The Breaking Adam Sweeney & Tim Karplus share influential albums. by Adam Sweeney & Tim Karplus Adam Sweeney and Tim Karplus form the core of The Breaking, an alternative rock band from Portland, Oregon that mines the rich soundscape of mid-90s guitar pop for inspiration. Adam fronts the band, and Tim plays lead guitar.…
Collette Mclafferty shares 5 influential albums. by Collette Mclafferty Here are the 5 albums that shaped me. I have personally met 3 of the 5 artists on this list (Jeff Buckley, Tracy Bonham and Auf der Maur).. These records affected my relationship to singing, storytelling, production and harmony. Each of these albums had something new…
Chuck Westmoreland shares 5 important albums. by Chuck Westmoreland Here are 5 albums that are important to me and have had an influence on me. There are many more but these come to mind first and I think they are reflected in the new record. I’m sure that as soon as I publish this…
Sierra Haager Public Display PR / Breakup Records by Sierra Haager I play music and work in music and that’s my deal. I’ve been lucky to get to work doing music almost exclusively for about 10 years in different roles, and with varying levels of success. The world of music is where I’ve…
Kandur shares 5 life changing albums by Ilker Kandur (website) Here are some records that influenced and inspired me personally and musically. All of these albums were released in the late 90s and early 2000s, and had a big impact on me in my early teenage years, that made me pick up a guitar,…
by Luisa Black Every band I’ve ever started has been an idea before it was a sound, a response to songs that have haunted me in one way or another. What happens if you cross the lean proto-punk of 1980 Pretenders with the tuneful rhythms of northern soul? Something like The Blacks. Ok what…
by Andrew Gomez (NRVS LVRS) Here’s some records that shaped me as both a fan and maker of music. As tempting as it was to just pull albums from my favorite current artists and try to blow minds with some obscure deep cuts, I thought it would be more fun to revisit some albums…
by Emma Swift Here are some records that have meant a lot to me over the years. By no means is this a top five but when I was asked to put this list together, these jumped from the pile of lifelong obsessions. I have strong feelings about each and every one. They’re…
by Walter Price Maybe I’m a bit weird… shh, let me finish. I mean in music tastes. I have little to no boundaries. I find it easy to move in and out of genres like a ghost through walls and I waste no time explaining I will never be pigeonholed. I assembled a lengthy…
by Chris Rolling Hard to pick only five albums but here are I guess five records that has had a huge influence on me as a musician. I put them by order of discovery. AC/DC – Highway to Hell (1979) This one is a really special one, cause it was my 1st LP.…
by Maria Savva Being asked to choose five albums that shaped me is virtually impossible for me. I was recently asked to list ten all time favourite albums on Facebook, and that was hard enough. There are perhaps at least 100 albums that are my all time favourites and probably many more. However,…
by J.P. Kallio When Walter asked me to pick The big five albums that shaped me, I was little bit scared to say the least. Music is like a window to your soul, and sometimes it is the window to the younger version of yourself, now there’s a head trip and a half… I…
Be yourself, no explanations needed… by Walter Price There I was assembling my list of 5 Albums That Shaped My Life and I took a break and looked back at a list that had swelled to seventeen great albums. Seventeen and I ´hadn’t even gotten myself around to my favorite garage rock bands…
by Evan Egerer Ranking things on lists is ridiculously fun. That being said, choosing just 5 albums or artists that have shaped me turned out to be frustrating to no end. Life has been full of not just albums and artists, but hundreds of small musical moments and songs that have influenced and changed me…
by Edin MalaMadre (Last Drop) Music for me was, and still is, the center of everything. It gave meaning to life, and helped me to develop my imagination and creativity. Metallica – Master of Puppets (1986). My all time favourite album. From the intro with the acoustic guitar to the end with…