Top 10 Artists

OK top 10 bands - I'm taking the under-rated ones from my own Indie angle: 1. Throwing Muses Kristin Hersh and her manic depressive style of Indie rock was the heartbeat of one of the truly great American college rock bands ever. The first ever American band to sign to etherial indie english label 4AD, the Muses always caused a stir. As mad as a hatter (until they diagnosed her with bipolar disorder and gave her pills that somewhat mellowed her out), Hersh was in the vanguard of what was then the veritable rarity of a female-fronted Indie rock band. The Real Ramona from 1991 was an absolute classic, that perfectly moulded together Hersh's lunatic ...

Looking at the top 10 artist's is admittedly a totally opinion based thing, but how many millions of artists have their been over time? Well...more than I'm willing to even dream about never matter count, but thinking of a top 10 is rather hard when you try to squeeze millions into 10. Some people know their top 10 due to either really selective opinions or due to being narrow minded, however I admit I have quite a strange and varying taste in music so lets look at the top 10. 1: Jeff Buckley As many who have read my album reviews over time have probably realized Jeff is arguably the one artist who I feel stands out above the rest of them, despite only ...

There is something about people that have special talents and are using it well but are not as recognized as their peers who possess just an average talent but are also using it well. I guess the reason why this is so is always due to one factor or the other. For some it is race or colour, for another it may be religion or beliefs, for some it may be their fate (smile). T-Bone, who very few know his real name (which is Rene Sotomayor). T-Bone is a Christian rapper. He is of hispanic, black and white descent (reportedly, he's part Nicaraguan and part El Salvadoran). In 1991, he released his debut album which he called Redeemed Hoodlum. However, it was in 2002 ...