The 90s, amirite?
Lots and lots of new stuff today in the US. We’re still experiencing some search difficulties on the site, so let’s compile all of it here for you right now, shall we?
Stone Temple Pilots: Core – The bands maligned, but now underrated debut. About the album, eMusic’s Maura Johnston sez:
At the time of its release, Core was written off as yet another entry in the post-Seattle land rush; more cynical observers sneered that the pink-haired man contorting his facial muscles and raising his voice into a yelp in the video for the power-murder-ballad “Plush” actually looked kind of like Vedder in a Technicolor wig. Nearly two decades later, though, it’s obvious that Core owes far more of a debt to the bleak, sprawling nihilism of Alice In Chains than it does to Pearl Jam’s relative optimism.
And then there’s STP’s in-house favorites, Purple and Tiny Music…Music From The Vatican Gift Shop. Jayson and I have waxed rhapsodic about the latter, a true power-pop gem, at many a lunchbreak. And here now, is the estimable Jayson Greene on said album:
In which a band that couldn’t catch a break finally just said “fuck it” and went, inspiringly, for broke. Tiny Music…Songs from the Vatican Gift Shop has a ridiculous title, and sounds strikingly different from the two highly successful albums that preceded it. All of the swampiness drained out of Dean DeLeo’s guitar tone, leaving a high, bright attack, and Weiland shelved his man-rock yarling, letting his voice go high and fey until it bore a startling resemblance to Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott. The result was unapologetically flouncy, absurdly high sugar content glam-pop.
And the rest of STP’s output:
And their most recent album, a self-titled reunion of sorts. Plus, their greatest hits, Thank You, if you’re into that sort of thing.
Deftones: This is secret Keyes-Core, but don’t tell anybody. Here, find their albums:
And their latest, Diamond Eyes.
Everything But The Girl: The luminescent Tracey Thorn released a gorgeous new album, Love and Its Opposite, earlier this year, so what better time to dive into the EBTG catalog than now? Here’s their stunning 20-year legacy:
MC5: Two quick and dirty early ’70s raveups from these firebrands of revolution and sloppy blues-stealing rock ‘n’ roll glory: Back In The USA and High Time.
Linkin Park: You may have heard of these guys. They’re only the biggest rock band of the last decade. Here are their albums!
And we’re excited to have the band’s surprisingly proggy new album, A Thousand Suns. Check it!
Oh man, you can tell everyone. Absolutely sincere and unabashed in my Deftones love. New album is phenomenal. And I now know what’s going in as my top pick in our next Editor’s Hub.
Linkin Park is the biggest rock band of the last decade? Sigh.
Tiny Music… is a great album, but Purple will also be #1 on my list.
Craig
No love for Tiny Music (from the Pitchfork archives) – http://web.archive.org/web/20011126210250/pitchforkmedia.com/record-reviews/s/stone-temple-pilots/tiny-music.shtml
Frickin’ search!
I can get to each of the EBTG albums from the links above, but if I search for EBTG *none* of those albums show up on the EBTG home page.
And if I do a search on the album name, “Walking Wounded” for instance, the album doesn’t come up in the search.
I love emusic but the screwed up search function is making me nuts.
Really, really digging Deftones latest. That was the only one I didn’t have in my collection.
I liked White Pony, but that’s it. Goes a long way.
Definitely like the first three from STP, but their afters weren’t up to it for me.
I remember listening to KROQ back in “the day” and listening to a “best bands ever on KROQ” weekend where they counted down the most popular bands as voted by listeners. This was 2001 or 2002 (since I left the listening area after this).
Linkin Park was the #6 band overall.
There is only one list I would put Linkin Park #6 at, and it is an UNKIND list.
But lots of people love it, so there you go. A good haul of rock overall.