Alternative Music Sitemap - Page 4
Free Music Monday: Painted Palms "I Will Truck"
Free Music Monday: Painted Palms
Free Music Monday: Papa "I Am the Lion King"
Free Music Monday: Papa
Free Music Monday: Parenthetical Girls "A Note to Self"
Free Music Monday: Parenthetical Girls
Free Music Monday: Perfume Genius "All Waters"
Free Music Monday: Perfume Genius
Free Music Monday: Phantogram "Don't Move"
Free Music Monday: Phantogram
Free Music Monday: Pop Etc, Mixtape
Free Music Monday: Pop Etc, Mixtape
Free Music Monday: Prince Rama "Rest in Peace"
Free Music Monday: Prince Rama
Free Music Monday: Princeton "Oklahoma (Dntel Remix)"
Free Music Monday: Princeton Oklahoma (Dntel Remix)
Free Music Monday: Princeton "Remembrance of Things to Come"
Free Music Monday: Princeton
Free Music Monday: Purity Ring "Belispeak"
Free Music Monday: Purity Ring
Free Music Monday: Purity Ring "Obedear"
Free Music Monday: Purity Ring Obedear
Free Music Monday: Real Estate "Green Aisles"
Free Music Monday: Real Estate
Free Music Monday: Richard Swift "Whitman"
Free Music Monday: Richard Swift
Free Music Monday: S. Carey "Two Angles"
Free Music Monday: S. Carey Two Angles
Free Music Monday: S.C.U.M. "Summon the Sound (Grimes Remix)"
Free Music Monday: S.C.U.M.
Free Music Monday: Sandro Perri "Love and Light"
Free Music Monday: Sandro Perri
Free Music Monday: Sea Pinks "Peripheral Vision" and "Fountain Tesserae"
Free Music Monday: Sea Pinks
Free Music Monday: Sean Nicholas Savage, Flamingo
Free Music Monday: Sean Nicholas Savage, Flamingo
Free Music Monday: Sean Nicholas Savage, Won Ton Jaz
Free Music Monday: Sean Nicholas Savage, Won Ton Jaz
Free Music Monday: Shannon Stephens "What Love Looks Like"
Free Music Monday: Shannon Stephens
Free Music Monday: Sharon Van Etten "I Couldn't Save You"
Free Music Monday: Sharon Van Etten
Free Music Monday: Sharon Van Etten "Serpents"
Free Music Monday: Sharon Van Etten
Free Music Monday: She and Him "The Christmas Waltz"
Free Music Monday: She and Him
Free Music Monday: Shout Out Out Out Out "Never the Same Way Twice"
Free Music Monday: Shout Out Out Out Out
Free Music Monday: Siskiyou "Twigs and Stones"
Free Music Monday: Siskiyou
Free Music Monday: Sleep ? Over "Romantic Streams"
Free Music Monday: Sleep ? Over
Free Music Monday: Small Black "Moon Killer"
Free Music Monday: Small Black
Free Music Monday: Spectrals "Big Baby"
Free Music Monday: Spectrals
Free Music Monday: Spectrals "Friend Zone"
Free Music Monday: Spectrals
Free Music Monday: Sun Kil Moon "Sunshine in Chicago"
Free Music Monday: Sun Kil Moon Sunshine in Chicago
Free Music Monday: TV Girl, The Wild, The Innocent, The TV Shuffle
Free Music Monday: TV Girl, The Wild, The Innocent, The TV Shuffle
Free Music Monday: Tacocat "Spring Break-Up"
Free Music Monday: Tacocat Spring Break-Up
Free Music Monday: Tanlines "Brothers"
Free Music Monday: Tanlines
Free Music Monday: Teen Daze "Treten"
Free Music Monday: Teen Daze
Free Music Monday: The Harpoons "Keep You Around"
Free Music Monday: The Harpoons
Free Music Monday: The Morning Benders "Last Night"
Free Music Monday: The Morning Benders
Free Music Monday: The Strange Boys "Me and You"
Free Music Monday: The Strange Boys
Free Music Monday: The Tallest Man on Earth "1904"
Free Music Monday: The Tallest Man on Earth 1904
Free Music Monday: The War on Drugs "Baby Missiles"
Free Music Monday: The War on Drugs
Free Music Monday: The XX "Open Eyes (Demo)"
Free Music Monday: The XX
Free Music Monday: Thee Oh Sees "Carrion Crawler"
Free Music Monday: Thee Oh Sees
Free Music Monday: Tindersticks "Frozen"
Free Music Monday: Tindersticks
Free Music Monday: Tops "Diamond Look"
Free Music Monday: Tops
Free Music Monday: Twin Shadow "Changes"
Free Music Monday: Twin Shadow
Free Music Monday: Twin Shadow "Five Seconds"
Free Music Monday: Twin Shadow Five Seconds
Free Music Monday: Ty Segall Band "Wave Goodbye"
Free Music Monday: Ty Segall Band Wave Goodbye
Free Music Monday: Ty Segall and White Fence "I Am Not a Game"
Free Music Monday: Ty Segall and White Fence I Am Not a Game
Free Music Monday: Volcano! "Piñata"
Free Music Monday: Volcano!
Free Music Monday: Wild Nothing "Nowhere"
Free Music Monday: Wild Nothing
Free Music Monday: Woods "Christmas Time Is Here"
Free Music Monday: Woods
Free Music Monday: World Tour "Believe"
Free Music Monday: World Tour
Free Music Monday: Y La Bamba "My Squawk"
Free Music Monday: Y La Bamba
Free Music Monday: Yellow Ostrich "The Shakedown"
Free Music Monday: Yellow Ostrich
Frida Hyvönen's Horse Stories
With the indie world going Swede-crazy in recent seasons, it was strange that Frida Hyvönen's utterly amazing debut album, Until Death Comes, didn't receive a
Frightened Rabbit Biography - Artist Profile of Frightened Rabbit
Frightened Rabbit are an emotionally-driven guitar-rock combo from Scotland. Learn more about their strange ways.
