Music for small groups of players has flourished since the Baroque era. Whether composed for a consort of viols, a string quartet, or even a group of unconventional instruments, the genre is known as chamber music, which has been a staple of classical listening for more than 400 years.

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Still Flyin' might have begun their career as a joke reggae band with jam band tendencies, but that didn't last very long. After a record or two they started cranking out some pretty alright pop music. Their latest record, On a Bedroom Wall, is their best yet. Sounding good enough to inspire John Hughes to rise from the dead and write Pretty in Pink II, Sean Rawls and his band delve deep into the icy synths and heartbreak beats of the 80's. It's not a nostalgia trip at all though, just a really good band using the best parts of the past to build something shiny, new and definitely worth checking out. Sean sent us a list and it's a really good one!

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It was the year that grunge retreated from the center stage, signaling the rise of post-grunge on modern rock radio and indie-rock on the stations that existed on the left of the dial. It was the year the Wu-Tang Clan consolidated their strength via individual projects from Ol' Dirty Bastard, Raekwon, and Genius/GZA. It was the year electronica made inroads into the mainstream via Chemical Brothers and Goldie. It was the year D'Angelo released Brown Sugar, ushering in an era of neo-soul. It was the year trip-hop took hold. And it was the year where Britpop peaked, with Pulp releasing the classic Different Class during the thick of the Blur vs. Oasis battle. It was the year 1995 -- the year when pop music in all its forms began to fracture into niches and, maybe because of that diversity, it was one of the best years of the '90s.

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