http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=169&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rssTop Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody OnlineDream Popen720Fri, 1 Jan 2010 23:46:11 -0800 http://static.realone.com/rotw/images/logo_rhapsody_113x22.gif http://www.rhapsody.com/charts?cat=artist&category=genre&genreId=169&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43119&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:23:52 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.43119 art.43119 Smashing Pumpkins art.43119 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43119&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.43119&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Gish, Siamese Dream, and Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness -- in addition to the myriad songs released as non-album tracks during that time -- were chiefly characterized by Corgan's vocals that could whisper one moment and wail the next, Corgan and James Iha's overdriven, buzzing, these-go-to-11 guitars, and Jimmy Chamberlin's propulsive, overwhelmingly powerful drum work that thrust "Silverf*ck," "Bury Me," and "Geek U.S.A." into fifth gear. Lineup changes and an electronica-embracing sound muddled the band's late '90s efforts, and the Pumpkins called it quits in 2000. After years of near-constant speculation, Corgan and Chamberlin partnered to reform the group in 2007, releasing the bombastic Zeitgeist and returning to the world stage. - Charles Hodgkins]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7269500&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Baroque Pop Tue, 29 Dec 2009 10:22:48 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7269500 art.7269500 Feist art.7269500 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7269500&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7269500&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Monarch (Lay Down Your Jeweled Head). A year later she moved in with Vice Magazine poster girl Peaches and opened up for the electroclash artiste on her first American tour. After that, she joined Broken Social Scene for their second album and toured the U.S. and Europe with them before cranking out her sophomore album, Let It Die, in Paris with Chilly Gonzales and Renaud Letang in 2004. Her solo material can be categorized as indie pop, but Feist balances sophisticated baroque styling with a trip-hop derivative of her own invention that weaves in and out of classic folky frameworks while her ethereal vocals layer over one another in gossamer harmonies. When she plays solo, Feist is the master of the looping effect pedal. She'll strum her electric guitar and catch a riff on it and then pick out a catchy arpeggio to stack on top before looping up to five layers of her heavenly vocals to sound like a one-woman pop symphony. If you see her listed in the pages of your local alt weekly, do yourself a favor and throw down whatever cover they're charging to see her. You will be moved. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6829&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Downtempo Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:52:48 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6829 art.6829 Air art.6829 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6829&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6829&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Moon Safari is awash in strings, vocoders, analog synths, fluttering electro pulses and soulful backbeats. Everything from the rare groove of "La Femme D'Argent" to the Euro-pop of "Kelly, Watch the Stars!" is vaguely familiar, but never so successfully arranged until this point. Live, they are prone to wearing white jumpsuits while strategically placed fans blow wind through their hair, and there is no shortage of body-popping electro-funk. In the end, you are left with perfect road trip music -- assuming you're driving to the moon. - Jon Pruett]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44002&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:42:27 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.44002 art.44002 Cat Power art.44002 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44002&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44002&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dear Sir it was clear that she could write the kind of songs that reveals the wounded hearts that beats in so many of us. In her teens, Marshall dropped out of high school and moved to New York City to pursue music. It was there that she opened for Liz Phair, catching the attention of Tim Foljahn and Steve Shelley from Two Dollar Guitar and Sonic Youth (respectively). After recording her first two albums with the aforementioned musicians, she was signed to Matador in 1996. The cathartic Moon Pix was released to critical acclaim in 1998 followed by 2000's The Covers Record, a beautifully crafted album that earned many comparisons to Mark Kozelek's method of cover song deconstruction and restoration. But 2003's You Are Free was the sound of Marshall hitting her stride. Comprised of 14 original songs, this album is the one that landed her a radio hit (albeit a small one) and music video for "He War." While the success of this album didn't thrust her into the mainstream, she did gain a lot of press coverage and subsequently began to sell out much larger venues on her tour for the album. While her previous works echoed the sentiments of a girl weighed down by her heartbreak, You Are Free resonated with the revelry of a woman letting go of her demons. Her seventh album, The Greatest, was released on January 24, 2006. