Musicians By Name

All of the Rock Music artists reviewed on this site. Alphabetical by name of the artist or last name of a solo artist.

*If a name is smaller and un-clickable it is because it is a work in progress or I am about to review them next.

Completed Artists

 (173 artists reviewed)

Aesop Rock

Aesop Rock has been honing his craft for a while and his fantastic expert vocabulary-driven hip hop songs reach an apex.

Alcest

French black metal band that specializes in shoegaze and dream pop melodies.

Algiers

A furious and original band worth hearing, Atlanta's Algiers have unequivocally made the greatest debut album of all time. Mixing the fury of a hundred post-punk bands of the 1980's with the holy gospel of the south, a new sound is born that goes beyond mere soul music imitations.

Aloha

Aloha are the perfect band for the 21st century, mainly because they form a cohesive sound in a digital age.

Amen Dunes

Damon McMahon’s project is music made with a sense of great history. Like his biggest influence Van Morrison, the songs carry a sense of gravitas to them hammering the listener with heavy emotions.

Arcade Fire, the

The Arcade Fire defined the sound of the 2000’s better than any other band. Starting with their genius debut Funeral, their sound was emotional and orchestrated, but the bombast was contained within the context of the rock music song format.

Bailey Rae, Corrine

Whatever Corinne Bailey Rae was before this, her R&B has mixed with the rock music world in an unpredictable way and created some kind of bizarre step forward.

Barnett, Courtney

Barnett hits all the right notes and proves that she can master any rock music style. A very welcome presence in rock music.

Bergman, Natilie

Bergman took the tragedy of her father’s death and made a truly artful experience out of it, something many people try to accomplish but few actually do.

Chuck Berry

Most opinions of Chuck Berry give him credit for inventing rock music and especially rock guitar soloing. Its hard to say if just one person invented a whole artform of course, but Berry probably gave it credibility if nothing else.

10

Besnard Lakes, the

The Besnard Lakes take the atmospheric and ethereal side of rock music to a whole new level, using slow motion textures to put the listener into a heavenly realm.

Beths, The

The Beth’s bring joyful, hopeful music back to the forefront of 2020’s, and I can’t wait to hear more in the future.

Big Star

Big Star was a band that existed in the early 70’s that not many people knew at the time, but their sound is as radio friendly so to speak. Like Badfinger, The Raspberries and other “Power Pop” groups around the same time, the band was very Beatles influenced and accessible.

Birds of Maya

Birds of Maya are one of the more obscure and best straight up rock bands in the 21st century that look into the past while diving into the future.

Black Angels, the

The Black Angels have always excelled at making music of a certain blend of older Psychedelic rock icons, but now they have finally branched out into a more soul-searching kind of sound.

Black Flag

with the addition of Henry Rollins on vocals, something quite different is present: there is an air of intensity by a person who seems to be taking on the world around him, and something about him just cuts right to humanity’s souls.

Black Keys, the

This band tries to make creative blues music, and they can do it very well. Dan Auerbach and Patrick Carney are only two people but together they sound like a whole band.

Black Midi

Of all the over hyped British next big things over the years, this band is deserving of their accolades. If practice makes perfect then Black Midi must have practiced their asses off.

Black Thought

Blondshell

Blondshell aka Sabrina Teitelbaum is the revelation of 2023, a singer-songwriter who is actually a part of a hard rock band, and not a pretender the throne like so many others of her time making music that matters

Bon Iver

Justin Vernon has been in a variety of bands throughout the decade but he has been responsible for some of the best folk songs this century has had to offer.

20

Books, the

Music by nature is just organized sound and the two songwriters in The Books just take that to its most minimal and random point by sampling either guitar licks or naturally occurring noises

Bowie, David

So just who is David Bowie? I guess the answer is: whoever he feels like being. Bowie is often praised for his journey through the styles of glam rock, techno, electronic, and pop, and depending on the album he can be quite good in any style.

Brown, Danny

The vulgar, silly, and exuberant style of Danny Brown was a welcome change of pace for hip hop of the 2010’s.

Bug, the

Kevin Martin has been doing this dark, grimey electronic rock for years under different monikers (Techno Animal, God, Ice) and refining his craft so that each of his albums keep getting better and better.

Built to Spill

Built to Spill are often labeled as just another “indie rock” band, but they are at least the kings of that specific genre. At most, they were among the top five bands of the 1990’s, and deserved to be known as one of the all time greats.

