Black Sabbath: My Top 10 Songs
That’s right, here they are—the lords of darkness themselves. While certainly not the only contributor to our modern conception of heavy metal, for my money, Sabbath were the ones to solidify it as something that […]
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All Them Witches: My Top 10 Songs
Unleashing their so-called “psyche-Delta blues,” this Nashville quartet has tapped into roots rock with tinges of folklore and the occult. Turning extensive jams into groovy, beguiling song-spells is their specialty, and they’ve perfected it despite […]
Burn the Priest: My Top 10 Songs
Technically an incarnation of the better-known Lamb of God, these Richmond fellows adopted the more incendiary moniker for their first official release and a latter-career covers album. With these albums being quite different stylistically (not […]
Marillion: My Top 10 Songs
As pioneers of the neo-progressive movement in the 1980s, these Aylesbury artists have defied comparisons with their progressive rock forebears and steadily forged their own multifaceted identity. Crowdfunding before it was cool, they’ve managed to […]
U2: My Top 10 Songs
This Irish quartet have endured their fair share of spirited backlash (some of it warranted) in addition to their seismic popularity and well-deserved plaudits. Say what you will; this is a band not determined to […]
System of a Down: My Top 10 Songs
It is by some divine miracle that this band managed to achieve not only success but mainstream popularity, with their strange brew of nu metal chugging, Middle Eastern rhythms, and Dadaist excursions. While their output […]
Antemasque: My Top 5 Songs
With The Mars Volta on indefinite hiatus, the principal creative forces of that band, Cedric Bixler-Zavala and Omar Rodríguez-López, recruited Dave Elitch on drums and Flea on bass for a new project that opted for […]
Kyuss: My Top 10 Songs
Pioneers of the desert rock sound combining sludgy guitars with psychedelic flourishes, Kyuss put Palm Desert on the map and branched out into several memorable projects (Queens of the Stone Age, Mondo Generator, Slo Burn…) […]
Nick Drake: My Top 10 Songs
Now famous for his morose compositions and velvety smooth voice, Drake was mostly ignored in his tragically short lifetime. But his stirring, melancholic legacy has shown him to be a hugely influential (if inimitable) singer-songwriter. […]
Mastodon: My Top 10 Songs
One of the essential metal bands of the 21st century has gradually taken on more psychedelic and classic rock flavors as they progress, but they always know when to bring the heavy. It’s the combination […]