Blog: angels twenty

Towa Tei and Kylie Minogue--both interesting personalities in their own right, and oh so great when mixed together. Let's start with the person you might not have heard of, although you've most likely heard at least one thing he's done.

After disappearing for a few years, Built To Spill is back. Sure, Doug Martsch released a solo album in the interim, but it's just not the same, is it? One of the few bands to keep one foot in the indie sphere while moving to a major label (in this case, Warner Brothers), Built To Spill is one of the best examples of anthemic college rock around: soaring riffs, great hooks and verses that beg to be sung aloud.

Once an L.A.-based electronic side project, Anubian Lights have released only their second album their fifth album in their ten year existence (the last being 2001's Naz Bar).

One of those Swedish pop bands that never quite made it here or in Europe, Cinnamon put out a couple of largely acoustic albums in the late 90s before disappearing into seclusion (or so it seemed, not that there were many people paying attention).