Frithrah! It's Frightened Rabbit
This decade, from Parades to AIDS, Wolves have been at the top of the band-name animal totem. Yet, with the recent arrival of White Rabbits, 7 Year Rabbit
From The Vaults Friday: Elliott Smith, Either/Or (1997)
The Year: 1997 The Album: Elliott Smith, Either/Or Who It Influenced: Bright Eyes, Death Cab for Cutie, The Decemberists, Grizzly Bear, José González, Jeff
From The Vaults Friday: Scott Walker, Scott 4 (1969)
The Year: 1969 The Album: Scott Walker, Scott 4 Who It Influenced: Nick Cave, Pulp, The Smiths, Smog, Tindersticks, Radiohead, Goldfrapp The Scott Walker
From the Vaults Friday: Animal Collective, Sung Tongs (2004)
The Year: 2004 The Album: Animal Collective, Sung Tongs Who It Influenced: Dodos, Suckers, Yeasayer, Au, High Places With the release of their latest
From the Vaults Friday: Anne Briggs, The Time Has Come (1971)
From the Vaults Friday: Anne Briggs, The Time Has Come (1971)
From the Vaults Friday: Arcade Fire, Funeral (2004)
The Year: 2004 The Album: Arcade Fire, Funeral Who It Influenced: Fanfarlo, Broken Records, The Twilight Sad, the Kissaway Trail, the Airborne Toxic Event,
From the Vaults Friday: Archers of Loaf, Icky Mettle (1993)
From the Vaults Friday: Archers of Loaf, Icky Mettle (1993)
From the Vaults Friday: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, The Doldrums (2004)
The Year: 2004 The Album: Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, The Doldrums Who It Influenced: Nite Jewel, How to Dress Well, Here We Go Magic, Toro y Moi, Neon
From the Vaults Friday: Arthur Russell, Another Thought (1994)
The Year: 1994 The Album: Arthur Russell, Another Thought Who It Influenced: Jens Lekman, Owen Pallett, Grizzly Bear, the Hidden Cameras, Hercules and Love
From the Vaults Friday: Arthur Russell, World of Echo (1986)
From the Vaults Friday: Arthur Russell, World of Echo (1986)
From the Vaults Friday: Au Pairs, Playing with a Different Sex (1981)
From the Vaults Friday: Au Pairs, Playing with a Different Sex (1981)
From the Vaults Friday: Beat Happening, Beat Happening (1985)
The Year: 1985 The Album: Beat Happening, Beat Happening Who it Influenced: Nirvana, Sebadoh, Tiger Trap, The Moldy Peaches, Vivian Girls, the entire twee
From the Vaults Friday: Belle and Sebastian, If You're Feeling Sinister (1996)
The Year: 1996 The Album: Belle and Sebastian, If You're Feeling Sinister Who It Influenced: Camera Obscura, The Hidden Cameras, Herman Düne, Voxtrot, Los
From the Vaults Friday: Big Star, #1 Record (1972)
The Year: 1972 The Album: Big Star, #1 Record Who It Influenced: REM, The Replacements, Weezer, The New Pornographers, Yo La Tengo, Elliott Smith The
From the Vaults Friday: Bikini Kill, The CD Version of the First Two Records (1994)
The Year: 1994 The Album: Bikini Kill, The CD Version of the First Two Records Who It Influenced: The Gossip, Sleater-Kinney, The Kills, Yeah Yeah Yeahs,
From the Vaults Friday: Bill Fay, Time of the Last Persecution (1971)
From the Vaults Friday: Bill Fay, Time of the Last Persecution (1971)
From the Vaults Friday: Björk, Vespertine (2001)
The Year: 2001 The Album: Björk, Vespertine Who It Influenced: Bat for Lashes, The Knife, Eleanoora Rosenholm, Julianna Barwick, Owen Pallett, Grizzly Bear
From the Vaults Friday: Bon Iver 'For Emma, Forever Ago' (2008)
The Year: 2008 The Album: Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago Who It Influenced: Kanye West(!), How to Dress Well, James Blake, Lykke Li, Boy & Bear, Birdy,
From the Vaults Friday: Boredoms, Vision Creation Newsun (2000)
The Year: 2000 The Album: Boredoms, Vision Creation Newsun Who It Influenced: Gang Gang Dance, Black Dice, Animal Collective, Dirty Projectors, Liars, Fuck
From the Vaults Friday: Brian Eno, Another Green World (1975)
The Year: 1975 The Album: Brian Eno, Another Green World Who It Influenced: MGMT, Death Cab for Cutie, Radiohead, Aphex Twin, Air, Stereolab Last week we
From the Vaults Friday: Bright Eyes 'Lifted' (2002)
The Year: 2002 The Album: Bright Eyes, Lifted, or The Story is in the Soil, Keep Your Ears to the Ground Who it Influenced: Arcade Fire, Titus Andronicus,
From the Vaults Friday: Brigitte Fontaine, Comme à la Radio (1969)
The Year: 1969 The Album: Brigitte Fontaine, Comme à la Radio Who It Influenced: Björk, Sonic Youth, Stereolab, Broadcast, White Hinterland, Camille In
From the Vaults Friday: Broadcast, The Noise Made by People (2000)
The Year: 2000 The Album: Broadcast, The Noise Made by People Who It Influenced: High Places, Atlas Sound, Toro y Moi, Black Moth Super Rainbow, Au Revoir
From the Vaults Friday: Built to Spill, Perfect from Now On (1997)
The Year: 1997 The Album: Built to Spill, Perfect from Now On Who It Influenced: Rilo Kiley, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, Wolf Parade, Band of Horses,
From the Vaults Friday: Can, Tago Mago (1971)
The Year: 1980 The Album: Can, Tago Mago Who It Influenced: Tortoise, Talk Talk, Radiohead, The Flaming Lips, Fuck Buttons, Sunn o))) Krautrock legends
From the Vaults Friday: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Trout Mask Replica (1969)
The Year: 1969 The Album: Captain Beefheart and His Magic Band, Trout Mask Replica Who It Influenced: Tom Waits, The Birthday Party, The Fall, Liars, The
From the Vaults Friday: Cat Power Moon Pix (1998)
The Year: 1998 The Album: Cat Power, Moon Pix Who It Influenced: Emily Jane White, Sharon Van Etten, Scout Niblett, Tiny Vipers, Taken By Trees, Metal
From the Vaults Friday: Catherine Ribeiro & Alpes "Paix" (1972)
From the Vaults Friday: Catherine Ribeiro & Alpes
From the Vaults Friday: Chapterhouse, Whirlpool (1991)
The Year: 1991 The Album: Chapterhouse, Whirlpool Who It Influenced: The Radio Dept., The Big Pink, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Serena-Maneesh, Asobi
From the Vaults Friday: Clouddead, Clouddead (2001)
The Year: 2001 The Album: Clouddead, Clouddead Who It Influenced: The Notwist/Lali Puna, Tyondai Braxton, TV on the Radio, Islands, Black Moth Super
From the Vaults Friday: Cocteau Twins, Head Over Heels (1983)
The Year: 1983 The Album: Cocteau Twins, Head Over Heels Who It Influenced: Sigur Rós, Slowdive, Pale Saints, My Bloody Valentine, School of Seven Bells,
From the Vaults Friday: Codeine, Frigid Stars (1990)
From the Vaults Friday: Codeine, Frigid Stars (1990)
From the Vaults Friday: Daniel Johnston, Yip/Jump Music (1983)
The Year: 1983 The Album: Daniel Johnston, Yip/Jump Music Who It Influenced: Nirvana, The Flaming Lips, Sparklehorse, Yo La Tengo, the Danielson Famile
From the Vaults Friday: Diane Cluck 'Oh Vanille/Ova Nil' (2003)
The Year: 2003 The Album: Diane Cluck, Oh Vanille/Ova Nil Who It Influenced: Emmy the Great, Laura Marling, Blue Roses, Noa Babayof, Angel Olsen, DM Stith