Cale, John

As a founding member of the VU, he not only mastered a bit of pop music perfection and some strange erratic timbres, but also found a nice middle ground based in solid songwriting.

Calexico

Known for using the sounds of the southwestern USA such as mariachi, Latin America, and the Mojave Desert, the group grew to incorporate even more mainly European sounds as French, Mediterranean, and Baltic influences could also be heard. This makes Calexico not only a world class band full of world class musicians, but also a band that will stand the test of time.

Can

Can are a band to get into when you want two exact things: to know how adventurous rock music can be, and to discover that popular music steals most of its ideas from alternative artists.

Case, Neko

Some people truly seem to have come from heaven to gift us with their voices, and Neko Case is one such person. She deserves every bit of acclaim and attention she gets.

Cave, Nick

Cave has constantly swayed back n forth between some beautiful symphonic rock music ballads and some of the craziest, harsh screaming and mad preacher vibing music I have ever heard. Either way, his songs tend to be beautiful.

30

Charly Bliss

Bands as fun and naïve sounding as Charly Bliss should never go out of style.

Cocteau Twins

The Cocteau Twins have one of the most interesting sounds out there: definitely 1980’s music and production, but this angelic woman named Elizabeth Fraser singing duets with herself over this spaced out, guitar and synth workouts.

Coyne, Kevin

Few albums are as confident and as original as Kevin Coyne’s debut, double album statement Marjory Razorblade.

Cream

Cream were indeed the best of the rock musicians in Britain of the time, three people who could do about anything and had the amazing songwriting of Jack Bruce to guide them.

Creedence Clearwater Revival

It’s not that CCR never made an album that wasn’t good, they never really made one that wasn’t vital in someway.

Crowell, Rodney

Any Country artist transcends whatever genre they are in if they are worth their salt, and Rodney Crowell is one of those people.

Cult of Luna

For black metal / sludge metal whatever subgenre you want to call it, it doesn’t get much better than these shifting epics that change tempo and melodies several times over the course of nine to thirteen minutes.

Darkside

This is the type of music that feels like an alien species that hides in the background then pounces on your ears when you least expect it.

Daughters

This is Music that shakes you to your soul and makes you question your sanity.

Death Grips

One of the best bands of the 2010’s for sure, even though I never completely understand what they are yelling at me about.

40

Death Valley Girls

Underrated band from the 2010’s, The vocals by lead singer Bonnie Bloomgarden are on the border of beautiful and shrill.

Divine Fits, the

ironically the album was rather over looked by everyone except devout followers of each group, perhaps it should have been called simply ‘Brit and Dan’?

Dogbowl

Steve Tunney is way underheard, perhaps one of the most underrated artists of all time. I want to live in a world where “Flying Saucer Over Magnolia“ and “Love Bomb” are # one hits on the radio.

Dollanganger, Nicole

She is on Grimes’s label which should be no surprise since her vocals are so close to hers, but the real surprise is the way the music looks back to rock music history in general.

Doors, the

the menagerie of influences was a sight to behold in the January of 1967. Influenced by Love, Willie Dixon, and the straight forward rock pop jangles of The Byrds and Jefferson Airplane.

Doves, the

Doves sound like something and nothing you’ve heard before: atmospheric, employing electronics sometimes to enhance sound, pulsating rhythms, and nice melodies.

Dream Syndicate, the

While they combined a lot of the classic rock of Tom Petty and Neil Young, they also were obsessed with the alternative scenes like The Velvet Underground and the Soft Boys.

Drive Like Jehu

The songs are not sang, they are expelled form Rick Froberg’s vocal chords.

El-P

He started Company Flow in the late 90’s, he produced many artists on his DefJux record label including Aesop Rock and Cannibal Ox, and he has had several solo albums.

Feelies, the

Every record they have made since the 1980s has depicted stillness as a mood. They will never get into the Rock n’ Roll Hall of Fame, but they are always waiting for discovery to the true fans of music.

Fiery Furnaces

In the years between 2003 and 2009, the band was very prolific and makes a certain impression on anyone listening. It goes without saying that they make great records.

Fleet Foxes

The songwriting of Fleet Foxes has always been between beautiful, shimmering melodic songs and sudden, progressive rock leanings with massive instrumentation.

50

Floating Points 

Influenced by some of the better post-rock artists around, Sam Shepherd’s Floating Points project subtly knocks out any competition in terms of electronic music.

Freak Heat Waves

The slow motion rock of this album tries to make a new genre of its own, and brilliantly succeeds.

