Eels

The guy called e – the dominant singing and songwriting third of Eels – is a touch too
precious about his neuroses and nerd-revenge fantasies for his own good or that of his
tunes. E sings with a gruff, throaty vulnerability that is far preferable to the irritating
weediness of Weezer's Rivers Cuomo. And as '90s bummer rock goes, Beautiful Freak has a
spare, tight-focus sound that flatters E's low-key melodies ("Susan's House," "Bea... More >