From the Vaults Friday: Dinosaur Jr, You're Living All Over Me (1987)
The Year: 1987 The Album: Dinosaur Jr, You're Living All Over Me Who It Influenced: Built to Spill, My Bloody Valentine, Nirvana, Pearl Jam, ...And You Will
From the Vaults Friday: Eric's Trip, Love Tara (1993)
From the Vaults Friday: Eric's Trip, Love Tara (1993)
From the Vaults Friday: Felt, Forever Breathes the Lonely Word (1986)
From the Vaults Friday: Felt, Forever Breathes the Lonely Word (1986)
From the Vaults Friday: Galaxie 500, On Fire (1989)
The Year: 1989 The Album: Galaxie 500, On Fire Who It Influenced: Low, The Clientele, British Sea Power, Beach House, Xiu Xiu, Deerhunter/Atlas Sound
From the Vaults Friday: Gang Gang Dance, God's Money (2005)
The Year: 2005 The Album: Gang Gang Dance, God's Money Who It Influenced: Prince Rama, Crazy Dreams Band, Rainbow Arabia, Rings, Telepathe, Yeasayer
From the Vaults Friday: Gang of Four, Entertainment! (1979)
The Year: 1979 The Album: Gang of Four, Entertainment! Who It Influenced: Franz Ferdinand, Bloc Party, The Rapture, The Dismemberment Plan, Fugazi, Big
From the Vaults Friday: Gilberto Gil, Gilberto Gil (1968)
From the Vaults Friday: Gilberto Gil, Gilberto Gil (1968)
From the Vaults Friday: Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven (2000)
The Year: 2000 The Album: Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven Who It Influenced: Explosions in the Sky, Mono,
From the Vaults Friday: Guided by Voices, Bee Thousand (1994)
The Year: 1994 The Album: Guided by Voices, Bee Thousand Who It Influenced: Jay Reatard, The Thermals, The Strokes, Titus Andronicus, Times New Viking,
From the Vaults Friday: Hüsker Dü, Zen Arcade (1984)
The Year: 1984 The Album: Hüsker Dü, Zen Arcade Who It Influenced: The Pixies, Nirvana, Superchunk, Sebadoh, The Decemberists, No Age Hardcore bands
From the Vaults Friday: Jandek, Chair Beside a Window (1982)
The Year: 1982 The Album: Jandek, Chair Beside a Window Who It Influenced: Bill Callahan, Low, Six Organs of Admittance, The Tower Recordings,
From the Vaults Friday: Jim O'Rourke, Eureka (1999)
From the Vaults Friday: Jim O'Rourke, Eureka (1999)
From the Vaults Friday: Joanna Newsom, The Milk-Eyed Mender (2004)
The Year: 2004 The Album: Joanna Newsom, The Milk-Eyed Mender Who It Influenced: The Decemberists, Owen Pallett, First Aid Kit, Alessi's Ark, Beth Jeans
From the Vaults Friday: Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures (1979)
From the Vaults Friday: Joy Division, Unknown Pleasures (1979)
From the Vaults Friday: Kate Bush, The Kick Inside (1978)
From the Vaults Friday: Kate Bush, The Kick Inside (1978)
From the Vaults Friday: Kevin Ayers, The Joy of a Toy (1969)
The Year: 1969 The Album: Kevin Ayers, The Joy of a Toy Who It Influenced: Neutral Milk Hotel, Olivia Tremor Control, the Ladybug Transistor, Gorky's
From the Vaults Friday: Life Without Buildings, Any Other City (2001)
From the Vaults Friday: Life Without Buildings, Any Other City (2001)
From the Vaults Friday: Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville (1993)
The Year: 1993 The Album: Liz Phair, Exile in Guyville Who It Influenced: Alanis Morrissette, unfortunately To listen to Exile in Guyville, now, at the
From the Vaults Friday: Lush, Spooky (1992)
The Year: 1992 The Album: Lush, Spooky Who It Influenced: Sigur Rós, Asobi Seksu, A Sunny Day in Glasgow, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, Puro Instinct
From the Vaults Friday: M. Ward, The Transfiguration of Vincent (2003)
From the Vaults Friday: M. Ward, The Transfiguration of Vincent (2003)
From the Vaults Friday: Magazine, Real Life (1978)
From the Vaults Friday: Magazine, Real Life (1978)
From the Vaults Friday: Marine Girls, Lazy Ways (1983)
The Year: 1983 The Album: Marine Girls, Lazy Ways Who It Influenced: Nirvana, Beat Happening, The Field Mice, Camera Obscura, Jens Lekman, Get Back
From the Vaults Friday: Mazzy Star, So Tonight That I Might See (1993)
The Year: 1993 The Album: Mazzy Star, So Tonight That I Might See Who It Influenced: Beach House, Brightblack Morning Light, Marissa Nadler, Sian Alice
From the Vaults Friday: Mercury Rev, Deserter's Songs (1998)
From the Vaults Friday: Mercury Rev, Deserter's Songs (1998)
From the Vaults Friday: Michael Hurley, Armchair Boogie (1971)
The Year: 1971 The Album: Michael Hurley, Armchair Boogie Who It Influenced: Cat Power, Jolie Holland, Devendra Banhart, Vetiver, Will Oldham, Jason Molina
From the Vaults Friday: Modest Mouse, The Moon and Antarctica (2000)
The Year: 2000 The Album: Modest Mouse, The Moon and Antarctica Who It Influenced: Cymbals Eat Guitars, Wolf Parade, Band of Horses, Born Ruffians, Suckers,
From the Vaults Friday: Mogwai, Young Team (1997)
From the Vaults Friday: Mogwai, Young Team (1997)
From the Vaults Friday: Mudhoney 'Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles' (1990)
The Year: 1990 The Album: Mudhoney, Superfuzz Bigmuff Plus Early Singles Who It Influenced: Hole, Nirvana, Whirlwind Heat, Comets on Fire, Pissed Jeans,
From the Vaults Friday: My Bloody Valentine, Isn't Anything (1988)
From the Vaults Friday: My Bloody Valentine, Isn't Anything (1988)
From the Vaults Friday: My Bloody Valentine, Loveless (1991)
The Year: 1991 The Album: My Bloody Valentine, Loveless Who It Influenced: Nine Inch Nails, Yo La Tengo, Mogwai, Sigur Rós, TV on the Radio, Deerhunter, No
From the Vaults Friday: Neu!, Neu! (1972)
The Year: 1972 The Album: Neu!, Neu! Who It Influenced: David Bowie, Joy Division, Stereolab, Tortoise, Radiohead, Liars The old maxim with the Velvet
From the Vaults Friday: Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea (1998)
The Year: 1998 The Album: Neutral Milk Hotel, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Who It Influenced: Beirut, the Arcade Fire, The Decemberists, Brand New, Page
From the Vaults Friday: Nick Drake, Pink Moon (1972)
From the Vaults Friday: Nick Drake, Pink Moon (1972)
From the Vaults Friday: Nico, The Marble Index (1969)
The Year: 1969 The Album: Nico, The Marble Index Who It Influenced: Mazzy Star, Beach House, Björk, Bat for Lashes, Xiu Xiu, Elliott Smith Last week, we
From the Vaults Friday: Nirvana, Bleach (1989)
The Year: 1989 The Album: Nirvana, Bleach Who It Influenced: Unfortunately, largely a generation of terrible commercial rockbands The history books'll
From the Vaults Friday: Os Mutantes, Os Mutantes (1968)
Today, I'm tipping of the hot new recurring feature here at the ol' Alterna homestead. Each Friday, starting right now, will find me dusting off an old LP
From the Vaults Friday: PJ Harvey, Dry (1992)
