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15 artists influenced by the Sex Pistols, from Joy Division to Oasis
by Tim Stegall“Rock ‘n’ roll is supposed to be fun,” Sex Pistols singer Johnny Rotten told British rock journalist Charles Shaar Murray...
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15 artists who show that the Velvet Underground’s influence is eternal
by Tim StegallLester Bangs, the greatest rock journalist ever, felt eternal Lower East Side musical royals the Velvet Underground were “our Beatles...
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15 bands who are crucial to the history of noise music
by Tim StegallWhen it initially blasted into the world from New York’s Lower East Side almost concurrently with punk in 1977, it...
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15 essential post-punk bands who represent the evolution of the genre
by Tim StegallPost-punk had to happen. Punk rock opened all this space for people to make exactly the kind of art or...
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Cocteau Twins’ Simon Raymonde learned that the best plan is none at all
by Jacob AlvarezSimon Raymonde is a man of many talents. His artistic range spans from the ’80s with the prolific dream-pop/shoegaze band...
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25 most influential emo bands who made the genre what it is today
by Ali CooperEmo (noun): a hotly contested music genre where bands and fans alike refuse to agree on who qualifies for a...
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50 new artists you need to hear in November
by Alyssa QuilesEveryone loves to jam out to their favorite artists and classic hits, but let’s not forget about all the fresh...
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These 10 noise-rock tracks were built to defy your volume settings
by Jason PettigrewOftentimes, there simply isn’t a guitar chord ugly enough to convey what you want to say. And that’s why we...
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These 15 punk albums from 1985 are the roots of alternative rock
by Tim StegallThe year is 1985: Punk’s now 10 years old and changing again. Hardcore was now a formula: 1. Pick a...
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Everything you need to know about the impending shoegaze revival
by Lee MckinstryShoegaze is back. Or, depending on the critic you ask, it never left, and now we call it nü-gaze, cuz...
