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Doves: Lost Souls

England is notorious for fostering small armies of bedroom musicians, shy guys who noodle around prolifically, only to emerge as fully formed visionaries. Richard Warren, a.k.a. Echoboy, used to play

The Hives: Veni Vidi Vicious

The Hives' sophomore album, Veni Vidi Vicious, has been available through its native Swedish label Burning Heart since 2000, and it was released domestically shortly thereafter via the punk indie Epit

No Doubt: Return Of Saturn

Of all the best-selling bands that should have struck while the iron was hot, No Doubt would seem among the least likely to succeed after waiting five years between records. After all, 1995's phenomen

Del The Funky Homosapien: Both Sides Of The Brain

Handsome Boy Modeling School's excellent 1999 album was full of great moments, but its highlight was Del The Funky Homosapien's final verse on "The Projects (PJays)." Rapping from the perspective of a

S Club 7: S Club

Rarely have best-selling pop constructs seemed as prefabricated as Britney Spears, the 17-year-old behind such virtually identical hits as "…Baby One More Time," "(You Drive Me) Crazy," and the new "O

The Apples In Stereo: The Discovery Of A World Inside The Moone

As the unofficial flagship of the Elephant 6 collective—the ever-expanding gathering of '60s pop and psychedelic revivalists that also includes Neutral Milk Hotel, Olivia Tremor Control, Elf Power, an

Neil Young: Silver & Gold

One of the great ironies of Neil Young's career is that, despite his refusal to capitulate to passing trends, he has somehow passed through decades of music, genius intact. Since Young's 1989 comeback

Cypress Hill: Skull & Bones

Hip-hop's first Latino superstars, the members of Cypress Hill have made a career out of giving fans exactly what they want and little more. Constantly touring despite its less-than-stellar live perfo

Aimee Mann: Bachelor No. 2

Pity poor Aimee Mann: Her career has experienced more pitfalls than the similarly put-upon Mekons. Yet Mann is no punk provocateur, and her shimmering pop hooks should have elevated her beyond high-pr

Sleater-Kinney: All Hands On The Bad One

Not for a while has a band been as consistently jaw-dropping as Sleater-Kinney. Over the course of just a few albums, the trio has established itself as an intractable force in indie-rock, an entity w

Idlewild: 100 Broken Windows

In 1998, Scotland's Idlewild released Hope Is Important, a scrappy, scabrous little collection of catchy punk songs. It was far from epochal, to say the least, so the overseas hype surrounding Idlewil

Jeff Buckley: Mystery White Boy: Live '95-'96

Though they only met once, undeniable parallels exist between late-'60s/early-'70s troubadour Tim Buckley and his son Jeff. Both died young (Tim of a drug overdose at 27, Jeff of an accidental drownin

Hanson: This Time Around

The appearance of Hanson in 1997 felt almost inevitable: The flannel revolution of the early '90s was fading fast, thanks in no small part to an endless string of joyless carbon copies. The pop charts

Calexico: Hot Rail

Tucson's John Convertino and Joey Burns (a.k.a. Calexico) have stumbled upon an apparently endless supply of inspiration. But how to write about the duo without repeating the same cliches about its ev

A*Teens: The ABBA Generation

Rarely have best-selling pop constructs seemed as prefabricated as Britney Spears, the 17-year-old behind such virtually identical hits as "…Baby One More Time," "(You Drive Me) Crazy," and the new "O

DJ Quik: Balance & Options

Compton's DJ Quik began his career in the early '90s as a fairly standard producer-for-hire, making music in the conventional gangsta-rap mold. Over the years, however, his production has matured, and

Sonic Youth: NYC Ghosts & Flowers

After 19 years, the members of Sonic Youth spend most of their time spiraling off in odd directions, cranking out experiments in everything from classical music to formless guitar noise (and combinati

Britney Spears: Oops!...I Did It Again

Rarely have best-selling pop constructs seemed as prefabricated as Britney Spears, the 17-year-old behind such virtually identical hits as "…Baby One More Time," "(You Drive Me) Crazy," and the new "O

King Crimson: The ConstruKction Of Light

Of all the popular '70s progressive-rock acts, only King Crimson insists on actually progressing. Thanks to a constant string of strategic line-up changes, no two editions of the group have sounded qu

Matchbox Twenty: Mad Season By Matchbox Twenty

It was almost surreal to watch Matchbox 20 sell 10 million copies of 1996's Yourself Or Someone Like You, the band's alternately (and sometimes simultaneously) bland and shrill debut. Drawing the wors