The Year: 1992 The Album: PJ Harvey, Dry Who It Influenced: Bat for Lashes, Jenny Wilson, Scout Niblett, Cat Power, Land of Talk, Yeah Yeah Yeahs In her
From the Vaults Friday: Palace Music, Viva Last Blues (1995)
The Year: 1995 The Album: Palace Muisc, Viva Last Blues Who It Influenced: Iron and Wine, Jolie Holland, Little Wings, José González, Scout Niblett, Bon
From the Vaults Friday: Panda Bear, Person Pitch (2007)
The Year: 2007 The Album: Panda Bear, Person Pitch Who It Influenced: Atlas Sound, Dream Cop, Here We Go Magic, How to Dress Well, Wise Blood, Toro y Moi
From the Vaults Friday: Patti Smith, Horses (1975)
From the Vaults Friday: Patti Smith, Horses (1975)
From the Vaults Friday: Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)
From the Vaults Friday: Pavement, Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain (1994)
From the Vaults Friday: Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted (1992)
The Year: 1992 The Album: Pavement, Slanted and Enchanted Who It Influenced: Grandaddy, Modest Mouse, Deerhunter, Tapes n' Tapes, Los Campesinos!, Times New
From the Vaults Friday: Public Image Ltd., Metal Box (1979)
The Year: 1979 The Album: Public Image Ltd., Metal Box Who It Influenced: Big Black/Shellac, Radiohead, Liars, The Rapture, LCD Soundsystem, Gang Gang Dance
From the Vaults Friday: Radiohead, Kid A (2000)
The Year: 2000 The Album: Radiohead, Kid A Who It Influenced: Bloc Party, the Twilight Sad, the Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, Cold War Kids, TV on the
From the Vaults Friday: Red House Painters, Down Colorful Hill (1992)
The Year: 1992 The Album: Red House Painters, Down Colorful Hill Who It Influenced: Hayden, Damien Jurado, Death Cab for Cutie, Great Lake Swimmers, José
From the Vaults Friday: Royal Trux, Twin Infinitives (1990)
The Year: 1990 The Album: Royal Trux, Twin Infinitives Who It Influenced: MGMT, The Fiery Furnaces, The Kills, The White Stripes, Liars, Gang Gang Dance
From the Vaults Friday: Scott Walker 'The Drift' (2006)
The Year: 2006 The Album: Scott Walker, The Drift Who It Influenced: Radiohead, Matmos, Extra Life, Owen Pallett, Parenthetical Girls, Antony and the
From the Vaults Friday: Sebadoh 'Bakesale' (1994)
The Year: 1994 The Album: Sebadoh, Bakesale Who It Influenced: The Thermals, Chad Vangaalen, Kurt Vile, Yuck, Surfer Blood, Weezer A 'reformed' Sebadoh
From the Vaults Friday: Shirley & Dolly Collins, Anthems in Eden (1969)
The Year: 1969 The Album: Shirley & Dolly Collins, Anthems in Eden Who It Influenced: Current 93, Alasdair Roberts, Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, The
From the Vaults Friday: Silver Apples 'Silver Apples' (1968)
The Year: 1968 The Album: Silver Apples, Silver Apples Who It Influenced: Suicide, Kraftwerk, Throbbing Gristle, Spacemen 3, Stereolab, Broadcast Few
From the Vaults Friday: Silver Jews, American Water (1998)
The Year: 1998 The Album: Silver Jews, American Water Who It Influenced: Destroyer, The Mountain Goats, Kurt Vile, Yuck, Titus Andronicus, and, obviously,
From the Vaults Friday: Skip Spence, Oar (1969)
The Year: 1969 The Album: Alexander 'Skip' Spence, Oar Who It Influenced: Beck, Wilco, Tom Waits, Giant Sand, Cat Power, Sandro Perri This year,
From the Vaults Friday: Sleater-Kinney, Dig Me Out (1997)
The Year: 1997 The Album: Sleater-Kinney, Dig Me Out Who It Influenced: The Gossip, Erase Errata, Marnie Stern, The New Bloods, Sky Larkin With the
From the Vaults Friday: Slint, Spiderland (1991)
The Year: 1991 The Album: Slint, Spiderland Who It Influenced: PJ Harvey, Unwound, Mogwai, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Maserati, Do Make Say Think If
From the Vaults Friday: Slowdive, Souvlaki (1993)
From the Vaults Friday: Slowdive, Souvlaki (1993)
From the Vaults Friday: Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation (1988)
The Year: 1988 The Album: Sonic Youth, Daydream Nation Who It Influenced: Nirvana, Hole, Pavement, ...And You Will Know Us By the Trail of Dead, Mogwai,
From the Vaults Friday: Spacemen 3, Playing with Fire (1989)
The Year: 1989 The Album: Spacemen 3, Playing with Fire Who It Influenced: My Bloody Valentine, Mogwai, Low, Deerhunter, Crocodiles, The Big Pink Over
From the Vaults Friday: Sparklehorse, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot (1995)
The Year: 1995 The Album: Sparklehorse, Vivadixiesubmarinetransmissionplot Who It Influenced: Ugly Casanova, Band of Horses, Iron and Wine, M. Ward, Bright
From the Vaults Friday: Spiritualized, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space (1997)
The Year: 1997 The Album: Spiritualized, Ladies and Gentlemen We Are Floating in Space Who It Influenced: Sigur Rós, The National, Doves, Klaxons, The
From the Vaults Friday: Stereolab, Emperor Tomato Ketchup (1996)
The Year: 1996 The Album: Stereolab, Emperor Tomato Ketchup Who It Influenced: Broadcast, Electrelane, Lali Puna, Psapp, Au Revoir Simone, Atlas Sound
From the Vaults Friday: Sufjan Stevens, Seven Swans (2004)
The Year: 2004 The Album: Sufjan Stevens, Seven Swans Who It Influenced: David Karsten Daniels, Fanfarlo, Freelance Whales, Ah Holly Fam'ly, The Middle
From the Vaults Friday: Suicide, Suicide (1977)
The Year: 1977 The Album: Suicide, Suicide Who It Influenced: Joy Division, Primal Scream, Spacemen 3, Liars, Nick Cave, and, um, Bruce Springsteen If
From the Vaults Friday: Superchunk, Foolish (1994)
The Year: 1994 The Album: Superchunk, Foolish Who It Influenced: Weezer, The Get Up Kids, The Thermals, Death Cab for Cutie, Modest Mouse, Cymbals Eat
From the Vaults Friday: Talk Talk, Laughing Stock (1991)
From the Vaults Friday: Talk Talk, Laughing Stock (1991)
From the Vaults Friday: Television Personalities, And Don't the Kids Just Love It (1981)
The Year: 1981 The Album: Television Personalities, And Don't the Kids Just Love It Who It Influenced: Arctic Monkeys, Belle and Sebastian, The Vaselines,
From the Vaults Friday: Television, Marquee Moon (1977)
The Year: 1977 The Album: Television, Marquee Moon Who It Influenced: The entire Flying Nun scene, Built to Spill, Galaxie 500, The Strokes, Mt. St. Helens
From the Vaults Friday: The 13th Floor Elevators, The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators (1966)
The Year: 1966 The Album: The 13th Floor Elevators, The Psychedelic Sounds of the 13th Floor Elevators Who It Influenced: Television, Primal Scream, The
From the Vaults Friday: The Avalanches, Since I Left You (2000)
The Year: 2000 The Album: The Avalanches, Since I Left You Who It Influenced: The Go! Team, Jens Lekman, Air France, El Guincho, Passion Pit, Weird
From the Vaults Friday: The Birthday Party, Prayers on Fire (1981)
The Year: 1981 The Album: The Birthday Party, Prayers on Fire Who It Influenced: The Jesus Lizard, Liars, Celebration, Pissed Jeans, Crystal Stilts, The
