The quick fix
Issue date: 6/3/09
Section: Music
The Horrors - "Primary Colours"
On the band's second LP, The Horrors manage to imitate The Cure, Joy Division and Interpol while creating a sound and ambience of its own. Singles "Sea Within a Sea" and "Who Can Say" are steps forward in the band's gothic pop-rock style. The latter single, laced with synth and scuzzy guitar, is arguably the best production the band has released to date.
Pixies - "Doolittle"
This 1989 release from the Pixies defined the alternative rock sound of the '90s. An array of bands from Nirvana to Radiohead all credit the band with influencing their work and the legendary Kurt Cobain even joked that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was essentially a Pixies song.
Heiruspecs - "Heiruspecs"
In 2007, St. Paul hip-hop band Heiruspecs sold out two 10th anniversary shows in the Twin Cities and was given its own day by the mayor of St. Paul. At May's Soundset festival in Shakopee, the group tore up the stage. In 2008, they released this LP, a collection of out-of-print tunes and new tracks comparable to the Roots, but with an entirely unique Minneapolis hop-hop groove.
Patton Oswalt - "Werewolves and Lollipops"
Alternative stand-up comic Patton Oswalt tapes a rollicking 2007 performance in Austin, Texas. Topics include George W. Bush and Dick Cheney as the "Dukes of Hazzard," "Cirque Du Soleil" and going back in time to kill George Lucas with a shovel before he can make the "Star Wars" prequels.
On the band's second LP, The Horrors manage to imitate The Cure, Joy Division and Interpol while creating a sound and ambience of its own. Singles "Sea Within a Sea" and "Who Can Say" are steps forward in the band's gothic pop-rock style. The latter single, laced with synth and scuzzy guitar, is arguably the best production the band has released to date.
Pixies - "Doolittle"
This 1989 release from the Pixies defined the alternative rock sound of the '90s. An array of bands from Nirvana to Radiohead all credit the band with influencing their work and the legendary Kurt Cobain even joked that "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was essentially a Pixies song.
Heiruspecs - "Heiruspecs"
In 2007, St. Paul hip-hop band Heiruspecs sold out two 10th anniversary shows in the Twin Cities and was given its own day by the mayor of St. Paul. At May's Soundset festival in Shakopee, the group tore up the stage. In 2008, they released this LP, a collection of out-of-print tunes and new tracks comparable to the Roots, but with an entirely unique Minneapolis hop-hop groove.
Patton Oswalt - "Werewolves and Lollipops"
Alternative stand-up comic Patton Oswalt tapes a rollicking 2007 performance in Austin, Texas. Topics include George W. Bush and Dick Cheney as the "Dukes of Hazzard," "Cirque Du Soleil" and going back in time to kill George Lucas with a shovel before he can make the "Star Wars" prequels.
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