
Does anyone else remember Baxter - the swedish trip-hop band who made a brief but memorable splash on the US "alternative" scene in 1998? They never released another album (at least not here in America), but I bet you can hear their influence (along with Portishead and Alpha) on at least some of the Marches debut album, 4am is the New Midnight . The Marches appears to suffer from a largesse of talent and a serious case of dial ADD, as the album slips and slides all over the genre map. Rock collides into electro, [...]
After the overwhelming response to my last history of emo post, I thought I'd dig through my records and find a few more gems that I'd overlooked the first time. Here's another dozen. MP3 | Lincoln - Bench Warmer MP3 | Compound Red - Sticks MP3 | Indian Summer - Truman MP3 | [...]