From the Vaults Friday: The Breeders, Pod (1990)
The Year: 1990 The Album: The Breeders, Pod Who It Influenced: Nirvana, Deerhunter, Sky Larkin, The Joy Formidable, Las Robertas, CSS Frustrated with
From the Vaults Friday: The Fall, Hex Enduction Hour (1982)
The Year: 1982 The Album: The Fall, Hex Enduction Hour Who It Influenced: Sonic Youth, Pavement, Elastica, Jeffrey Lewis, Franz Ferdinand, Art Brut,
From the Vaults Friday: The Feelies, Crazy Rhythms (1980)
The Year: 1980 The Album: The Feelies, Crazy Rhythms Who It Influenced: REM, Yo La Tengo, Luna, The Strokes, Weezer, Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Last
From the Vaults Friday: The Field Mice, Snowball (1989)
The Year: 1989 The Album: The Field Mice, Snowball Who It Influenced: Saint Etienne, Acid House Kings, The Softies, The Boy Least Likely To, Los
From the Vaults Friday: The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots (2002)
The Year: 2002 The Album: The Flaming Lips, Yoshimi Battles the Pink Robots Who It Influenced: Passion Pit, MGMT, Evangelicals, the Minus Story, Band of
From the Vaults Friday: The Fugs, The Fugs First Album (1965)
The Year: 1965 The Album: The Fugs, The Fugs First Album Who It Influenced: The Velvet Underground, The Stooges, The Fall, Half-Japanese, The Moldy Peaches,
From the Vaults Friday: The Incredible String Band, The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter (1968)
The Year: 1968 The Album: The Incredible String Band, The Hangman's Beautiful Daughter Who It Influenced: Grizzly Bear, Joanna Newsom, Devendra Banhart,
From the Vaults Friday: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Psychocandy (1985)
The Year: 1985 The Album: The Jesus and Mary Chain, Psychocandy Who It Influenced: My Bloody Valentine, The Big Pink, Crocodiles, Dum Dum Girls, The
From the Vaults Friday: The Knife 'Silent Shout' (2006)
From the Vaults Friday: The Knife 'Silent Shout' (2006)
From the Vaults Friday: The Langley Schools Music Project, Innocence and Despair (2001)
The Year: 2001 The Album: The Langley Schools Music Project, Innocence and Despair Who It Influenced: Karen O and the Kids, Dead Man's Bones, The Dears,
From the Vaults Friday: The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs (1999)
The Year: 1999 The Album: The Magnetic Fields, 69 Love Songs Who It Influenced: Jens Lekman, Beirut, The Hidden Cameras, Casiotone for the Painfully Alone,
From the Vaults Friday: The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers (1976)
The Year: 1976 The Album: The Modern Lovers, The Modern Lovers Who It Influenced: try: All the '77 UK Punks (especially The Sex Pistols and The Clash), The
From the Vaults Friday: The Monks, Black Monk Time (1965)
The Year: 1965 The Album: The Monks, Black Monk Time Who It Influenced: Faust, Can, Wire, The Fall, Spacemen 3, Jon Spencer Light in the Attic Records
From the Vaults Friday: The Olivia Tremor Control, Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle (1996)
From the Vaults Friday: The Olivia Tremor Control, Music from the Unrealized Film Script, Dusk at Cubist Castle (1996)
From the Vaults Friday: The Pixies 'Surfer Rosa' (1988)
From the Vaults Friday: The Pixies 'Surfer Rosa' (1988)
From the Vaults Friday: The Pixies, Doolittle (1989)
The Year: 1989 The Album: The Pixies, Doolittle Who It Influenced: Pavement, Nirvana, The Foo Fighters, Radiohead, Spoon, TV on the Radio If you remember
From the Vaults Friday: The Raincoats, Odyshape (1981)
From the Vaults Friday: The Raincoats, Odyshape (1981)
From the Vaults Friday: The Raincoats, The Raincoats (1979)
The Year: 1979 The Album: The Raincoats, The Raincoats Who It Influenced: Sonic Youth, the Shop Assistants, Nirvana, Sleater-Kinney, New Bloods
From the Vaults Friday: The Slits, Cut (1979)
The Year: 1979 The Album: The Slits, Cut Who It Influenced: Gang Gang Dance, These Are Powers, Liars, Erase Errata, New Bloods, Sonic Youth The sad death
From the Vaults Friday: The Smiths, The Smiths (1984)
From the Vaults Friday: The Smiths, The Smiths (1984)
From the Vaults Friday: The Smiths, The World Won't Listen (1987)
The Year: 1987 The Album: The Smiths, The World Won't Listen Who It Influenced: The Magnetic Fields, Belle and Sebastian, The Decemberists, The Dears,
From the Vaults Friday: The Stooges 'The Stooges' (1969)
From the Vaults Friday: The Stooges 'The Stooges' (1969)
From the Vaults Friday: The United States of America 'The United States of America' (1968)
The Year: 1968 The Album: The United States of America, The United States of America Who It Influenced: Portishead, Stereolab, Broadcast, Espers, Of
From the Vaults Friday: The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground and Nico (1967)
The Year: 1967 The Album: The Velvet Underground, The Velvet Underground and Nico Who It Influenced: Everyone It may or may not be the first
From the Vaults Friday: This Heat 'Deceit' (1981)
The Year: 1981 The Album: This Heat, Deceit Who It Influenced: The Fall, Liars, Women, Tortoise, These New Puritans, Radiohead They formed in
From the Vaults Friday: This Mortal Coil, It'll End in Tears (1984)
The Year: 1984 The Album: This Mortal Coil, It'll End in Tears Who It Influenced: Beach House, School of Seven Bells, The Antlers, Zola Jesus, Bat for
From the Vaults Friday: Throbbing Gristle, 20 Jazz Funk Greats (1979)
The Year: 1976 The Album: Throbbing Gristle, 20 Jazz Funk Greats Who It Influenced: Nine Inch Nails, Swans, Sunn O))), Add N to (X), The Knife, Matmos
From the Vaults Friday: Throwing Muses, Throwing Muses (1986)
The Year: 1986 The Album: Throwing Muses, Throwing Muses Who It Influenced: Cat Power, Xiu Xiu, Radiohead, The Joy Formidable, Screaming Females, Warpaint
From the Vaults Friday: Tim Hardin, Suite for Susan Moore and Damion: We Are One, One, All in One (1969)
The Year: 1969 The Album: Tim Hardin, Suite for Susan Moore and Damion: We Are One, One, All in One Who It Influenced: Nicolai Dunger, Sandro Perri, Red
From the Vaults Friday: Tindersticks, Tindersticks (1993)
From the Vaults Friday: Tindersticks, Tindersticks (1993)
From the Vaults Friday: Tortoise, Millions Now Living Will Never Die (1996)
The Year: 1996 The Album: Tortoise, Millions Now Living Will Never Die Who It Influenced: To Rococo Rot, The Dylan Group, The Album Leaf, From Monument to
From the Vaults Friday: Tyrannosaurus Rex, My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... (1968)
The Year: 1968 The Album: Tyrannosaurus Rex, My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair... But Now They're Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows (1968)
From the Vaults Friday: Unrest, Imperial F.F.R.R. (1992)
