Six artists. Six songs. Six favorites.

1.) Primal Scream – Loaded = Mashing up dance/house and rock, this group laid the groundwork for what was soon to follow. This album is a bona fide, drugged out classic, and this song is at the epicenter.
2.) Ride – Vapour Trail = A shoegaze anthem, this song sounds exactly like the title. Light and airy, but also dense, it kinda defines Ride’s sound. Unlike a lot of their shoegaze counterparts, Ride had some way strong pop sensibilities that helped them stay out of the lump that the British press was forming based on a tendency to look at your shoes while playing. Yeah.
3.) Blur – Girls and Boys = Dance Party UK. Just get on the dancefloor and strut like you’re a peacock. No homo.
4.) Sunny Day Real Estate – Song About an Angel = Sometimes Jeremy Enigk’s voice gets annoying, but everything about this group was awesome. From “finding Jesus” to going on to be in the Foo Fighters, this group went through it all and gave it all with a grain of salt.
5.) Smashing Pumpkins – Hummer = This album along with Gish got me through seventh grade. I was really awkward; I’ll admit it. But some of my best friends came through a shared interest in the Smashing Pumpkins. Sidenote: I’m not interested in their “reunion.” There’s no James Iha or D’Arcy. That’s not a reunion. It’s Billy Corgan realizing that his other bands suck. And I’ve heard the latest Smashig Pumpkins single and it’s terrible.
6.) Talking Heads – Pulled Up = One of my favorite bands. This quirky album ender has got every ingredient you need. How come there hasn’t been a band like this since they broke up in ’92?