The 20 best rock bands of the 1990s, ranked

The 20 Best Rock Bands of the 1990s, Ranked The 1990s completely reshaped rock music. Hair metal faded, grunge exploded, ...
American Songwriter

4 Alternative Rock Songs From the 1990s That I Can’t Stop Listening To

There was no shortage of great alternative rock songs in the 1990s. If you liked guitars and indie music, this was the decade for you. Even when the scene became bloated with Eddie Vedder copycats, a ...
American Songwriter

3 Alternative Rock Songs That Sound Simple but Are Nearly Impossible To Cover Properly

Alternative rock songs are often simple in nature, as most rock songs are. Drums, bass, guitar, vocals, and a bit of snarl and grit. The formula for a good alternative rock song is quite simple.
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5 ’90s Alternative Rock Bands That Should’ve Been Bigger

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 New York Times

Is 1990s Alternative Rock the New Country?

Stagecoach Festival started out as the “country Coachella,” but has been morphing into a new home for ’90s rock bands slinging angst and guitar music. By David Malitz See more of our coverage in your ...
loudwire

10 Best Alternative Rock Power Trios, Chosen by Black Map

San Francisco-based alt-rockers Black Map have a new album, Melodoria, out now. It's their third overall and first since 2017's In Droves as the power trio glides through windswept soundscapes with ...
Jazz

Alternative Guitar Summit

On March 20th and 21st, the Alternative Guitar Summit presents its annual two-day music festival, part of the NYC-based Summit's month-long celebration of innovative guitar music. Unlike years past, ...