Lambchop's down-tempo mixture of melancholia and what is occasionally country music is a welcome relief from "Alternative Country." The Nashville-based band began recording in the early '90s with a few singles that showed a band more interested in guitar pop than twang. By the time they released their debut, I Hope You're Sitting Down in 1994, the band's lineup had amassed to almost a dozen people and were well-versed in the dark, pedal steel-laden aspects of the best parts o...  [+]