The Tea Party is a Canadian band that gained a healthy following in Canada in… Read the postWeek 100: “The Badger” by The Tea Party
The pre-millennial brand of trip-hop popularized in the 90s by groups like Portishead and Sneaker… Read the postWeek 89: “La Femme D’Argent” by Air
If you spent a significant portion of the 90s smoking things and listening to trip-hop,… Read the postWeek 82: “How Do” by Sneaker Pimps
One of the big criticisms of Nirvana was that they couldn’t play their instruments. But… Read the postWeek 74: “Walking After You” by Foo Fighters
This song is taken from a 1991 opera written by Glass, which was based on… Read the postWeek 72: “Orphee and the Princess” by Philip Glass
If you were to shrink the year into one week, summer would be the weekend.… Read the postWeek 59: “Summertime” by Angelique Kidjo
Looking through Bush’s catalogue, the more likely candidate for this list for most people might… Read the postWeek 43: “Letting the Cables Sleep” by Bush
It’s always seemed strange to me that Blur and Oasis got lumped into the same… Read the postWeek 30: “Tender” by Blur
One of the great things about the emergence of alternative and indie music in the… Read the postWeek 28: “The King of Carrot Flowers, part 1” by Neutral Milk Hotel
When he was 21, Chris O’Connor and two friends formed a band called the I-Rails.… Read the postWeek 24: “Standing Outside a Broken Phone Booth With Money In My Hand” by Primitive Radio Gods
Family road trips have changed over the years. Today, things like iPods, PSP’s, and TV… Read the postWeek 23: “Vocalise” by Rachmaninov (as performed by Bobby McFerrin and Yo-Yo Ma)
Yes, this is an entry about a song by Extreme. Yes, that Extreme, the hair… Read the postWeek 18: “Midnight Express” by Extreme
There are two things that Canadian musician Ian Thornley is really good at: rocking out… Read the postWeek 17: “By The Way” by Big Wreck
I saw Elliott Smith in concert shortly after his popularity had exploded thanks to the… Read the postWeek 10: “Independence Day” by Elliott Smith
Music critics love coming up with names for new genres of music. Sometimes the name… Read the postWeek 9: “Roads” by Portishead
Some songs sound like the end of a really good weekend. They just make you… Read the postWeek 4: “Sand” by Medeski, Martin & Wood
To people who only remember Stone Temple Pilots as one of those loud-ish Seattle bands… Read the postWeek 3: “And So I Know” by Stone Temple Pilots
Like many people, I went through a phase in 1999-2000 of being obsessed with Moby’s… Read the postWeek 1: “Rushing” by Moby