Blog: Loft And Lost

The next two Pitchfork articles feature the flowering of US Alt-Rock; these are the bands that your favourite bands love. From early '90's staples like The Pixies and Nirvana, to more recent bands like The Hold Steady and even the likes of Fleet Foxes, they were hugely influenced by the next six bands. I've split this article in two, so that you don't have a 2,000 word behemoth to trawl through 1 . Sonic Youth – Death Valley '69 Hüsker Dü – Pink Turns to Blue Meat Puppets – Plateau Of the [...]

• Husker Du - Pink Turns To Blue
• Meat Puppets - Plateau