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Blitzen Trapper’s music experienced various styles with each record, jumping from indie folk to artwork rock and roll to experimental folk before settling right into a wealthy, dusty make of Neil Young-inspired alt-country. The music group produced in 2000 in Portland, Oregon, with songwriter Eric Earley leading a lineup that …

Because the frontman for the epic Uk drone-pop band the Verve, Richard Ashcroft proved himself the religious descendant of rock and roll & move icons like Mick Jagger and Jim Morrison — rivetingly charismatic, menacingly serpentine, and possessed of the almost shamanic strength, he embraced and articulated the anthemic fervor …

It isn’t surprising a music group on Sub Pop’s roster looked towards the ’70s for music inspiration, but rather than the one-two Stooges/Sabbath punch of Soundgarden and Nirvana, the recordings of Pigeonhed turn to Sly Rock, Al Green and Prince. The task is the consequence of a cooperation between two …

Lenola began in 1994 because the four-track task of guitarist/vocalist Jay Laughlin, but evolved right into a full-fledged music group later that season by adding guitarist David Grubb and drummer Sean Byrne, whom Laughlin initial met as the 3 were playing in a variety of hardcore outfits within their native …

Made up of two ex-Blind Melon associates, (bassist Brad Smith and guitarist Christopher Thorn), one ex-Pearl Jam member (drummer Dave Krusen), and newcomer Chris Shinn in vocals/guitar, Unified Theory begun to consider form in 1998. Following a intend to keep on Blind Melon with a fresh singer along with a …

Cream had released just two 7″ singles (“Mind” and “Rip,” both on Kokopop) prior to the group recorded Total Isaac for spinArt in 1994. The recording received glowing evaluations from alternative stores in the us and Britain. The band, composed of vocalist Tony Zajkowski, guitarist Jim Ferguson, bassist Expenses Ferguson, …

Ester Drang possess composed a nice daydream trip since their 1995 formation. Bryce Chambers, Sterling Williams, and Brian Brewer had been followers of Echo & the Bunnymen, My Bloody Valentine, and Mogwai, and collectively they produced a lush, bittersweet audio. Goldenwest proclaimed Ester Drang’s debut in 2001; this shimmery masterpiece …

Led by brothers Brent and Darren Rademaker, the mid-’90s indie pop outfit Further changed from a youthful strap, Shadowland, who released a set of albums for the Geffen label before becoming fallen and changing their name and sound. Whereas Shadowland had been located in ’60s music, Further had been more …

Flickerstick’s curious street to rock and roll & move “stardom” began in 1997, in Denton, TX. Aspiring frontman Brandin Lea fulfilled guitarist Cory Kreig, and by using Brandin’s sibling Fletcher, guitarist Rex Ewing, and region drummer Dominic Weir, Flickerstick was created. Mining a familiar, if unremarkable audio somewhere within Brit-pop …

Hailing from your unlikely locale of Modesto, CA (a Central Valley city 90 kilometers east of SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA), singer/guitarist David Woody created the very first Fiver lineup in 1993 with bassist Luis Fregoso. Carrying out a stint like a three-piece and adjustments in the drum and second acoustic …