Alternative Rock Archives - Page 15 of 16

Radiohead – OK Computer – OKNOTOK 1997-2017 [2017, Boxed Edition, 3xVinyl + Cassette, CD-Quality & Hi-Res Rip]

Radiohead - OK Computer - OKNOTOK 1997-2017 [2017, Boxed Edition, 3xVinyl + Cassette, CD-Quality & Hi-Res Rip]

Radiohead – OK Computer – OKNOTOK 1997-2017
[2017, Boxed Edition, 3xVinyl + Cassette, CD-Quality & Hi-Res Rip]
3xVinyl & Cassette Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 3.67 GB (Hi-Res) + 1.04 GB (CD-Quality) + 1.13 GB (Scans) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: XL Recordings | EU | Cat#: XLMX868 | Genre: Alternative Rock

Three 180gram black 12” vinyl containing 23 tracks: OK Computer, 3 previously unreleased studio tracks and 8 B-sides, all newly remastered. The vinyl is housed in a hardcover book along with 40 pages of artwork and lyrics. Continue reading “Radiohead – OK Computer – OKNOTOK 1997-2017 [2017, Boxed Edition, 3xVinyl + Cassette, CD-Quality & Hi-Res Rip]”

John Mayer – Room For Squares (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]

John Mayer - Room For Squares (2001) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

After making a small buzz with the Inside Wants Out EP, John Mayer hired veteran producer John Alagía (known for his work with the Dave Matthews Band) to beef up his full-length debut with commercial polish. Released in September 2001, Room for Squares proved to be a well-timed album, quietly heralding the end of teen pop’s glory days with clever wordplay, savvy chord progressions, and mature songwriting. Continue reading “John Mayer – Room For Squares (2001) [Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

Radiohead – OK Computer (1997) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Radiohead - OK Computer (1997) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]

Radiohead – OK Computer (1997) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]
2x Vinyl Rip | Hi-Res / FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 96kHz | CD-Quality / FLAC Tracks / 16bit / 44.1kHz
Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.15 GB (Hi-Res) + 367 MB (CD-Format) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Parlophone | UK | Cat#: NODATA 02, 7243 8 55229 1 8 | Genre: Alternative Rock

OK Computer is the third studio album by English alternative rock band Radiohead, released in 1997 on EMI subsidiaries Parlophone and Capitol Records. The members of Radiohead self-produced the album with Nigel Godrich, an arrangement that the band has used on all of their subsequent albums to date. Other than the song “Lucky”, which was recorded in 1995, Radiohead recorded the album in Oxfordshire and Bath between 1996 and early 1997, mostly in the historic mansion St. Catherine’s Court. Continue reading “Radiohead – OK Computer (1997) [CD-Quality + Hi-Res Vinyl Rip]”

Pearl Jam – Discography

Pearl Jam - Discography

Pearl Jam rose from the ashes of Mother Love Bone to become the most popular American rock & roll band of the ’90s. After Mother Love Bone’s vocalist, Andrew Wood, overdosed on heroin in 1990, guitarist Stone Gossard and bassist Jeff Ament assembled a new band, bringing in Mike McCready on lead guitar and recording a demo with Soundgarden’s Matt Cameron on drums. Continue reading “Pearl Jam – Discography”

David Bowie – Heathen (2002) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

David Bowie - Heathen (2002) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}

David Bowie – Heathen (2002) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz | Stereo & Multichannel
Single Layer SACD | Scans Included
Total Size: 5.36 GB (ISO) + 3.78 GB (FLAC Mch) + 1.40 GB (FLAC Stereo) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: ISO / Columbia | USA | Cat#: CS 86630 | Genre: Alternative Rock

Heathen marks a new beginning for David Bowie in some ways — it’s his first record since leaving Virgin, his first for Columbia Records, his first for his new label, ISO — yet it’s hardly a new musical direction. Like Hours, this finds Bowie sifting through the sounds of his past, completely at ease with his legacy, crafting a colorful, satisfying album that feels like a classic Bowie album. Continue reading “David Bowie – Heathen (2002) {Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Weezer – Weezer (1994) {2014, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Weezer - Weezer (1994) {2014, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}

Weezer – Weezer (1994) {2014, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}
SACD Rip | ISO / DSD / 1bit / 2.8224MHz | FLAC Tracks / 24bit / 88.2kHz
Hybrid Layer SACD | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 1.68 GB (ISO) + 842 MB (FLAC) | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc UHR | USA | Cat#: UDSACD 2160 | Genre: Alternative Rock

Even if you lived through it, it’s hard to fathom exactly why Weezer were disliked, even loathed, when they released their debut album in the spring of 1994. If you grew up in the years after the heyday of grunge, it may even seem absurd that the band were considered poseurs, hair metal refugees passing themselves off as alt-rock by adapting a few tricks from the Pixies and Nirvana songbooks and sold to MTV with stylish videos. Nevertheless, during alt-rock’s heyday of 1994, Weezer was second only to Stone Temple Pilots as an object of scorn, bashed by the rock critics and hipsters alike. Continue reading “Weezer – Weezer (1994) {2014, MFSL Remastered, Hi-Res SACD Rip}”

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Lovely Creatures: The Best Of (1984-2014) [2017, Super Deluxe Edition, 3CD + DVD]

Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds - Lovely Creatures: The Best Of (1984-2014) [2017, Super Deluxe Edition, 3CD + DVD]

