Elastica surfaced as a refreshing, female-driven counterpoint to the somewhat oafish lad culture that emerged as Britpop morphed into a global sensation deeper into the mid-’90s.’
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The ‘Pulp Fiction’ soundtrack would come to be known as a compendium of bygone-era cool that also somehow seemed very new and very fresh, and very much of the ’90s.
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The most impressive facet of the three-hour, three-disc 69 Love Songs is not how many genres it covers, but how it manages to be both ironic and heartfelt at the same time.
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‘Natural Ingredients’ is a love letter to the city of New York, as well as to the seemingly disparate elements that came together to create the band’s groovy, patchwork sound.
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Iggy Pop and crew’s debut affair is a record full of defiant boredom, aggressive swagger, and leering horniness, but it’s also tight and razor-precise.
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Relative to the group’s debut LP, their second studio affair reflects a much tighter, more controlled, cleaner-sounding band. Arguably it’s Velocity Girl’s opus.
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Mia Zapata’s memory lives on through the countless people who loved her; through the Gits’ recordings; and through the ferocious and fiery love letter 7 Year B*tch penned in honor of their fallen friend.
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Sonic Youth’s eighth studio album overall and third major-label LP harkened back to the group’s indie-label days and particularly their time on punk label SST Records.
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