The Most Memorable 1999 Albums (Part 1)
PopMatters recently turned 25, and these memorable 1999 albums celebrate the popular music that defined the year of our birth. This is part one, with more to follow.
PopMatters recently turned 25, and these memorable 1999 albums celebrate the popular music that defined the year of our birth. This is part one, with more to follow.
Has any songwriter used the words “things” and “sounds” and made small matters seem more significant and full of possibility as much as Built to Spill’s Doug Martsch?
Their first LP for Sub Pop, Built to Spill’s When the Wind Forgets Your Name ends a seven-year vacancy of original, guitar-tempered indie rock.
Built to Spill offer up a so-so guitar-based, power-pop tribute to outsider artist Daniel Johnston that doesn't live up to the eclectic 2004 Johnston covers LP.