The Year: 1992 The Album: Unrest, Imperial F.F.R.R. Who It Influenced: Masters of the Hemisphere, Acid House Kings, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart,
From the Vaults Friday: Various, A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records (1963)
From the Vaults Friday: Various, A Christmas Gift for You from Philles Records (1963)
From the Vaults Friday: Various, No New York (1978)
The Year: 1978 The Album: Various, No New York Who It Influenced: Sonic Youth, Magik Markers, Liars, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Erase Errata, The Rapture In the
From the Vaults Friday: Various, Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis (1968)
The Year: 1968 The Album: Various, Tropicália: ou Panis et Circencis Who It Influenced: David Byrne, Beck, Devendra Banhart, Beirut, Final Fantasy, Dent May
From the Vaults Friday: Vashti Bunyan, Just Another Diamond Day (1970)
The Year: 1970 The Album: Vashti Bunyan, Just Another Diamond Day Who It Influenced: Devendra Banhart, Joanna Newsom, Isobel Campbell, Alessi's Ark, Animal
From the Vaults Friday: Vic Chesnutt, West of Rome (1991)
The Year: 1991 The Album: Vic Chesnutt, West of Rome Who It Influenced: Richard Buckner, Lambchop, Calexico, Castanets, Califone, Neutral Milk Hotel On
From the Vaults Friday: White Noise, An Electric Storm (1968)
From the Vaults Friday: White Noise, An Electric Storm (1968)
From the Vaults Friday: Wire, Chairs Missing (1978)
The Year: 1978 The Album: Wire, Chairs Missing Who It Influenced: Spoon, Fugazi, Big Black, The Breeders, Elastica, My Bloody Valentine English post-punk
From the Vaults Friday: X-Ray Spex, Germfree Adolescents (1977)
The Year: 1978 The Album: X-Ray Spex, Germ Free Adolescents Who It Influenced: Love is All, Bis, Huggy Bear, Bikini Kill, Sleater-Kinney, The Gossip
From the Vaults Friday: Yo La Tengo, I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One (1997)
From the Vaults Friday: Yo La Tengo, I Can Hear the Heart Beating As One (1997)
From the Vaults Friday: Yoko Ono, Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
From the Vaults Friday: Yoko Ono, Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band (1970)
From the Vaults Friday: Young Marble Giants, Colossal Youth (1980)
The Year: 2004 The Album: Young Marble Giants, Colossal Youth Who It Influenced: Belle & Sebastian, Broadcast, Stereolab, Portishead, REM, Nirvana In
Fucked Up Win Polaris Music Prize
Toronto hardcore combo Fucked Up have been announced as winners of the 2009 Polaris Music Prize. The annual award for the Canadian album of the year --as
Full List of Record Store Day Releases Unveiled
Full List of Record Store Day Releases Unveiled
Galaxie 500 Biography - Artist Profile of Galaxie 500
Look at the brief, blindingly beautiful career of cult indie-rock outfit Galaxie 500.
Galaxie 500 On Fire - Review of Galaxie 500's Definitive Alternative Album On Fire
Capturing Galaxie 500's tender, swirling psychedelia at its best, 'On Fire' echoes with a quiet, humble perfection.
Gang Gang Dance Biography - Artist Profile of Gang Gang Dance
A potted look at the spotty history of the genre-defying New York band.
Gang Gang Dance Dance Revolution
Brooklyn's Gang Gang Dance have made some of the most beautifully-bizarre, ridiculously-good, totally-off-the-dial music of the past decade. All that's been
Gang Gang Dance Eye Contact - Review of Gang Gang Dance's Album Eye Contact
Brooklyn's kings of the mystical, pan-global freak-out deliver their biggest, bassiest rumpus thus far.
Gang Gang Dance God's Money - Review of Gang Gang Dance's Definitive Alternative Album God's Money
When it was released, 'God's Money' was received as a curio. Swiftly, it became a landmark.
Gang Gang Dance Interview - An Interview with Josh Diamond of Gang Gang Dance
'Saint Dymphna,' Gang Gang Dance's fourth album, and first for Warp, was a long time coming.
Gang Gang Dance Tour
The unspeakably awesome Gang Gang Dance have themselves an all-killer, no-filler new album. It's called Eye Contact. It's one of the best albums of the year.
Gang Gang Dance to Release New LP, Eye Contact, in May
New York rabble-rousers Gang Gang Dance are all kinds of awesome. Their 2005 opus God's Money was one of the very best albums of the last decade. So, the
Gang of Four Back with First Album in 16 Years
It's been over three decades since English post-punks Gang of Four released their utterly classic debut record, Entertainment!, one of the most influential
Gang of Four Entertainment! - Review of Gang of Four's Definitive Alternative Album Entertainment!
Widely imitated and eternally cool, 'Entertainment!' is one of the greatest debut LPs ever.
Genre Profile - Post-Rock
A look at the ragged instrumentalists and jazz-schooled dorks that've made up post-rock's wordless movement.
Genre Profile - Twee
A back-to-basics primer on the indie-est of indie genres, in all its guitar-jangling, cardigan-clad, 7
Genres
From Garage Rock to Post-Rock, Freak-Folk to Twee, our comprehensive breakdown of alternative music's manifold genres helps makes sense of the stickerings.
Get Back Guinozzi! Interview - An Interview with Èglantine Gouzy of Get Back Guinozzi!
The singer of the mad French duo talks recording in Indian jungles and old post-punk records.
Gilberto Gil Gilberto Gil - Review of the Classic 1968 Album
The Brazilian establishment was so provoked by Gilberto Gil's mix of Bossa Nova with psychedelia and Afro-Brazilian folk that he was jailed for subversion.
Girls Father, Son, Holy Ghost - Album Review
Girls follow-up is a bummer for both band and fans: a dismal failure to turn buzz to greatness.
Girls Tour In 2012, Talk Crazy Critical Acclaim
Girls Tour In 2012, Talk Crazy Critical Acclaim
Girls to Release New EP, Broken Dreams Club
Last year, San Franciscan indie-poppers Girls released their debut album, Album. Roundly acclaimed and widely loved, the LP —and its hit jam,
Girls to Release Second Album, Father, Son, Holy Ghost, in September
Girls to Release Second Album, Father, Son, Holy Ghost, in September
God Help the Girl - Review of God Help the Girl's Album God Help the Girl
The soundtrack to Stuart Murdoch's imagined musical doesn't measure up to a Belle and Sebastian album.
God Help the Girl Interview - An Interview with Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian
The B&S frontman talks of his 'story set to music,' his other band's history, and how there weren't any decent records released in the '90s.
God Help the Girl Interview - An Interview with Stuart Murdoch of Belle and Sebastian
The B&S frontman talks of his 'story set to music,' his other band's history, and how there weren't any decent records released in the '90s.
