But it's February... but it's Scene Point Blank's Top 30. They're back after a hack and posted their list recently. Not terrible at all.

http://www.scenepointblank.com/modules. ... =58&page=1

Has anyone heard this one? RIYL? it name-drops Buckley, but says it breaks "all the comparisons" to him.


06. The Velvet Teen - Elysium (Slowdance)

Maybe he thought he mastered song-writing on the guitar. Maybe he thought it'd help break all the comparisons to Jeff Buckley. Whatever the reasoning for the switch, he wrote one of the best albums of the year in Elysium, the follow up to 2002's Out of the Fierce Parade. (Shane)

I was the only one who voted for this in the Shmoo poll. This came in at #20 for me. Here's a snipet from The Onion's review that sold me.

"The Velvet Teen sounds like Buckley, had the late singer been obsessed with Brian Wilson instead of Led Zeppelin. "