Violent Femmes - Violent Femmes
Violent Femmes’ 1983 debut didn’t get the ear it deserved until the following decade, which is small surprise; the angst that cracks at the corners of the band’s folk-punk livery was practically hand-made for the alt-rock decade.
American Football - American Football
20 years on, American Football’s 1999 debut is still the definitive musical high school journal, written with nimble guitars and bossa nova drums.