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The Best Alt-Rock Song of Each Year of the 1990s

The 1990s saw alt-rock music explode as a commercially viable format and these songs saw quite a bit of airplay as a result. Continue reading…

Evanescence, The Offspring And Billy Corgan Lead iHeartRadio ALTer EGO 2027 Lineup

Alternative rock has always been a wonderfully crowded neighbourhood, and iHeartRadio’s ALTer EGO is bringing several generations of its most recognizable residents together for on...

Three new alternative rock tracks that are sure to get your toes tapping for this week

The Madelines – “Amy”-There’s something about the energy of this track that wins me over right away. It jams along with a solid rhythm, but then the fuzzy guitars enter and make it...

3 Alternative Rock Tracks From the Mid-1990s That Felt Like Grunge’s Final Swan Songs

Meat Puppets (Photo by �� Tim Mosenfelder/CORBIS/Corbis via Getty Images) Grunge was fading away in the mid-1990s, and these alternative rock tracks from that era might as wel...

3 Stunning Rock Songs From Unexpectedly Beautiful Vocalists

Rock group Alice in Chains. Left to right Jerry Cantrell, guitar; Layne Staley, vocals, Michael Starr, bass and Sean Kinney in Hollywood for rehearsal July 1991. These surprisingly...

Three unique new takes on the rock genre, showing the versatility of 2026

Stephen Day – “You Wouldn’t Know”-One of the genre tags on this track is yacht rock and that piqued my interest. “Do they still make that?” I asked myself. They absolutely sure do...

3 Rock Songs From 1997 You Heard While Shopping at the Mall With Your Friends

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - JUNE 13: Third Eye Blind backstage at Live 105's BFD 1997 at Shoreline Amphitheatre on June 13, 1997 in Mountain View California. (Photo by Tim Mosenfelder/Gett...

Decades Late – ‘Dark Is The Light, Pt. 1’ EP

Brooklyn-based alt-rockers Decades Late channel a love of ’90s guitar-driven music into Dark Is The Light, Pt. 1, a four-song EP that balances jangly hooks with psychedelic, shoega...

AP A-sides: 10 songs you need to hear

Our favorite new songs, updated weekly.

3 Rock Songs From 1992 You Heard While Shopping at the Mall With Your Friends

SACRAMENTO, CA - MAY 7: Robert Smith, lead singer, guitarist, multi instrumentalist, lyricist, principal songwriter and only consistent member of the rock band The Cure, which he c...

Three outstanding new indie rock tracks, featuring a new single from ANBERLIN!

Anberlin ft. Switchfoot – “Trenches”-If you’re an indie rock fan from a certain age group (mine), Anberlin is one of those bands you listened to a while back. You are probably exci...

3 Rock Songs From the 1990s So Catchy They’re Practically Addictive

Blink 182 during MTV New Year's Eve Bash 2000 at MTV Studios in Times Square in New York City, New York, United States. (Photo by KMazur/WireImage) Rock music in the 1990s knew ho...

'90s Alternative Rock Bands With Only One Original Member Left

All of these bands are still playing shows today, with at least one act topping at least 70 tour dates in each of the past four years. Continue reading…

3 Rock Songs From 1999 You Heard While Shopping at the Mall With Your Friends

LOS ANGELES - MAY 1999: (EDITORS NOTE: THIS IMAGE WAS CREATED USING COLOR INFRARED FILM) American rock band Smash Mouth (L - R) drummer Kevin Coleman, vocalist Steven Harwell, guit...

Mixtape Indie-Rock: Going Underground

Die besten Neuentdeckungen in einer Playlist auf Spotify und als Artikel: Die Bandbreite reicht von Indie über Alternative-Rock bis hin zu Post-Punk. Indie-Rock/Alternative: Jensei...

Bachratten – Rockmusik LP (La Pochette Surprise Records)

Let’s be real for a second: we all need some good alternative rock music every once in a

HOTHALF DOZEN 9.1.26

A little rock - actually a lot of rock -and a couple of love songs. We listen to both sides of the border

3 Rock Songs From 1995 You Heard While Shopping at the Mall With Your Friends

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA - JUNE 9 Better than Ezra backstage at Live 105.3's BFD in 1995 at the Shoreline Amphitheater. Event held on June 9, 1995 in Mountain View, California. (Photo by...

3 Rock Songs From 1995 You Heard While Shopping at the Mall With Your Friends

John Rzeznik of Goo Goo Dolls at event, New York, 1990s. (Photo by Steve Eichner/Getty Images) Many a mall in 1995 dished out these iconic rock songs on their speakers for shoppers...

Three unique tracks bringing an contemporary twist to the indie rock genre

Emily Rose Burnett – “erase me”-This song feels like it lives at the intersection of indie pop and indie folk music. There’s an understated bassline that feels like the connective...

Sky Is Alright – “Summer In Galt”

London-based act Sky Is Alright’s “Summer In Galt” is an excellent alt-rock single with shoegaze textures, warming guitars, and a reflective songwriting approach. The first single...

4 Songs by Soft Rock Bands That Sound Like Anything but Soft Rock

Photo by Frank Carroll/NBC via Getty Images There's a lot of gray area in soft rock, which might explain these four songs by soft rock artists that sound nothing like the rock subg...

3 Indie Rock Songs From the 2010s That Still Sound Edgy Today

These indie rock songs from the 2010s still have a bite about them today. No matter how many years pass, they don't lose their sharpness. The post 3 Indie Rock Songs From the 2010...