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.731&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Brit Rock Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:23:44 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.731 art.731 The Verve art.731 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.731&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.731&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Urban Hymns (1997), newly christened the Verve consistently toured the U.S to a small yet furiously loyal cult audience, performing shows that were huge, rock-from-outer-space events packed into tiny clubs. Tensions grew along with their success, culminating in the official split of the band early in 1999. Ashcroft launched a solo career and other members worked in various projects including guitarist Simon Tong's contributions with the Good, the Bad & the Queen. In June 2007, however, the band announced a reunion tour, which would lead to their first album in over a decade, 2008's Forth. - Jon Pruett]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6996&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Noise Pop Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:23:52 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6996 art.6996 The Flaming Lips art.6996 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6996&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6996&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss In a Priest Driven Ambulance. Fusing only bits of their endearing, off-kilter indie rock into a sonically intense and more innovative fuzzcraft of mid-tempo songs and walls of neo-psychedelic guitar drone, IPDA offered up such memorable pop thunder as "Unconsciously Screamin'" "Rainin' Babies" and "Mountainside." Their songwriting having drastically improved, each completed song brought new, succinct arrangements and different chord progressions -- yet the album as a whole had an incredibly loud, distinctive sound. Subsequent albums like Hit to Death in the Future Head and Transmissions from the Satellite Heart began yet another chapter in the Lips' ever-transforming career, employing more selectively the relentless yet blissful bombast of IPDA into beautifully orchestrated, stripped-down mega-productions of pristine guitar twinkle and LSD-impaired Beach Boys harmonies. (Transmissions also spawned the Lips' big moment in the mainstream sun with the ubiquitous "She Don't Use Jelly.") Since the untimely departure of guitarist/noise enthusiast Ronald Jones, the Flaming Lips have resembled more a pop-deconstructionist science fair than a rock band, with drummer Steven Drozd and founder Wayne Coyne working as synched-up visionaries rather than contributing members of the same band. 1999's The Soft Bulletin found them again on the cusp of disciplinary mastery, incorporating their bent inclinations and atmospherics even more subtly into their strangely familiar and narcotic brand of pop, while donning character costumes on stage. Their next release, Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots followed the same path, albeit with even brighter production and a greater attention to detail. At its core, however, the record was a mediation on love, death and the assurance is life after almost unendurable psychic pain. On the Oklahoma City band's 2006 opus At War With The Mystics, spiritual leader and sonic ringmaster Coyne shows the sheer depth of his profundity when he casts his baleful eye outward, focusing his laser vision on current events; pointing a sharp stick at frothy pop icons, superficial thinkers, the abuse of power-both personal and political-and fanaticism wherever it shows up in culture. Their songs show that there's a lot more going on underneath those pink bunny suits than we ever imagined. - Rachel Devitt]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40237&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Rock Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:23:49 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.40237 art.40237 Sigur Ros art.40237 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40237&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.40237&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8088917&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:17:25 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.8088917 art.8088917 Peter Bjorn and John art.8088917 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8088917&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8088917&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Falling Out in 2004, and then 2006's Writer's Block, which came to prominence in the U.S. with the single "Young Folks," featuring the Concretes' Victoria Bergsman on vocals. In 2009, they released the sparser, more electro-powered Living Thing. Less twee than the Cardigans, and more approachable than the Velvet Underground, PB&J occupy that space previously owned by Orange Juice and the solo work by their singer Edwyn Collins -- wry, sophisticated indie pop with a wistful and melancholic air. - Nicholas Baker]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15525882&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Modern Pop Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:42:25 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.15525882 art.15525882 Bat For Lashes art.15525882 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15525882&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15525882&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Fur and Gold, found a home on the Echo Label and was released in September, 2006. Praised by the British press for her artful presentation and lolling songcraft, Kahn put together a live band and hit the road, supporting likeminded indie songstresses CocoRosie. She soon went back into the studio and released the more electro-centric follow-up, Two Suns in 2009. - Nate Cavalieri]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.36183&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Brit Rock Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:27:14 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.36183 art.36183 Elbow art.36183 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.36183&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.36183&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2170&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:19:29 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2170 