God Help the Girl: Stuart Murdoch of Belle & Sebastian Makes a Musical!
Belle & Sebastian frontman Stuart Murdoch —one of the finest songwriters, in any realm, of the last two decades— has announced a brand new project: God Help
Godspeed You Black Emperor! Lift Yr. Skinny Fists Like Antennas to Heaven - Review of Godspeed You Black Emperor!'s Definitive Alternative Album
Post-rock's cinematic landmark finds the Canadian co-op raging against the dying of the light.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Announce Full Reunion Tour
Back in March, former Godspeed You! Black Emperor mouthpiece Efrim Menuck told me nothing was imminent on the GY!BE reunion front. By April, things had
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Biography - Artist Profile of Godspeed You! Black Emperor
The intently political Canadian co-op authored the blueprint for cinematic, apocalyptic post-rock.
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Plot California Shows; Coachella Rumors Fly
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Plot California Shows; Coachella Rumors Fly
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Tour More
Godspeed You! Black Emperor Tour More
Godspeed You! Black Emperor to Reform for ATP
Canadian post-rock legends Godspeed You! Black Emperor are reforming. The nine-man Québécois co-op ?who released the classic 2000 double album Lift Yr.
Goldfrapp Interview - An Interview with Alison Goldfrapp of Goldfrapp
Hearing Scott Walker as a teenager made Miss Goldfrapp realize she had to
Gossip Music For Men - Review of The Gossip's Album Music For Men
Gossip's major-label debut sounds somewhere between stilted and self-conscious.
Gossip Take Music for Men to the Masses
The evolution of Gossip from K Records queer-punks to stadium-sized dance-rock juggernaut is no surprise to anyone who's even seen Beth Ditto perform. Long
Gossip's New Album, A Joyful Noise, Out in May
Gossip's New Album, A Joyful Noise, Out in May
Got a Spare $450? The Pixies Have a Box-Set to Sell You!
With the wholesome, pseudo-nostalgic glow of Record Store Day '09 already days ago, it's time to remember the stark reality: the kids just don't buy records
Grammys Announce Predictable 2010/11 Nominees
Grammys Announce Predictable 2010/11 Nominees
Grandaddy Reform
Grandaddy Reform
Grimes Interview - with Claire Boucher
On the release of 'Visions', Grimes talks indie bands as brands, cognitive neuroscience, and Montréal.
Grimes Releases Split 12" with d'Eon, Continues to be Amazing
Montréal's Grimes is all kinds of colossally awesome. The work of Québécois wunderkind Claire Boucher, Her two self-released, freely-downloadable 2010 LPs,
Grimes Releases Third Album, Visions, in January
Grimes Releases Third Album, Visions, in January
Grimes Signs to 4AD, Tours Plenty
Grimes Signs to 4AD, Tours Plenty
Grimes Visions - Album Review
The third Grimes LP finds Claire Boucher exploring bright new realms of genre-transcending electronic pop.
Grizzly Bear Biography - Artist Profile of Grizzly Bear
An in-depth look at the harmony-draped folk-pop experimentalists.
Grizzly Bear Interview - An Interview with Daniel Rossen of Grizzly Bear
Daniel Rossen talks his Elvis-obsessed childhood, mimicking Nick Drake, Department Of Eagle's dark songs, and the joyousness of 'Veckatimest'.
Grizzly Bear Veckatimest - Review of Grizzly Bear's Album Veckatimest
Grizzly Bear's glorious third album is wondrous in its grandest gestures and its smallest details.
Grizzly Bear and Here We Go Magic Plot Tour Together
They're two of the best records of 2009 thus far: Grizzly Bear's Veckatimest and Here We Go Magic's self-titled debut. Now the two Brooklyn-based acts are
Grizzly Bear's Christopher Taylor Preps CANT Solo Album, Tour
Grizzly Bear's Christopher Taylor Preps CANT Solo Album, Tour
Grizzly Bear's Veckatimest Gets Release Date
There's little doubt that Grizzly Bear's forthcoming third album is gearing up to be one of the most anticipated alternative albums of 2009. And, after months
Gross Magic Tours US For First Time
Gross Magic Tours US For First Time
Guide to the 2008 Grammy Awards 'Best Alternative Album'
A form-guide for all five nominees, from Death Cab for Cutie to Radiohead to, um, Gnarls Barkley?
Guide to the 52nd Grammys' Best Alternative Album Nominees - 2009 - 2010 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album
Breakdown of the always-puzzling nominees in the Best Alternative Album category at the 2010 Grammy Awards ceremony.
Guide to the 53rd Grammys' Best Alternative Album Nominees - 2010 - 2011 Grammy Award for Best Alternative Album
The 53rd Grammys have actually happened upon five not-embarrassing 'Alternative Album' selections...
Guided by Voices 'Classic Line-Up' Lines Up Full Fall Reunion Tour
Matador Records recently announced their 21st birthday celebrations: a three-day bender in Las Vegas in October. The veritable festival comes loaded with
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Knocking out 30 songs in three days, GBV enshrined the lo-fi aesthetic on an ad-hoc 'album' afforded instant-classic status.
Guided by Voices Unveil New 'Classic Line-Up' Single
Guided by Voices Unveil New 'Classic Line-Up' Single
Hamilton Leithauser: Cock o' the Walkmen
Eight years and four albums into things, New Yorker moodists The Walkmen are in career form. Their latest longplayer, You & Me seems, with every successive
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HF have authored an album as Russian travelogue, journeying deep into the dark heart of the neo-Soviet-Union.
Handsome Furs Sound Kapital - Review of Handsome Furs' Album Sound Kapital
The third Handsome Furs album is filled with anthems for disaffected Eastern Bloc youths.
Handsome Furs Tour Europe, Issue Third LP, Sound Kapital, in June
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Handsome Furs Tour Sound Kapital Across North America
Handsome Furs have a third album due out June 28. It's called Sound Kapital. It once again ventures behind the Iron Curtain, authoring a set of fist-pumping
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There's no off-season when you're a Wolf Parade fan. Sure, the edgy Québécois combo may be on hiatus for 2009 —after releasing the mighty At Mount Zoomer last
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January 6 is here! Callooh! Callay! Happy Merriweather Post Pavilion Day! After initially scheduling January 20 as the date they'd unleashed their latest LP
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So, uh, yes, we're already a day gone into this crazy little calendar we call 2009, but I figure it's still not too late to say: Happy New Year! Hope your
Health Announce Hilarious CD Sweepstakes for Get Color
Los Angelino noiseniks Health are getting their Willy Wonka on for the impending, September 8 release of their second LP, Get Color. 66 prize tickets handmade
Health Sweepstakes Winner Uncovered!
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It seems like a perfect marriage: legendary producer Brian Eno, the man who 'invented' ambient music, hooking up with legendary electro label Warp, the
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MGMT's forthcoming second record, Congratulations, may not be released until April 13, but the duo have made the entire thing available, to stream, from the
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After two albums of cold classicism, Luke Temple is getting warmer, warmer...
