Tag: shoegaze
15 bands and solo artists who are rewriting the emo rulebook
Ever since the inception of emotional hardcore in the ’80s, each decade had defining bands who updated the sound and meaning of emo to...
Skullcrusher channels Radiohead, My Bloody Valentine and more in new EP
When asked if she’d ever expected for her 2020 debut under Skullcrusher to receive such immediate and widespread critical acclaim, singer-songwriter Helen Ballentine at...
20 bands keeping the riot grrrl spirit alive in their own unique way
The riot grrrl underground feminist punk movement began in the early ’90s in the Pacific Northwest before expanding to the rest of the world....
10 modern rock bands that prove the genre is far from dead
It seems like every few years there is a debate, often caused by KISS vocalist Gene Simmons, about whether or not rock music is...
10 musicians who are shaping the underground scene on SoundCloud
You may discover these artists listed in movements ranging anywhere from trap and emo rap to hyperpop, hexD/surge and glitchcore. But we recognize a...
Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde learned that the best plan is none at all
Simon Raymonde is a man of many talents. His artistic range spans from the ’80s with the prolific dream-pop/shoegaze band Cocteau Twins to the...
10 fake songs from TV and movies that should actually be on your playlist
Sometimes a song featured in a TV show or movie goes so hard, we forget that it’s not performed by an actual band.
There have...
10 bands who are reimagining everything you know about shoegaze
How come everybody’s talking about shoegaze again? Well, there’s hardly any other genre that embodies the spirit of and the need for escapism and...
The 50 best albums of 2020 in alternative, pop punk, metal and beyond
If we could identify one incandescent moment to come out of the coronavirus pandemic, it would have to be having large stretches of time...
These 10 modern alternative bands sound straight out of the ’90s
If there’s anything about alternative music written down as fact, it’s that the ’90s were pivotal to the modern scene. With the emergence of...
