Blog: Loft And Lost

So here's the second part of the Alt-Rock 101 article I started last week . We've had Sonic Youth, Hüsker Dü and The Meat Puppets, now it's time for these three: The Replacements – I Will Dare Minutemen – History Lesson (Part II) R.E.M. – So. Central Rain (I'm Sorry) The Replacements, like Hüsker Dü before them and The Hold Steady after them, hail from Minneapolis. There's a reason I mention The Hold Steady. In this great article, Craig Finn talks of how they saved his life. [...]

• R.E.M. - So. Central Rain
• The Minutemen - History Lesson - Part II
• The Replacements - I Will Dare