Rebellious Jukebox: Aimee Mann

Aimee Mann brings it all to the table — great lyrics, great voice and great delivery. I know a lot of people got into her with Til Tuesday, her former band (a pleasure I discovered later), but my first exposure was ‘I’m With Stupid’ when she was corralled in with a whole load of supposedly [...]

Rebellious Jukebox: The Red House Painters

They are probably grouped together with someone under some umbrella movement by somebody who likes to categorise their music in that way but when I think of The Red House Painters I don’t think of them in connection with anyone else. They were doing something different and Mark Kozelek is still trying to do that.
They [...]

Rebellious Jukebox: Rage Against The Machine

It wasn’t so much the sound of Rage Against The Machine that made them stand out, though that was, of course, unique — it was the subject matter of the lyrics; the fact that they were on message and in your face about it. They hit people’s consciousness at a point when there wasn’t much [...]

Rebellious Jukebox: Sonic Youth

Innovation is rare enough as it is, but for it to be one of the hallmarks of your career is surely something to be proud of. Sonic Youth never struck me as being experimental for the sake of it either and they never crossed that line that can make something unlistenable (I have a pretty [...]

rebellious jukebox: the nymphs

i remember them sounding different to the other bands that came out at that time — they may have looked similar but their sound was the first thing i was aware off and their wasting my days ep became one of those records that i had to hunt down. when i [...]

rebellious jukebox: the kills

I heard about The Kills and read about The Kills way before I ever listened to a single note of their music and from the interviews and the articles on the music I knew that I was going to dig their sound, like their aesthetic: buy the whole package.
I was off to interview for some [...]

Rebellious Jukebox: Death In Vegas

I discovered Death In Vegas through a track on a compilation CD that came with Vox magazine a fair while ago now and they are definitely a regular part of my sonic diet. They hit me as a good idea to put on when I am in that kind of mood that calls for Chemical [...]

Rebellious Jukebox: Radiohead

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Radiohead have to be one of the most adventurous of the mainstream bands operating at the level they work at. They take risks not only artistically but also in the way that they market their products and distribute them.
I discovered them via a Canadian music show called New Music because [...]

Rebellious Jukebox: Scott 4

From what I remember I first heard them on a compilation that came free with Q magazine — a compilation that also introduced me to Alabama 3 who they were loosely grouped with because of their interest in country music and electronica. They always deserved to be much bigger than they were, but then I [...]

Rebellious Jukebox: Bjork

Goddamn, what to say? One of the most innovative people in music. She truly embodies the spirit of what all musicians should be seeking to do. Even if you don’t like the music or can’t get with the beats, then you have to get with the ethos behind it all. To keep moving forward, to [...]