MP3 Exclusives New Arrivals   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Metal Pop Punk R&B Rap/Hip Hop Reggae Rock   Top Downloads Features Archive Contests Control Panel MUSICBLITZ Alert!   METALBLITZ REGGAEBLITZ BLUESBLITZ Musician's Friend   Alt-Country Alternative Blues Electronic Jambands Jazz Hip Hop Metal Pop Punk R&B Reggae Rock   Getting Started Free Players	Welcome !      Drugstore Taking their name from Gus Van Sant’s classic film, Drugstore Cowboy, Drugstore are a multi-ethnic dream pop quartet that have built a large following in the UK, though they’ve remained somewhat obscure Stateside. Drugstore came together in 1992, when American-born drummer Mike Chylinski and Brazilian singer/bassist Isabel Montiero met on a flatshare and began writing songs together. In 1993, the band started to look for a label, and decided on a non-traditional approach: rather than send out demos, they pressed 500 copies of a single, “Alive,” on their own Honey Records. To their surprise, the single not only sold out, it won the coveted Melody Maker Single of the Week award, and led to a publishing contract. Adding Daron Robinson on guitar, Drugstore recorded a second single, “Modern Pleasure,” for Rough Trade’s singles club before signing to Go! Discs in early 1994. The band released three singles for Go! before issuing their full-length, self-titled debut in 1995. The UK music press praised the album’s raw, stripped-down, and beautiful sound, comparing Montiero to Nico and Marianne Faithful. At a time when the Britpop of Oasis and Blur was dominating the UK charts, Drugstore stood apart from the crowd, and the album was a big success. 1996 saw the band playing all the major European music festivals, and by year’s end, releasing a new single, “Mondo Cane,” and adding cellist Ian Burdge to the permanent line-up. Drugstore’s sophomore effort, White Magic for Lovers, was recorded in early 1997, but Go! Discs’ falling out with parent company Polygram left the band without a label. Eventually signing with Roadrunner, White Magic for Lovers was finally released in May of 1998, and featured “El Presidente,” a duet with Radiohead’s Thom Yorke.     Drugstore Dry MP3,WinMedia Alternative Drugstore’s “Dry” may be prescription strength, but this dark, brooding, and beautiful track is available over-the-counter exclusively at MUSICBLITZ.
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