art.2170 Mazzy Star art.2170 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2170&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2170&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Pink Moon material with pedal steel and harmonica, Mazzy Star hit upon a sound that is rustic without quite sounding country. It serves as the perfect format for Sandoval, whose mournful, misguided-angel vocals can sound as lonely as a leaf swept through empty streets, or a feather adrift in a world made of rain. This is music you'll want to listen to alone -- with a box of tissue nearby. - Chad Driscoll]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.57935&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:58:48 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.57935 art.57935 Pinback art.57935 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.57935&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.57935&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss This Is A Pinback CD) on New Jersey's Ace Fu Label. This was followed by 2001's Blue Screen Life, their last on Ace Fu before signing with Touch and Go. Their two records with Touch and Go include 2004's Summer in Abandon and 2007's Autumn of the Seraphs. - Nate Cavalieri]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42700&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Thu, 24 Dec 2009 13:15:19 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.42700 art.42700 The Dandy Warhols art.42700 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42700&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.42700&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dandys Rule, OK? (1995), a spatial and atmospheric collection of songs that exposed an occasional pop gem, like the lyric-less "Dandy Warhols T.V. Theme Song" or the pole-grinding stripper anthem "Ride." Their second album Dandy Warhols Come Down (1997) found frontman Courtney Taylor experimenting with some of the Jonestown's hand-me-down tape loop hijinks. This release was laden with more commercial alternative compromises in the overall production, while successfully maintaining the band's signature Moog-gazing jams. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68651&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Post-Rock Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:58:50 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.68651 art.68651 Mogwai art.68651 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68651&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.68651&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Mogwai Young Team in 1997 and solidified their place in the alt rock world with the hugely successful Kicking A Dead Pig in 1998. - Mike Cloward]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5332&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:52:17 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5332 art.5332 Stereolab art.5332 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5332&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5332&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5076&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Thu, 17 Dec 2009 10:45:47 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5076 art.5076 Yo La Tengo art.5076 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5076&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5076&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss May I Sing With Me (1992) lent the band a louder, bass-heavy feel as Kaplan began to extensively fixate on feedback, but as many bands throughout the decade became progressively louder, Yo La Tengo bucked that trend by recording successive albums that were increasingly subtle and varied. The organ-heavy grooves of Electr-O-Pura and the stark quietude of And Then Nothing Turned Itself Inside-Out... have cemented Yo La Tengo's already burgeoning reputation among critics and college radio fans alike. - Charles Hodgkins]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5264292&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Laptronica Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:42:42 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5264292 art.5264292 M83 art.5264292 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5264292&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5264292&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dead Cities, Red Seas and Lost Ghosts, captured the tragedy and ascension of the post-9/11 moment. Befitting a group named after a universe, it was not small music, it did not back down from feelings and it could rock a dance floor without mocking rockers or dancers. Fromageau exited ahead of '05's Before the Dawn Heals Us, yet as titles like "Teen Angst" and "Don't Save Us from the Flames" may imply, M83 retained the sound and fury of a sonic battleground, youthful vigor and knowing hopelessness exploding and receding. A limited-edition EP of ambient sculptures called Digital Shades [Vol. 1] saw Gonzalez achieve an ambient calm. And when he re-entered the breach, '08's Saturdays = Youth found him embracing an '80s song form, an almost-pop band forming from the big bang of an electronic freak-out. - Piotr Orlov]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1102&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Neo Psychedelic Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:21:20 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.1102 art.1102 The Church art.1102 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1102&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.1102&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Starfish (1988) and Gold Afternoon Fix (1990). If the lilting "Under the Milky Way" didn't convince radio and MTV audiences of the band's reserved greatness, then "Metropolis" certainly did -- the song's repeated five-note guitar line and hazy, mandolin-accented outro are the most gorgeous moments of '90s alternative rock. That said, the '90s weren't so kind to the Church, as Arista dropped