sweet, they all owed something You May Also Like: Buggles’ ‘Video Killed the Radio Star’ Predicted theRead More