![]() ![]() ![]() Instead you’ll find a cross section of high-profile indie, experimental outfits, metal weirdos, post-punk groups and more, all of which have found unique ways to bring the sax back.īy the time Deerhunter released 2010’s Halcyon Digest, they had begun to shift away from the more explicit shoegaze and noise rock textures of their first couple of records, instead favoring a more eclectic approach (save for transcendent moments like guitarist Lockett Pundt’s “Desire Lines,” which took the influence of Sonic Youth’s Daydream Nation to hazy new heights). I don’t necessarily need to remind anyone of that fact. (I do!)įor the purposes of this exercise, metal is included in the definition “rock.” I also did not include “Midnight City”-everybody already knows and loves “Midnight City.” It was one of our favorite songs of the past decade. But starting with 25 is still a lot of sax-I certainly hope you see that as a good thing. ![]() It’s not an exhaustive list there are no doubt lots of great saxophone moments in rock music that aren’t mentioned here but deserve to be. As an appendix to our recent feature on the complicated history of the saxophone in rock music, I’ve decided to go ahead and compile 25 examples of the best rock songs with saxophone from the past decade.
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