the band (at that point down to a duo) following the bloated opus Sometime Anywhere in 1994. Still, they re-formed into a full quartet later in the decade, ultimately releasing a number of albums, from jam sessions to moderate self-produced recordings. In 2009, nearly three decades after forming, the Church released the beautifully spacey Untitled #23, arguably one of their greatest albums to date. - Charles Hodgkins]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8961771&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Wed, 30 Dec 2009 10:58:56 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.8961771 art.8961771 Blue Foundation art.8961771 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8961771&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.8961771&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Twilight soundtrack sealed its reputation as a band on the move. For those just discovering Blue Foundation, begin with 2007's richly textured Life of a Ghost and work your way backward. - Philip Sherburne]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.33812&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Wed, 18 Nov 2009 13:05:22 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.33812 art.33812 The Sundays art.33812 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.33812&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.33812&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Reading, Writing & Arithmetic. Although they were more commercially successful for their gossamer cover of "Wild Horses," the Sundays could hold their own as songwriters, as proven on the hit "Here's Where The Story Ends." Unfortunately the band never made it huge in the mainstream as British journalists had predicted. The Sundays would later be criticized for making the same record three times, but as the old saying goes, "If it ain't broken, why fix it?" - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44109&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:55 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.44109 art.44109 Cocteau Twins art.44109 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44109&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.44109&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Garlands in 1982, Cocteau Twins became one of the very few musical acts to establish a genre. Their sensuous soundscapes seemed to offer a new horizon of possibilities for those who were drawn to gothic music but didn't share in the scene's morbid preoccupations. Each of their compositions is an exercise in auditory impressionism, with Elizabeth Fraser's inscrutable phrasings contributing to that effect. Her singing is as exotic and foreign-sounding as bird song, and forms the core of the band's distinct sound. - Chad Driscoll]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.344&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Goth Thu, 10 Dec 2009 10:52:47 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.344 art.344 Dead Can Dance art.344 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.344&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.344&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Seventh Seal that shows the beauty in death and disease while keeping the chess-playing grim reapers at a safe distance. For those who love Siouxsie Sioux and herbal tea -- Dead Can Dance are the Tuck and Patti for the Anne Rice set. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.705&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Adult Alternative Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:23:09 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.705 art.705 The Cardigans art.705 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.705&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.705&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.54278&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:08:53 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.54278 art.54278 Emiliana Torrini art.54278 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.54278&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.54278&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Love in the Time of Science, produced by Tears For Fears' Roland Orzabal. In 2002, famed Lord of the Rings director Peter Jackson asked Torrini to voice the final music for The Two Towers (a gig that Bjork was set to do before backing out due to pregnancy). Three years later, Torrini released Fisherman's Woman. Moving away from the trip-hop beats of her debut, the album showcases her otherworldly vocals in soft layers of downtempo folk, a style she continued to work with on 2008's Me and Armini. - Jamie Sanchez]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.60999&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Noise Pop Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:22:57 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.60999 art.60999 The Jesus and Mary Chain art.60999 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.60999&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.60999&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Psychocandy. Influential beyond measure, it threw together walls of white feedback with angelic Beach Boys and Byrds-ian harmonies and the independent music world is still aping it. Their growth since that record has been marked by ups and downs and some might say, by a lack of growth at all. They've gone from confrontational noise to sample-heavy alterna-hits, to acoustic bliss and back to noise again. The brothers Reid (Jim and William) have not been known to deny their influence and continue their onstage feuding: drunken assaults amidst a smattering of occasional strung-out brilliance and too-often sameness. - Jon Pruett]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14165&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Sun, 13 Dec 2009 10:14:05 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.14165 art.14165 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club art.14165 