Super deluxe limited edition 25 tracks triple CD and 2 hour DVD featuring live performances, rare footage and interviews. Also includes a 256 page hardback book of exclusives essays, previously unseen photos and reproductions of memorabilia. Continue reading “Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds – Lovely Creatures: The Best Of (1984-2014) [2017, Super Deluxe Edition, 3CD + DVD]”

New Radicals – Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too (1998) {Japanese Edition}

New Radicals - Maybe You've Been Brainwashed Too (1998) {Japanese Edition}

New Radicals – Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too (1998) {Japanese Edition}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 473 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Victor | Japan | Cat#: MVCE-24131 | Genre: Alternative Rock

The more things change in music, the more they stay the same. The alternative rockers of the 1990s may have caused so-called corporate rockers like Poison and Bon Jovi to become less visible, but at the same time, the worship of 1970s baby boomer culture was alive and well among post-baby boomers. In 1998, one of the most memorable examples of 1970s-flavored music came from the New Radicals. Continue reading “New Radicals – Maybe You’ve Been Brainwashed Too (1998) {Japanese Edition}”

Pixies – 4 Albums (1988-1991) [MFSL, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Pixies - 4 Albums (1988-1991) [MFSL, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]

Combining jagged, roaring guitars and stop-start dynamics with melodic pop hooks, intertwining male-female harmonies, and evocative, cryptic lyrics, the Pixies were one of the most influential American alternative rock bands of the late ’80s. They weren’t accomplished musicians — Black Francis wailed and bashed out chords while Joey Santiago’s lead guitar squealed out spirals of noise. Continue reading “Pixies – 4 Albums (1988-1991) [MFSL, Remastered, CD-Layer + Hi-Res SACD Rip]”

The Verve – Discography (1992 – 2008)

The Verve - Discography (1992 - 2008)

Long acclaimed as one of the most innovative and spellbinding bands on the contemporary British pop scene, the Verve finally broke through to a mass international audience in 1997 with the instant classic “Bittersweet Symphony.” By no stretch a study in overnight success, the group’s rise was instead the culmination of a long, arduous journey that began at the dawn of the decade and went on to encompass a major breakup, multiple lawsuits, and an extensive diet of narcotics. Continue reading “The Verve – Discography (1992 – 2008)”

Nirvana – 2 Albums (1991-1993) {MFSL Remastered}

Nirvana - 2 Albums (1991-1993) {MFSL Remastered}

Nirvana – 2 Albums (1991-1993) {MFSL Remastered}
EAC Rip | 2xCD | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 911 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: MFSL UltraDisc II | USA | Genre: Alternative Rock, Grunge
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Nirvana – Discography (1989 – 2016)

Nirvana - Discography (1989 - 2016)

Prior to Nirvana, alternative music was consigned to specialty sections of record stores, and major labels considered it to be, at the very most, a tax write-off. After the band’s second album, 1991’s Nevermind, nothing was ever quite the same, for better and for worse. Nirvana popularized punk, post-punk, and indie rock, unintentionally bringing them into the American mainstream like no other band to date. While their sound was equal parts Black Sabbath (as learned by fellow Washington underground rockers the Melvins) and Cheap Trick, Nirvana’s aesthetics were strictly indie rock Continue reading “Nirvana – Discography (1989 – 2016)”

Soundgarden – Down On The Upside (1996) {Japanese Non-remastered}

Soundgarden - Down On The Upside (1996) {Japanese Non-remastered}

Soundgarden – Down On The Upside (1996) {Japanese Non-remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 485 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Polydor K.K. / A&M | Japan | Cat#: POCM-1168 | Genre: Alternative Rock, Grunge

Superunknown was a breakthrough in many ways. Not only did the album bring Soundgarden a new audience, it dramatically expanded their vision, as well as their accomplishments. If Down on the Upside initially seems a retreat from the grand, layered textures of Superunknown, let it sink in. The sound of Down on the Upside is certainly more immediate, but the band hasn’t returned to the monstrous, unfocused wailing of Louder Than Love. Continue reading “Soundgarden – Down On The Upside (1996) {Japanese Non-remastered}”

Soundgarden – Superunknown (1994) {Japanese Non-remastered}

Soundgarden - Superunknown (1994) {Japanese Non-remastered}

Soundgarden – Superunknown (1994) {Japanese Non-remastered}
EAC Rip | FLAC Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included
Total Size: 559 MB | 3% RAR Recovery
Label: Polydor K.K. / A&M | Japan | Cat#: POCM-1065 | Genre: Alternative Rock, Grunge

Soundgarden’s finest hour, Superunknown is a sprawling, 70-minute magnum opus that pushes beyond any previous boundaries. Soundgarden had always loved replicating Led Zeppelin and Black Sabbath riffs, but Superunknown’s debt is more to mid-period Zep’s layered arrangements and sweeping epics. Continue reading “Soundgarden – Superunknown (1994) {Japanese Non-remastered}”

Nick Cave – Discography (1979 – 2016)

Nick Cave - Discography (1979 - 2016)

After goth pioneers the Birthday Party called it quits in 1983, singer/songwriter Nick Cave assembled the Bad Seeds, a post-punk supergroup featuring former Birthday Party guitarist Mick Harvey on drums, ex-Magazine bassist Barry Adamson, and Einstürzende Neubauten guitarist Blixa Bargeld. With the Bad Seeds, Cave continued to explore his obsessions with religion, death, love, America, and violence with a bizarre, sometimes self-consciously eclectic hybrid of blues, gospel, rock, and arty post-punk, although in a more subdued fashion than his work with the Birthday Party. Continue reading “Nick Cave – Discography (1979 – 2016)”