--taken from: Chicagoist
by Tankboy
In which we take a quick look at a few recent musical releases.
Sloan
B Sides Win: extras, bonus tracks and b-sides 1992-2008
Proper Sloan albums then to have more "hits" than most bands release over an entire career. Of course these "hits" never hit the U.S. charts, but that's not because the band isn't putting together absolute nuggets of solid pop gold. So it stands to follow that a compilation of the band's b-sides and rarities would probably be a sure bet, right? Duh. It is. B Sides Win: extras, bonus tracks and b-sides provides a sort of backroom history of the band from 1992 through 2008. The early tracks re rough edged shoegaze and we get to watch the band slowly grow into its current pop rock and/or roll self. From the band's original recording of their breakthrough "Underwhelmed" through a remixed reprise version of "Believe In Me" there isn't really a weak track. Usually a collection like this would be recommended as "fan-only" material but Sloan proves the exception to the rule due to their seeming inability to really write a bad tune.
--taken from: Chicagoist
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