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14165&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14165&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss The Wild One -- meander along in a world seemingly ruled by simple rock 'n' roll riffs, snatches of psychedelia, words sung in a bored and lazy manner and, quite possibly, heavy downers. That said, their music is as addictive as the drugs they may or may not be on, with expert builds, solid musicianship and a consistent mood throughout. - Will Lerner]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4732&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Neo Psychedelic Sun, 20 Dec 2009 09:42:38 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4732 art.4732 The Brian Jonestown Massacre art.4732 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4732&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4732&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Strung Out in Heaven. Although their playing is saturated in '60s technique, they still manage to pull relevant sonics from their vintage gear. As the band's front man and songwriter, Anton A. Newcomb continues to write and record; his songs improve in arrangement, melody, production and overall sound quality. The 2004 award winning documentary Dig! brought the Brian Jonestown Massacre a much wider audience. The band's percussion player Joel Gion formed a similar sounding (but more pop based) band called the Dilettantes in 2005. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.706&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Shoegazer Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:13:27 -0700 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.706 art.706 My Bloody Valentine art.706 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.706&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.706&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Loveless is akin to a history lesson in how to transform a guitar chord into a crushing wave of sonic density. Like John Coltrane's later works, MBV tracks are simultaneously oppressive and uplifting -- their elegantly overwhelming orchestrations are so profound that you'll feel transformed by their might. Each track feels absolute, as if nothing could be more intense; listening to their music is to touch the sublime. - Marc Kate]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15119047&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Thu, 6 Aug 2009 10:39:42 -0700 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.15119047 art.15119047 Lightning Dust art.15119047 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15119047&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.15119047&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14611&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Wed, 23 Dec 2009 13:31:19 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.14611 art.14611 American Analog Set art.14611 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14611&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.14611&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5671&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Fri, 25 Dec 2009 11:18:07 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5671 art.5671 Loquat art.5671 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5671&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5671&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63454&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Wed, 5 Aug 2009 11:17:57 -0700 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.63454 art.63454 Ivy art.63454 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63454&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63454&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Realistic in 1995. Former Ultra Vivid Scene-ster Kurt Ralske was recruited to produce, and the record managed to balance ultralight vocals with crisp, clear guitar work underneath the sort of doe-eyed melancholy that comes from reading old love letters. Apartment Life (1997) managed to further this formula, this time with help from people like Lloyd Cole, James Iha, and Dean Wareham. - Jon Pruett]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6302764&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Ambient Sun, 6 Dec 2009 09:55:35 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6302764 art.6302764 Ulrich Schnauss art.6302764 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6302764&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6302764&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Far Away Trains Passing By. Schnauss' meticulous song construction is born out of a love for such indie artists as My Bloody Valentine and the Cocteau Twins. - Jamie Sanchez]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6876421&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Wed, 8 Jul 2009 13:07:50 -0700 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6876421 art.6876421 Cass McCombs art.6876421 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6876421&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6876421&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2533&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Wed, 4 Nov 2009 12:13:58 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.2533 art.2533 David Sylvian art.2533 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2533&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.2533&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence. The success of their chemistry paved the way for an ongoing musical partnership. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3155&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Trip-Hop Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:27:32 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.3155 art.3155 Hooverphonic art.3155 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3155&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.3155&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss A New Stereophonic Sound Spectacular. Since then, they have been guided by the voice of Geike Arnaert. Hooverphonic have the depth and minor quality of Portishead and their heavy use of ambient synth is comparable to the new age sound of Enya. Their hit single "2 Wicky," built around a loop from the Isaac Hayes' classic version of "Walk On By," falls nicely in the Trip-Hop category, yet doesn't represent their rock-driven sound evidenced on such albums as the 2000 release The Magnificent Tree.]