1980s
The Killer Platters of the '80s
Definitive Albums: The Feelies 'Crazy Rhythms' (1980)
The Feelies preferred coffee over beer, precision over swing, and, most notably, tension over release.
The Feelies preferred coffee over beer, precision over swing, and, most notably, tension over release.
Definitive Albums: The Pixies 'Doolittle' (1989)
With over two decades of impressive influence in its wake, dare we ask: is 'Doolittle' alternative music's high watermark?
With over two decades of impressive influence in its wake, dare we ask: is 'Doolittle' alternative music's high watermark?
Definitive Albums: The Field Mice 'Snowball' (1989)
Bobby Wratten was neither brave nor special, but his debut Field Mice LP helped define the budding twee movement when released in 1989.
Bobby Wratten was neither brave nor special, but his debut Field Mice LP helped define the budding twee movement when released in 1989.
Definitive Albums: Galaxie 500 'On Fire' (1989)
Capturing Galaxie 500's tender, swirling psychedelia at its best, 'On Fire' echoes with a quiet, humble perfection.
Capturing Galaxie 500's tender, swirling psychedelia at its best, 'On Fire' echoes with a quiet, humble perfection.
Definitive Albums: Dinosaur Jr 'You're Living All Over Me' (1987)
Review of Dinosaur Jr's 'ear-bleeding country' classic from 1987.
Review of Dinosaur Jr's 'ear-bleeding country' classic from 1987.
Definitive Albums: Sonic Youth 'Daydream Nation' (1988)
Sonic Youth’s decade-long reign as the '80s American underground’s Godheads came to an almighty culmination on this monolithic double-album.
Sonic Youth’s decade-long reign as the '80s American underground’s Godheads came to an almighty culmination on this monolithic double-album.
Definitive Albums: The Fall 'Hex Enduction Hour'
For all intents and purposes, The Fall begins and ends with 'Hex Enduction Hour.'
For all intents and purposes, The Fall begins and ends with 'Hex Enduction Hour.'
Definitive Albums: Nirvana 'Bleach'
The best $606.17 recording budget Sub Pop ever presided over.
The best $606.17 recording budget Sub Pop ever presided over.
Definitive Albums: Daniel Johnston 'Yip/Jump Music'
Johnston's helium voice and battered chord-organ chords have made him the embodiment of the individualist, iconoclast spirit of self-recording.
Johnston's helium voice and battered chord-organ chords have made him the embodiment of the individualist, iconoclast spirit of self-recording.
Definitive Albums: Young Marble Giants 'Colossal Youth'
Recorded in three days in a studio in North Wales, the one-and-only album for Young Marble Giants achieved a perfect kind of simplicity.
Recorded in three days in a studio in North Wales, the one-and-only album for Young Marble Giants achieved a perfect kind of simplicity.
Definitive Albums: The Smiths 'The World Won't Listen'
Never really an 'album' band, the patron saints of indie-pop are captured in full-flight on this singles compilation.
Never really an 'album' band, the patron saints of indie-pop are captured in full-flight on this singles compilation.