Fugazi

One of the beest Rock bands ever, though definitely not immediately accessible, but once you have got into their world of music it will be impossible to imagine your life without them.

Game Theory

At its core, Lolita Nation is made by five people who just know what they love and sing about it.

Gatley, Katie

Gately occupies a world that probably best defines the music of our future. The overlapping effects and vocals she uses, all at different volumes and timbers, create their own kind of sound.

Germano, Lisa

Lisa Germano is the greatest female artist in rock music history. I’ve heard most of the others, and while some come close, Germano just gets everything right.

Godflesh

Godflesh are a band of purpose, and they have been that way for almost 40 years. The purpose is to pummel us into submission.

Gunn, Steve

I believe Gunn channels the best of influences to make something completely his own. It’s folk music at its core, the rock is definitely an after thought as wild as the guitars can get.

Hanson, Cory

Hanson displays both a guitar virtuoso attitude as well as the soul of a 70’s singer songwriter.

Harvey, PJ

PJ Harvey has changed quite a bit since her beginnings as an angry songwriter in the clothes of a 1990s grunge queen. Her progression with different produces and making each album an almost political statement has been fascinating to watch.

60

Holly Herndon

Holly Herndon writes songs using a computer as her muse and guide. The songs are snippets of vocals and drum patterns some times randomly placed, but made into things that make sense based off of what ethereal singer songwriters have done before.

Hendrix, Jimi

Jimi Hendrix was a rarity - a musician that was very popular but also very experimental.

Hey Colossus

The hard rock of this band is a nice change of pace, slowly proving the grungy rock n roll of the 1990’s is not dead.

Holden, James

I am imagining that this is a high dimensional space where anything is possible, and getting lost in these long sonic wordless soundscapes you have carves out for us.

Holter, Julia

Women in rock n roll have taken the 21st century by force for sure, and at the top of the list is Julia Holter.

Hoop, Jesca

Hoop’s is a female voice that blows all her male counterparts away, though at times it’s merely a whisper.

Husker Du

I can honestly not think of a band I enjoy more than Husker Du. No band is perfect, but when these guys were on fire they really impressed. A band that truly evolved, moved against any trend at all, and had two great songwriters that however different, always sounded great together.

Injury Reserve

This group throws everything into a blender- rap, rock, soul, techno, industrial – and look at what magic comes out.

Interpol

he band mixes influence from all of rock’s best “gloom” bands into something new and unique that actually stacks up with the mentors.

Jenkins, Cassandra

Ethereal singer-songwriters can be a dime a dozen these days, but I’m always a sucker for a pretty voice singing songs of substance and Cassandra Jenkins certainly knows how to write a good song.

70

Jesus and Mary Chain

The Jesus and Mary Chain are a band that use simple emotions to great effect. Their songs might be “easy” sounding to some with only a few chords and drum patterns used over and over, but to do a lot with nothing is just as hard AND as interesting as doing something complicated.

Valarie June

June starts of her career with her unique approach to the folk world, its a mix of folk music tinged with elements of soul and her bizarre singing voice is icing on the cake.

Killer Mike

Killer Mike’s version of emotional release is different than his work with Run the Jewels.

King’s X

One of the few truly accessible rock n’ roll metal acts, King’s X are above all a very independent group.

Kinks, The

They were very original in the way they approached music, arrangements, and melodies in their time and helped transform blues rock into something that was all their own creation.

Kweli, Talib

Kwali constantly states about his old school conventions- listening to albums on vinyl, talking about issues that matter like music over money, and he does it all with the grace he is known for.

Lanegan, Mark

He sounds like no one before, although many try to copy his style and his influence resonates strongly in rock music today.

Lankum

This band occupies an odd space in the world currently, a gourmet of musicians that like to cover traditional Irish folk songs but are also in love with droning instrumentals and gothic soundscapes.

Led Zeppelin

Led Zeppelin began in the 1960’s with one of the most creative fusions of the blues, to say the least. At the time, they were revolutionary not only for their individual sounding rock n’ roll but also for making the album stand out as the true medium of rock music.

Libertines, the

The Libertines are a band who make fast pop music in the vein of 1970’s and 1990’s lighthearted punk , with a lot of attitude.

80

Lightning Bug

Reminiscent of bands of the late 80’s and early 90’s only in the most psychedelic pop kind of way.

Lil Yachty

I admire Lil Yatchy's zeal, he made an album that is said to be influenced by the sound of 1970’s era Pink Floyd but incorporates modern hip hop tropes and patterns within.

