Thursday, February 22nd, 2007
Over the years, I've internalized several criteria for what makes a band "good" in my own opinion. They're probably not that much different from anyone else's, but it's interesting how similar criteria can yield such a wide range of results.
Looking at the rest of the list, it might not seem ...
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Thursday, February 1st, 2007
I'm determined to get through this list, and after this post, there will only be one more group to go.
Number two on my list of top 10 contemporary music groups is Nickel Creek. Three albums (and interestingly, a greatest hits CD) into their career as a group, there is already ...
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Friday, January 12th, 2007
There are days when I think DMB is absolutely my favorite band. Even though a lot of people find them "too popular" or high-strung, very few of the criticisms I've heard directed toward them are actually about the music, and there's a good reason for that. They're really stinking good. ...
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Friday, December 29th, 2006
I have made this selection knowing perfectly well that it may ruffle some feathers in the anti-pop crowd. A large number of audiophiles with high tastes would immediately dismiss LP as a group that rode out the wave of late-90's rap-rock long past its logical conclusion. What they don't realize, as ...
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Wednesday, December 27th, 2006
Although I suppose someone could argue that Collective Soul is not a contemporary band, I'm going to take the liberty of putting them on my list. For the last 12 years or so, no band has written more consistently solid rock songs. They occasionally have some deeper meaning, and sometimes ...
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