

Echo & The Bunnymen's darkly melodic, sonically ornate, and portentous indie rock left an intoxicating map of possibilities. Bands as musically diverse as Radiohead, The Killers, and Pavement have clearly cocked an ear to their reverberant mystery (“Optimistic”), their grandiose passion (“Mr Brightside”), and their skittish, pummelling post-rock muscle (“Grounded”).