The Windbreakers: Time Machine (1982-2002)

One of the great Southern jangly-guitar bands, the Mississippi-based Windbreakers mined similar territory as 80s college radio peers like R.E.M., Love Tractor, Guadalcanal Diary, and the Connells, while infusing it with casual, chiming power pop akin to Marshall Crenshaw. Oddly, I don't recall them having a ton of traction back in my mid-80s college radio days, but I stumbled upon them shortly thereafter and have really enjoyed their music ever since.

While I try to avoid greatest-hits collection...