Lone Bellow, the

A great blast of gospel infused folk rock, that reminds one of a more upbeat Cowboy Junkies.

Love

Love is never a band that you will hear of on the radio, or even in a conversation among most people about “1960’s bands”. In this author’s opinion though, they were the best 60’s band to come out of America.

Low

Patient listeners are a rarity in any time period, but bands like Low are always going to be in a hard category to define. It's not that this is just some slow music, but it is also beautiful, haunting, atmospheric, meaningful, and majestic.

Malibu Ken - see Aesop Rock

Maquiladora

Though very obscure and unknown for even the most die hard music fan, when anyone mentions Americana or country music in the 21st century I always think of Maquiladora.

Amber Mark

Amber Mark’s debut album is a nice slab of R&B that is all over the spectrum from production choices.

Manic Street Preachers

The Holy Bible is a true testament of what rock and roll can be, as it successfully combines personal and political philosophies.

MbongWana Star

The music created by the ensemble Mbongwana Star on From Kinsasha is a joy to behold, not merely a highly danceable record but one that strikes emotional chords as well.

90

METZ

But every once in a while I need a band like METZ to remind me why I started listening to music in the first place, which is to rock n roll.

Mitski

Mitski has worn many faces over the years, but the last couple of albums have this 1970’s singer songwriter-light vibe and she definitely excels at.

The Modern Lovers

How exactly do people write these one and two chord songs and get away with it? There is no answer for this, but if there was an album that personified this kind of “simple” but great rock ‘n roll, Modern Lovers is it.

Molina, Juana

Argentina’s Juana Molina is a lot of fun and transcends boundaries of language. The Portuguese language has never sounded as charming as when it comes from her multi-vocal approach.

The Monks

A sound this wild and of its time would be rare for a band out of Great Britain or America in the 1960’s but even stranger that it came from American army members living in Germany.

Morphine

Morphine’s music is a new twist on traditional rock music. With a two-string bass, lead singer Mark Sandman glides the listener along with soothing life lessons

Mountain Goats, the

John Darnielle takes great stories, seemingly autobiographical, and mixed them with great acoustic music and minimal production, so all of these songs would sound good even if they were played with one man and his guitar.

New Pornographers, the

The New Pornographers are one of the best supergroups of all time, and an authority in pop music craftmanship.

Nirvana

Nirvana went further in the span of three studio albums than most bands go in their lifetimes.

No Ones, the

Scott McCaughey can crank out Power Pop with the best of them, and his newest incarnation of melodic warriors have made yet another classic.

100

O’Connor, Sinead

the influence of New Age artist like Enya but so full of raw emotion that we are left picking up the pieces of our shattered souls afterwards.

Oh Sees, Thee

If there was any justice in the world, the commercials of today would feature tunes from this insanely talented psych-rock band.

O’Hara, Mary Margaret

A candidate for the most singular, special singer-songwriter album of all time. Blending country, pop, jazz, folk, and lounge music, O'Hara creates a singular experience like nothing before or since.

Penguin Cafe Orchestra

One of the better musical groups that refuses to fit into a category of a genre or convention. It's chamber music, performed before there was a name for its genre.

Pere Ubu

Pere Ubu is an a band that exists in its own little world. They operate outside of the normal world of music, like all good bands do I guess, but completely devoid of any standard.

Perfume Genius

Mike Hadreas views the world as an introverted wonder, a shy and dark perspective on life that leaves little hope or joy. He is a pessimist at best, hopeless at worst, but he conveys his outlook through music that is among the most heartfelt I have ever heard.

Phosphorescent

the styles Americana, Chamber Pop, and Psychedelic Folk.....and maybe those apply but really to me these are just songs in the singer/songwriter tradition.

Pink Floyd

The band is a psych rock band with a capitol “psych” and their aspirations go deep beyond mere sound effects into some deeper meaning of the word.

Pixies

This band appeared, made an impact, then left. The five or six years Pixies were together 1987-1992 marked a real change in music.

Plains

An aptly named band that succeeds in what they are trying to do, maybe even more perfectly than the two artists had imagined.

Police, The

The Police were one of the best pop bands of all time. Each song of theirs is a mix of pop, rock, and reggae adapted for a large audience.

110

Price, Margo

She has grown with each record, expanding her palette and it’s been pretty fascinating to watch.

Priests

With the album Seduction of Kansas, this group proves the group can conquer about any style they want to.

Public Enemy

Public Enemy are one of the giants of rock and Hip Hop music and a galvanizing force to be reckoned with.

