The ’90s were full of indie and alternative bands that didn’t always get the attention they deserved, but their music has aged like fine wine. From dreamy shoegaze to punchy power pop, there’s a whole ...
Once alternative rock became mainstream, record labels signed anyone with a guitar and a band photo shot with a fisheye lens. But in their defense, they got it right over and over again. There were so ...
Released as the fourth single from 1995's The Bends, "Just" deals with the self-loathing, paranoia and depression commonly ...
These trailblazers fused unbridled energy with experimental quirks; each band had a sound that was a raucous cocktail of introspective lyrics and a defiant refusal to play by the rules of the ...
The pop singer-songwriter Aloe Blacc has announced a new EP where he’s covering a bunch of ’90s alternative songs.Rock My Soul is the first volume of a planned two where he’ll offer up his take on ...
Just like every decade before it — and since — the ‘90s sounded completely different from all other musical eras. It was an incredibly raw time in the music industry, with new genres popping up and ...
When you think of '90s music, it's easy to automatically start naming off a lot of bands in the grunge and alternative genre. But Seattle titans like Nirvana and Pearl Jam are just one part of the ...
A good soundtrack is vital to elevate a movie above its peers. Sometimes it’s the orchestral arrangements that give a film that extra push, but occasionally the best soundtracks are those that feature ...
A word that does not often get used in the same breath as “MTV” is “gravitas.” (Unless you are talking about Kurt Loder, in which it always does.) MTV, even before the teen pop boy band boom of the ...
Graeme Naysmith, the guitarist and co-founder of English alternative rock band Pale Saints, has died. He was 57. Naysmith died on April 4, according to a statement shared Wednesday from his most ...