Steve Wynn

Add Date: November 23 

Artist: Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 

Album: Northern Aggression 

Label: Yep Roc 

Genre: Rock 

Comments: Steve Wynn may not have the name recognition of, say, R.E.M.'s Michael Stipe or Peter Buck, or Paul Westerberg, or Robyn Hitchcock, but he's right up there as one of the best and most consistent artists in modern rock over the past three decades. From his tenure leading The Dream Syndicate, to his solo career, to recent work in The Baseball Project (alongside Buck and another prolific musician, Scott McCaughey), Wynn has been making fine guitar-driven rock since the early '80s, and Northern Aggression is another very solid record. As is most of Wynn's work, it's heavily influenced by Big Star--no complaints there--and like the late Alex Chilton, Wynn adorns his alt-rock with traces of country, blues and pop.

Check out "Resolution," "The Other Side" and "Colored Lights."