Jewel's debut album was almost a socially aware commentary in lyrics and guitar. Who else would cover love in times of disability, for acceptance of homosexuality, and her desire to punch Father in the teeth ala Sylvia Plath's Daddy in a track of the same namesake?
Hansons Middle of Nowhere
Kids capable of such melancholy, on always being on the outside looking in on things.
Radiohead OK Computer
It's Radiohead, it's Thom York. It was partially influenced by Noam Chomsky, one of my favourite academics. Maybe I'm just biased.
Placebo Meds
I have a $45 t-shirt with the album cover to prove that I love Meds. A lot slower, more contemplative than their other works.
Of Meds
I feel Meds was an excellently executed record. It was a really strong album and told a very powerful story. However, there were moments on that record that were perhaps the darkest in our career; it felt claustrophobic and had a suffocating atmosphere - Brian Molko.
Steve Hewitt departed after Meds and was replaced by Steve Forrest.
Placebo Black Market Music
Living up to the album title, it is dangerous, narc induced, sexed up.
Cat Power The Greatest
Chan Marshall worked with the Memphis Rhythm Band on this. It is breezy, jazzy, a little less sad in comparison to her other works. But only a little.
Bellx1 Tour De Flock
Bellx1 is a band I call intelligent, and I don't call many bands intelligent. They are lyrical geniuses, and their works read like a Charles Bukowski poem; bitter and noir humour. I have been surprised, tickled and broken by Tour De Flock.
You weren't so nice last night, you're such an asshole when you're drunk and I said, at least I'm ok in the mornings- from Rocky Took a Lover
Sigur Ros Ágætis byrjun
Sigur Ros. I can't say more. They turn sounds into music. For others who have never heard of them, I sum Sigur Ros's Ágætis byrjun as atmospheric, celestial, spatial.