Here We Go Magic Interview - An Interview with Luke Temple of Here We Go Magic
Here We Go Magic Tour, Tout New EP
Here We Go Magic's debut self-titled LP was one of the best albums of 2009. Their second record, Pigeons, was one of the best albums of 2010. Luke Temple's
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Brooklyn bands Here We Go Magic and Beach Fossils are responsible for two of the best albums of 2010. Here We Go Magic's sophomore set, Pigeons, is a bird
Here We Go Magic to Release 3rd LP in May
Here We Go Magic to Release 3rd LP in May
History Of Alt / Indie Music
School's In: Indie 101. A comprehensive rock-n-roll chronology from the very first rumblings of alternative music, highlighting the groundbreaking records and most influential artists. Discover the key figures who shaped underground sound.
History of Constellation Records - Constellation Records Profile
Chronicle of Canadian post-rock powerhouse Constellation Records.
History of Factory Records - Factory Records Profile
Chronicle of the rise and fall of Manchester's legendary Factory Records, home to Joy Division, New Order, the Happy Mondays and more.
History of Hardly Art Records - Hardly Art Records Profile
Profile of Sub Pop's recently-minted 'sister' label Hardly Art.
History of Kill Rock Stars Records - Kill Rock Stars Profile
Profile of the long-running, fiercely-independent Pacific Northwest imprint, from riot-grrrl beginnings to its rebirth in Portland.
History of Language of Stone Records - Language of Stone Records Profile
Profile of the Espers-helmed Language of Stone label, which catalogues a cornucopia of psych-folk wonder.
History of Matador Records - Matador Records Profile
A traipse through the history of New York's venerable mega-indie, Matador Records.
History of Merge Records - Merge Records Profile
Chronicle of the surprising rise of North Carolina's long-running independent label Merge Records.
History of Paw Tracks Records - Paw Tracks Profile
Profile of Paw Tracks, the label helmed by the members of Animal Collective.
History of Slumberland Records - Slumberland Records Profile
Discover the Washington, DC label's two impressive decades of twee.
History of Sub Pop Records - Sub Pop Records Profile
In-depth historical profile of the influential, (semi-)independent Seattle label.
History of Thrill Jockey Records - Thrill Jockey Records Profile
Profile of Chicago's influential independent label Thrill Jockey.
Holly Miranda Interview - An Interview with Holly Miranda
With her debut LP 'The Magician's Private Library,' Holly Miranda hooked up with audio 'wizard' Dave Sitek of TV on the Radio.
Holy F**k: Canada's Premier Exponents of Profane Instrumentalism
With a name whose exclamatory liturgical profanity can't quite by typed on a website as wholesome as this, Holy F**k would seemingly have hemmed themselves
Holy Fuck Interview - An Interview with Graham Walsh of Holy Fuck
The one-time side-project for Walsh and Brian Borcherdt has far exceeded any of their expectations. Even in spite of their name.
Holy Unit Shifting! Andrew Bird, Animal Collective, Bon Iver Bother Billboard Chart
It's not often that the world of Alternative music collides with the corporate world of popular music, but this week's Billboard 200 chart had a surprisingly
Hope Sandoval Playing First US Tour in Eight Years
The long-time voice of Mazzy Star, Hope Sandoval, has a new album. Due out next week, her second LP under the name Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions,
Hope Sandoval Returns with First Album in Eight Years
It's been eight years since Hope Sandoval, the breathy, ghostly voice of Mazzy Star, issued her first solo album, Bavarian Fruit Bread. But the long wait for
Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions Through the Devil Softly - Review of Hope Sandoval and the Warm Inventions' Album Through the Devil Softly
Where the Mazzy Star starlet's every whisper is as tangible yet elusive as the breeze.
Hüsker Dü Zen Arcade - Review of Hüsker Dü's Definitive Alternative Album Zen Arcade
Hüsker Dü rewrote the rules of hardcore with this expansive, experimental, rock-opera-dabbling double-album.
I Am Trying to Break Your Heart - Review of the Documentary DVD I Am Trying to Break Your Heart: A Film About Wilco
This portrait of Wilco making 'Yankee Hotel Foxtrot' has become painfully overrated.
Ian Svenonius The Psychic Soviet - Review of Ian Svenonius's Book The Psychic Soviet
The greatest rock-n-roll book in the world by the greatest rock-n-roll frontman in the world. And I'm not talking about Bono's autobiography.
Ian Svenonius's Brand New Bag: Chain and the Gang
Of recent, the slyly-legendary Ian F. Svenonius has been concentrating on things other than being one of the world's great rock'n'roll frontmen. Like hosting
In the Land of Women
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In the Media
Recommended reading, advised viewing, and unmissable listening from all throughout the alt-rock sphere. Check in on sweet indie audio and video, a comprehensive list of on-the-pulse blogs, and hot tips for top-shelf books, zines, and DVDs.
In the Soup: Max Tundra's Unexpected Comeback
In 2003, Max Tundra told me:
Indie Super-group Wild Flag Line Up Debut LP, Tour Dates
Indie Super-group Wild Flag Line Up Debut LP, Tour Dates
Inside the Actor's Mind: the St. Vincent Interview
We got Annie! She's like the shine on your shoes, or hearing a blues that's great, that plucky little St. Vincent songstress Annie Clark. Riding high off the
Interpol Biography - Artist Profile of Interpol
Chronicle of these well-dressed New Yorker dudes and their moody post-punk gloom.
Interpol's Fourth LP Out September 14 on Matador
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Interpol's Paul Banks Tours as Julian Plenti
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Interpol's Paul Banks is... Julian Plenti
From Garth Brooks as Chris Gaines to Beyoncé Knowles as Sasha Fierce, the musical alter-ego has a long and pitiful history. Hell, even the incomparably
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On April 28, moody New Yorker dudes Interpol broke several years of silence to pronounce: We're stirring. The stirring involved the unveiling of a brand new
Interviews
Get inside the minds of your favorite alternative artists with our in-depth interviews. Discover the histories, ideas, inspirations, and opinions of key figures in the indie-music community, as captured in candid conversation.
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Introducing: ANR
Name: ANR From: Miami, Florida Story: Beckoning Fame Sound: Synths, soulful vocals, genuine ambition Where many of the humans written about here are
Introducing: Acrylics
Name: Acrylics From: Brooklyn, New York Story: Standing Nudes dudes truss up in faded-glamor Sound: Sweeping '80s synths meet sweeping pedal steel Like
Introducing: Active Child
Name: Active Child From: Los Angeles, California Story: Choirboy turned choirboy Sound: Choral vocals, synth washes, booming drum pads Many musicians
Introducing: Ah Holly Fam'ly
Name: Ah Holly Fam'ly From: Portland, Oregon by way of Rural Idaho Story: Chamber-pop octet plays post-Sufjan folk Sound: Strings and woodwinds, cascading
Introducing: Aias
Name: Aias From: Barcelona, Spain Story: The Spanish Vivian Girls Sound: Sloppy indie-pop, sung in Catalan There's been scores of buzzy, lo-fi, scratchy
Introducing: Ami Dang
Introducing: Ami Dang
Introducing: BLK JKS
Name: BLK JKS From: Johannesburg, South Africa Story: The South African TV on the Radio? Sound: Stadium-sized neo-prog Those who've dared to call BLK
Introducing: Beach Fossils
Name: Beach Fossils From: Brooklyn, New York Story: One lovelorned lad and his jangly, jangly guitar Sound: Through-a-toilet-roll vocals,