Buffalo Tom

Emerging just as the college rock of the 1980s metamorphosed into the alt-rock explosion of the '90s, Buffalo Tom have withstood shifts of fortune and style to become one of their generation's enduring rock bands. Over time, the Boston trio tempered the full-throttle guitar roar that got them pegged as "Dinosaur Jr. junior" upon the release of their eponymous debut in 1988, an evolution that happened quickly: Let Me Come Over, the 1992 album that broadened their audience in the U.S. and the U.K., was anchored by the aching ballad "Taillights Fade." During the '90s, Big Red Let...