Queens of the Stone Age

Queens of the Stone Age are one of the best hard rock bands of all time. From their beginnings in the early 90’s metal band Kyuss, they have forged a different kind of sound that many classify as “stoner rock”

Red, Pinks and Purples, the

Glenn Donaldson has carried this moniker make album after album of the same thing over and over (7 albums in the last 4 years), but I am very glad he stays the course so consistently.

R.E.M.

R.E.M. get that blend of likeability and accessibility just right. They are one of the most popular bands on the planet and they did it in the right way, by starting off small and building to something enormous.

Robertson, Robbie

After the Band called it quits in the late 1970’s, Robertson took some time off to devout his time to soundtracks and eventually at 44 in 1987 he started his own solo career.

Rodrigo, Olivia

In all, she is sort of a Alanis Morsette for the 2020’s and there is a lot of potential here.

Rolling Stones, the

The Rolling Stones were the first rock band that matters. Their template of wild and raucous music is what most of what came after is based on, and their template is as immortal as music gets.

Daniel Rossen

if you are craving more of Grizzly Bear and its a nice familiar sound- Rossen sprawling acoustic style is very unique.

120

Run the Jewels

El-P and Killer Mike’s Run the Jewels debut is as close to a perfect rap album as the decade has produced. They make it seem effortless and fun on every song, which is harder to do than it might seem.

Salem

What is intriguing to me about Salem and their album King Night is this: homemade albums are going to become more and more common in the coming years.

San Fermin

Lead songwriter Ellis Ludwig-Leone has a thematic album concept in mind, that plays like a call and response between male and female vocals backed with a full orchestra.

Sault

Sault's music is more necessary than most. It's a music that is timely, urgent, but also made as a conscious effort to just discuss and shout out their ideas of oppression and unity into the world.

Shellac

The beginning of Shellac continues the sonic journey lead guitarist and songwriters Steve Albini has made throughout his other bands of the 1980s

Shabazz Palaces

Shabazz Palaces approach rap music like aliens from outer space, not only in the sound effects used on their records but also in their approach to lyrics and emphasis on words.

Shins, the

They are great at making easy going rock music that is as melodic as it is smart.

Slint

Not a group to be enjoyed in a traditional sense, it is something to be analyzed and figured out on your own like a mathematical equation or some long division.

Soft Boys, the

Robyn Hitchcock started off his career in the late 1970’s as the lead singer and songwriter for The Soft Boys, and it displayed his love of Syd Barrett, John Lennon, and pretty much every important artist of the first fifteen years of rock music.

Sonic Youth

there has never been a band so influential to everything that has come after it in music, you can hear echoes of their trademark sound in almost any band from 1983-present.

Sons of Kemet

The mixing of different types of music is what rock n roll has always been about from the start, and it changes even still.

130

Sparklehorse

Each album is a consistent reminders of why he is one of the greatest songwriters of all time.

Spellling

Singer Chrystia Cabral keeps progressing with her musical adventures, harnessing the hippy energy of her hometown of Berkley, Ca and translating it into dance music unlike anything in the musical landscape.

Spoon

Spoon serve as a middle ground, an accessible version of indie rock harboring all of the influences of classic rock, with a sound that constantly strives to sound modern.

Squid

Squid are a band that are not tied to anyone kind of music or genre, where the closest you could call them is a sort of progressive rock.

Steely Dan

They popularized a type of music that mostly existed on the basis of being smooth, sophisticated, studio-time based constructed tracks with (too much) detail.

Marnie Stern

Marnie Stern should get more points just for making unique guitar mini symphonies. I’ve heard her described as a “Math-Rock Singer Songwriter” and that sums it up pretty well.

Sternberg, Joanna

Sternberg has such a frolicking method of storytelling that it is impossible to resist her charm.

Stott, Andy

If Stott is the techno music of the future, it will be a dark future indeed.

Sunny War

Sunny War appeared on the scene this year showing the wisdom and age of someone who has been at this forever.

Tackhead

the best songs of Tackhead hold up to the toughest scrutiny and deserve to be heard by anyone who yearns for revolutionary music.

Talking Heads

Talking Heads are one of the bands that set the trends for people to follow, a completely unique band. They didn’t follow any kind of pattern or really build off of anything except the “idea” of rock music.

140

Tare, Avey

The artistry involved never over does it or outstays its welcome, and Tare’s confidence in longer songs shine through.

