The Cranberries were one of the alt-rock era's biggest successes. That's true in numerical terms: The Irish band's first two albums, 1993's Everybody Else Is…
There’s a parallel universe out there where Dave Grohl doesn’t start the Foo Fighters in the wreckage of Nirvana’s unexpected and tragic conclusion. Instead, he…
As so many dads, among others, will tell you, the Allman Brothers' interpretations of blues, rock, country, R&B, and jazz were greatly their own, completely…
**This piece originally ran in 2013, and engaged with topics central to Soundgarden's work, including depression, addiction, and suicide. At the time, these seemed to…
When the mainstream popularity of pop-punk and emo crested in the mid-'00s, Paramore emerged as one of the movement's leading lights. Fronted by Hayley Williams…
Chairlift's place within modern music was never easy to identify, partially because that place always seemed to be evolving. But one thing that was clear…
Alice In Chains are widely revered by hard rock fans (and guitarists especially), though their critical standing is secretly kind of a wash. They weren't…
Mark Hoppus and Tom DeLonge didn't invent pop-punk when they began softening the edges of a SoCal hardcore scene that had exploded in popularity during…
There aren’t many artists who have slayed a crowd 100 thousand strong at Glastonbury. Fewer, still, have turned around and delighted an audience a fraction…
