Alternative/Indie Rock Archives

Favorite Albums | #61: Pearl Jam – Vitalogy (1994)

Posted by Eric Mack | Dec 28, 2011 | Favorite Albums | 0

Seattle, it turns out, was — and, it should be noted, still is — a perfect breeding ground for...

Posted by Eric Mack | Dec 24, 2011 | Favorite Albums | 0

Rolling Stone started doing their “Greatest _____ of All Time” publicity grabs in 2003. As I’ve...

Posted by Eric Mack | Dec 21, 2011 | Favorite Albums | 0

When I first started listening to music back in the summer of 1999, the Red Hot Chili Peppers’...

Posted by Eric Mack | Dec 20, 2011 | Favorite Albums | 0

Five years ago, a tiny Irish movie called Once took the world by storm. I first heard of it when...

Posted by Eric Mack | Dec 18, 2011 | Favorite Albums | 0

The White Stripes achieved broader success with Elephant, specifically through its lead single...

Posted by Eric Mack | Dec 16, 2011 | Favorite Albums | 0

Before Radiohead released In Rainbows, I was familiar with their work, but only just. Their...

Posted by Eric Mack | Dec 10, 2011 | Favorite Albums | 0

The fall of 1991 turned out to be one of the most fertile and explosive phases of the...

Posted by Eric Mack | Dec 8, 2011 | Favorite Albums | 0

Ah, the Foo Fighters’ debut: grunge’s last gasp. Seattle heavyweights Alice in Chains and...

Posted by Eric Mack | Dec 5, 2011 | Favorite Albums | 0

It took me a pretty long time to really get into Achtung Baby. I was instantly drawn to “One” and...

Posted by Eric Mack | Dec 3, 2011 | Favorite Albums | 0

In 1994, the grunge explosion sputtered to a close in America as Nirvana was forced to disband...