Gish

GishArriving several months before Nirvana's Nevermind, the Smashing Pumpkins' debut album, Gish, which was also produced by Butch Vig, was the first shot of the alternative revolution that transformed the rock & roll landscape of the '90s. While Nirvana was a punk band, the Smashing Pumpkins and guitarist vocalist Billy Corgan are arena rockers, co opting their metallic riffs and epic art rock song structures with self absorbed lyrical confessions.

Before long

Winter Wonderland

body and soul

Ravi Coltrane

is a gem of the Blue Note catalog and deserving of much wider recognition

first released in May 2001

Fallon performance

dispelling any fears of the record turning out disjointed from its origin story

Previously only available through the band’s Ytsejam Records

and a lot of what makes Belle and Sebastian so special and enduring

Wet Leg’s Rhian Teasdale and Hester Chambers were catapulted from their confines on the Isle of Wight to sold out venues and packed-out tents at festivals causing giddy excitement wherever they went

funky bass and percussion