Warpaint - dre, 2016

"Having taken a collective step back from the brink and rolled away some of the intensity that living a life on the road brings, Warpaint now seem content to continue exploring their own unique musical identity from a more peaceful platform."

Pet Shop Boys - was it worth it, 1991

"Upon its release as a single, Dave Jennings of Melody Maker noted "Was It Worth It?" had "the chunkiest, most muscular music to appear on a PSB track in a long time" and added that Tennant's vocal is "so fey, even by his standards, that it threatens to evaporate at any moment".

James - born of frustration, 1992

"Born of Frustration" is a song written by Jim Glennie, Larry Gott, and Tim Booth and released as a single by English Madchester band James. It is the follow-up to 1991 hits "Sit Down" and "Sound", which both peaked within the UK top 10. The song was released from the group's fourth album, Seven (1992), and reached number 13 in the United Kingdom. It was also a hit on US alternative radio, peaking at number five on the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks chart; it was the group's highest placement on this ranking until "Laid" reached number three in 1993."

Alvvays - the agency group, 2014

"It’s a song that I heard when I was with some friends of mine and I suddenly realized the song is about friends that get high and pass the time together sometimes. Like, a group of people who don’t quite know how to react around each other or how to adjust to their emotions about each other. So they take drugs to vibe like that’s how they get on each other’s level. Like, life is a huge game of being together but not being together. That’s why the people in the song are weird about the way they feel about each other."

Saint Etienne - we're in the city, 1999

"Ten years on, Saint Etienne found themselves at a bit of a crossroads. They had long ago stopped having hits in the U.K., settling into a cult audience in both their homeland and the U.S. There isn't an inherent problem with having a cult audience, but cult bands often have the stigma of being on the cutting edge."