Tom Verlaine - Warm and CoolThe true test of originality for any musician comes when you hear an instrument being played and you instantly know whos playing it. For electric guitarists, certainly Hendrix qualifies; Page and Clapton, too. Maybe Eddie Van Halen before the legion of imitators. You probably have your own list, but to us, standing toe to toe (or pick to pick) with those legends is Television guitarist and solo artist Tom Verlaine. His self taught, jazz influenced

and romantic enough to still believe in it

Her latest album also comes off of what Owens describes as "the hardest three years of my life

and have made an album that makes that world feel palpable – that you can crawl inside it

featuring two originals and covers of The Shop Assistants' "Something to Do" and the classic "All I Really Wanna Do" (in the vein of Cher's version)

Brian Jonestown Massacre

The added touch of hard techno on tracks such as Rush

They are friends first

richly coherent yet startling even for the unpredictable world of this band

And whether you purchased a snake plant

Wolf of Wall Street)

and historical reference

Hellblazer and the broken character of the strip’s protagonist