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.67294&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie/Alternative Thu, 19 Nov 2009 15:24:33 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.67294 art.67294 Sun Kil Moon art.67294 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.67294&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.67294&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Ghosts of the Great Highway, a somber yet affectionate take on pop culture. This disc not only highlighted Kozelek's more obvious talents -- his haunted and austere vocals and sparse acoustic guitar playing -- but also revealed a more lighthearted side to him. It seems membership in this oddly-titled outfit has unleashed a frivolity never before witnessed in the musician. In 2005, SKM released Tiny Cities, which paid tribute to 12 of Kozelek's favorite artists, from the heavy rock of AC/DC and Kiss to the endearingly sloppy indie of Modest Mouse. After that, the band appeared on Take Me Home: A Tribute to John Denver, a double disc that Kozelek produced. By covering these unlikely musicians and songwriters, the formerly dour musician achieved a new level of abandon and accomplishment; along with his eccentric vocal style and idiosyncratic tempo shifts, he makes what is not his own completely original. - Michele K-Tel]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6082386&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Wed, 16 Dec 2009 11:55:59 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.6082386 art.6082386 Keren Ann art.6082386 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6082386&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.6082386&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss La Biographie de Luka Philipsen. The album's lovely mix of bittersweet folk-pop, swirling '60s orchestral arrangements and discreet modern downtempo elements was an immediate popular and artistic hit in France. Keren Ann and co-songwriter/arranger Biolay were so productive that they followed the debut up with the sparser La Disparition (The Disappearance) the same year (!) and the album was almost as impressive as their debut. As a lark, Keren Ann recorded a set of unaccented English language demos on her own and was surprised to find that her record label wanted them released. Beefed up by Biolay's typically subtle arrangements, the set was recorded as I'm Not Going Anywhere (2004) and earned the singer an American distribution deal and rave reviews on both sides of the pond. Dividing her time between Paris and New York, Keren Ann crafted the home-recorded Nolita (2005), her first bilingual album and her first without Biolay on board. It once again touches on themes of dislocation, solitude and memory, all handled with the calm, collected and slightly mysterious manner that has become her trademark. - Nick Dedina]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4465&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Adult Alternative Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:23:49 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4465 art.4465 The Innocence Mission art.4465 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4465&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4465&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16344953&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Fri, 18 Dec 2009 12:07:38 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.16344953 art.16344953 School Of Seven Bells art.16344953 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16344953&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.16344953&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Alpinisms, has tweaked these reference points into a Technicolor studio vision -- higher fidelity, shoegazer guitars set on stun, a global palette of tonalities, a mixture of live and programmed beats -- without ever losing the band's seemingly inherent sense of tunefulness. The School can sound like Animal Collective lullabies, updated Sinead O'Connor epics or Peter Gabriel's pan-global surges: always hummable, rarely humble. - Piotr Orlov]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.57067&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Space Rock Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:53 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.57067 art.57067 Secret Machines art.57067 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.57067&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.57067&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39991&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Alt Country Fri, 1 Jan 2010 10:23:00 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.39991 art.39991 Hem art.39991 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39991&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.39991&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Village Voice placed by an aspiring female vocalist who had only recorded a tape of herself singing lullabies to a friend's child. All members of the band went bankrupt from recording and putting out their gossamer Rabbit Songs album (flying the entire band overseas to the Slovak Republic to record with the world renowned Slovak Radio Orchestra isn't a frugal endeavor). But one listen to this magnum opus and you will understand what they really did was pay for sonic perfection. What does perfection sound like? For starters singer Sally Ellyson has the kind of angelic voice that you want to lull your own children (and inner child) to sleep. The aforementioned 18-piece orchestra adds layers of classical finesse over a patchwork quilt of traditional Americana textures like fiddles, pedal steels, banjos and acoustic guitars. But it's Hem's songwriting that keeps things sounding as fresh and bright as a prairie peppered with wild purple heather. To put it more bluntly, Hem make the Cowboy Junkies sound like Motorhead. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7188&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:09:56 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.7188 art.7188 The Helio Sequence art.7188 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7188&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.7188&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.21379832&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Indie Pop Mon, 21 Dec 2009 09:57:31 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.21379832 art.21379832 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart art.21379832 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.21379832&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.21379832&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.380&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Baroque Pop Sat, 24 Oct 2009 12:08:42 -0700 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.380 art.380 Rasputina art.380 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.380&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.380&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Transylvanian Regurgitations. At times, the New York band sounds like a string ensemble for the late Anton LaVey's Satanic Mass; at other moments, they come across as the bastard children of the Incredible String Band who got chainsaws and cellos to play with at a dangerously young age. 2004's Frustration Plantation offers intertwining cellos, a delightful narrative of dark Edwardian humor, and the six-stringed electric madness of guitarist Jonathan TeBeest, Rasputina's first male member. - Eric Shea]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63468&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:13:30 -0700 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.63468 art.63468 Luna art.63468 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63468&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.63468&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss This Is Our Music, Dean Wareham formed Luna to satiate his poppermost desires. As acting guitar hero extraordinaire for the Dream Pop crowd, Wareham's vision of weightless, guitar-based pop -- as complemented by jiggling rhythms and his own signature lyrical sarcasm -- came to beautiful fruition on Luna's 1992 debut Lunapark, which featured the driving "Anesthesia" and the elegiac "Goodbye." Subsequent Luna records throughout the 1990s reinforced the band's mastery of space-pop with a jarring rhythmic edge, the pinnacle of which was reached on 1995's glorious Penthouse. That album's best moments -- the smooth-as-fresh-pavement "Chinatown," the ringing guitar hook on "Sideshow By The Seashore," and the arrestingly dynamic "Freakin' And Peakin'" -- portray Luna at their apogee as a most forceful, yet elegantly graceful pop outfit. Four years later, they began covering Guns N' Roses songs on record, a development that usually spells the beginning of the end for any band. - Charles Hodgkins]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4975&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Alt/Punk Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:23:01 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4975 art.4975 Kill Hannah art.4975 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4975&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4975&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4310&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Tue, 8 Dec 2009 09:16:42 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.4310 art.4310 Belly art.4310 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4310&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.4310&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5751&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Dream Pop Fri, 4 Dec 2009 13:19:30 -0800 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5751 art.5751 Saint Etienne art.5751 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5751&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5751&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Foxbase Alpha. Breaking away from the gloomy sounds of New Wave, the trio sought to pay homage to the pure pop of '60s London. Embracing the dreamy disco of the '70s and the rhythms of the '90s club scene, the trio continues to combine shoulder-swaying, foot-tapping Euro-pop with a hodge-podge of contemporary dance styles. With the wispy vocals of singer Sarah Cracknell floating above bass-heavy hip-hop beats, R&B-influenced slow jams, and driving Techno, Saint Etienne is Disco for fans of Indie pop -- an Ace of Base with underground cachet. - Shailesh Rao]]> http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5417&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Shoegazer Sat, 10 Oct 2009 10:13:27 -0700 Top Dream Pop Artists on Rhapsody Online art.5417 art.5417 Catherine Wheel art.5417 http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5417&variant=play&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss http://www.rhapsody.com/goto?rcid=art.5417&variant=data&rws=%2Falt-punk%2Findie-alternative%2Fdream-pop%2Fartist-chart.rss Ferment (1992), their ensuing albums have shown the band moving into more complexly rhythmic, jaggedly percussive territories and embracing guitar-driven pyrotechnics with more fervency than ever. From this era of whitewashed beauty comes the outfit's most simultaneously beautiful and abrasive work to date. Sadly, without the attention and unassailable status enjoyed by the genre's definitive acts (see: My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Swervedriver), Catherine Wheel continue to evolve in the shadows for a small but devout group of fans. - Kelly Bauman]]>