Tennis

Denver's Tennis strike a fun balance of melody and intimacy - spaced out female vocals over keyboards- but what this band adds to their credit is a sort of break up album status that ranks with the greats.

These New Puritans

Never before has the old fashioned met the modern world with such electrifying results.

Tonto’s Expanding Head Band

Only one album to their name, but as pivotal force for rock and soul music production. Just ask Stevie Wonder.

Tortoise

Tortoise were the kings of both instrumental rock and progressive rock during the 1990s and some of the most interesting music ever was created.

Tragically Hip, the

One of the smartest and most charismatic rock n’ roll bands ever to grace the stage.

Tribe Called Quest, a

One of the most gifted hip hop groups of all time, A Tribe Called Quest reinvigorated music at a time when it was in danger of becoming stale.

Troller

Amber Star-Goers sings the album beautifully with lyrics that always hit home even though they fade in and out of obscurity.

Tropical Fuck Storm

The husband-and-wife duo behind The Drones take a minor detour in a side project with a hilarious name, only harnessing their sound to be more unified and slightly less experimental in genre jumping.

Tubs, the

It’s a vital, kinetic debut record from an up and coming rock group reminding me at once of Richard Thompson at his most distinct and literate, The Feelies at their most passionate, and Sonic Youth at their most accessible.

Uniform

It has been a while since someone dug up the ghost of Ministry and Godflesh so single mindedly.

150

U.S. Girls

Her skill with crafting meaningful pop music- much like similar but more famous acts like Lady Gaga, St. Vincent or Yeah Yeah Yeah's- is in the way she makes each track its own sort of saga and can come up with great rock songs in the process.

Vampire Rodents

Daniel Vahnke is composer and main man behind this project. There is no concept to the album besides supreme alienation, thought the phrase lullaby land can be found in several songs.

Van Etten, Sharon

Her songs here are slow paced, but you can hear and feel every single note and nuance, such is the delicacy of Sharon’s brand of rock n roll. 

Veils, the

This band led by Finn Andrews is trying to achieve something that is very hard, the balance between delicate touching music and hard hitting emotional confrontation.

The Velvet Underground

The Velvet Underground simply had no equals in terms of originality. Everything else can be said below; but the “alternative” to pop/rock music started here.

Vile, Kurt

Kurt Vile provided an interesting contrast to most of the musical acts of the 2010’s mainly by just being his eccentric self. His style is a mix of classic rock and obscure British folk-rock from the 1970’s, and such an odd combination had never really been tried before.

Void, Joni

 Joni Void (a.k.a Jean Cousin) makes music in a very non conventional sense, for the most part there are no lyrics to these songs just vocal noises along with electronic ticks at odd intervals.

Volcano Choir - (see Bon Iver)

Walker, Ryley

Walker’s lyrics set him apart from most of his contemporaries, no matter what the music sounds like he seems to always be talking about random themes from his life

War On Drugs

War on Drugs are a unique band in our era: they are not an alternative/indie rock band at all: they are classicist and traditionalist in the best sense of the words.

160

Wednesday

An intriguing album full of in jokes and obscure references, with allusions to teenage age years wasted on drugs and alcohol that permeate the lyrics.

Wire

Wire were one of the first trifecta of British punk bands that also made great albums: Wire, The Clash, John Lydon (both Sex Pistols and PIL). While the Clash used the history of music as a guideline and Sex Pistols rebelled against everything, Wire built a portal to the future.

Wolf Parade

Wolf Parade formed an original sound the 2000’s by bringing a bit of classic rock into the ever growing indie rock scene. Hailing from Montreal, Quebec, their sound was driving like the best hard rock always is, while also maintaining an allegiance to the sound of synthesizer influenced rock of the 1970’s and 1980’s.

Wet Leg

Wet Leg are a blast of fun. Critics dig them and audiences can't stop listening, its the rare case of super accessible while also being somewhat meaningful.

Stevie Wonder

Wonder is a stylistic revolutionary, beyond the realm of Soul music.

XTC

It is perhaps the ULTIMATE SIN OF ROCK N’ ROLL that XTC are not mentioned right along side The Beatles as the greatest pop band of all time. They are just as good, some would say better.

Yo La Tengo

When it comes to listing the band that had the best albums in the 90's, it may be hard to beat Yo La Tengo.

Youth Lagoon

A hard group to truly permeate into, Youth Lagoon move along at their own special solemn pace.

Yves Tumor

Sean Bowie is as always the stylistic chameleon, everything is exaggerated and perfected

170