The best of the new (Porcupine Tree, Devin Townsend), a bit of the old (Killing Joke, Faith No More)…2010 was more than anything a return to form for artists of yore. Here’s the top 10 groundbreaking artists of the past year (or so)… as seen by ChinaShop Contributor Jeff Nau.
Got a feeling if I were to find out what YSP!WSD!‘s influences were, I’d probably say WTF… if anything, the music conjures up a plethora of somber visuals, both through the spectral wailings of Becky Ninkovic — songs like “Laura Palmer’s Prom” obviously denote the Angelo Badalamenti influence and images of the dead teenager’s body washed ashore in Twin Peaks. If that’s not obscure enough a reference, there’s also a Robert Smith-era Siouxsie and the Banshees sound here, both in the guitar and the vocals.