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The Records That Changed My Life

Velvet Revolver, 'Contraband' (RCA)

The world's best credentialed Hollywood bar band.

Velvet Revolver
Contraband
RCA

Wilco, 'A Ghost Is Born' (Nonesuch)

Wilco fumble for beauty on the hazy A Ghost Is Born.

Wilco ringleader Jeff Tweedy is famous for spinning rural Americana into dreamy art rock, and for turning record-label wrangling into critical gold. And now, after packing himself off to rehab in March, he’s also famous for getting hooked on pills. So maybe Wilco’s fifth album, A Ghost Is Born, should be taken with a grain of salt and a couple of Vicodin.

Sonic Youth, 'Sonic Nurse' (Geffen)

Noise rock from the rocking chair.

In an April New York Times Op-Ed piece, Sonic Youth singer-guitarist Thurston Moore remembered the heady days of the early-’90s alt-rock boom, when his friend Kurt Cobain was forced to negotiate that classic cultural-artistic quandary: how to handle big-league success and still come out smelling like teen spirit.

Scavenger Haunt: Wilco Fumble for Beauty

Wilco
Wilco
A Ghost Is Born
Nonesuch

 

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