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'90s Pop Alternative
Alternative pop songs that became mainstream hits
1980s Alternative
The birth of modern rock
1990s Alternative
The best '90s alternative music essentials! Tune in to the greatest alt-rock bands and the top so...
1991 in Rock
Was 1991 the greatest year in rock history? These tracks make the case!
2000s Alternative
Alternative rock hits in a new century
Alt & Modern Rock: 1995
Driving the mid-90s at their best with the year's best tracks.
Alternative Rock 1993
Nirvana, the Pumpkins, Pearl Jam, Counting Crows, and Björk made '93 special
Alternative Rock 1997
'97 big-hitters like "Sex and Candy," "Semi-Charmed Life," and that one that goes "WOO-hoo!"
Alternative Rock 1999
It was the year of Everlast, Lit, Filter, Len, Hole, Moby, Korn, and Fatboy Slim
Beastie Boys Samples
The Beasties sampled lots of tasty tracks, and we're playing tons of 'em
BritRock
Bored with the USA? UK Rock, Pop, Electronic, and Classic underground
Classic Alternative 1985
Before grunge, THIS was Alternative Rock: R.E.M., the Smiths, New Order, and Kate Bush
Classic Alternative 1986
A year for classic albums like XTC's 'Skylarking,' Smiths' 'The Queen Is Dead,' Depeche Mode's 'B...
Classic Alternative 1992
Big releases from R.E.M., Alice in Chains, Beasties, Lemonheads, and the "Singles" soundtrack...
Classic Alternative 1994
Celebrating a watershed year in alternative rock
Classic Alternative 2001
Weezer, Gorillaz, Coldplay, and Alien Ant Farm -- the top alternative rock of 2001
Classic Alternative 2002
Top alt tracks of 2002: The Strokes, White Stripes, Chili Peppers, the Hives, 311, and Flaming Li...
Classic Alternative: The Grind
Classic alternative rock's edgier side
Emo
Emotionally-driven hardcore, punk rock, and alternative from emo's '90s golden age to today
Grunge
'90s-based heavy alternative like Nirvana, Soundgarden, STP, Pearl Jam and more. Smells like flan...
Lilith Fair
Featuring the performers from 1997's inaugural Lilith Fair, then & now!
New Wave '80s
Pure Post-Punk and New Wave
New Wave & Modern Rock 1981
"Proto" alternative like Soft Cell, Bauhaus, Elvis Costello, Minor Threat, and early U2 and Duran...
Nu Metal/Post Grunge
Big, loud rock from Shinedown, Godsmack, Disturbed, and Five Finger Death Punch
Pop-punk
Punk rock goes mainstream with Blink-182, Green Day, Sum 41, Good Charlotte, and more
Radio-X
'80s-based alternative and new wave that goes beyond the pop and fluff and gets to the stuff we r...
Rock & Alternative 1996
Tracks from career album releases by Beck, Tool, Sublime, Dave Matthews, and Cake
Rock and Alternative: 2003
It's all about White Stripes, Radiohead, Kings of Leon, Queens of the Stone Age, Blink-182...
Rock and Alternative: 2004
Big breakouts from the Killers, Modest Mouse, Jet, Interpol, and Death Cab
Rock and Alternative: 2005
Seether, Weezer, Shinedown, and Foo Fighters bring the best, the best, the best of 2005
Rock and Alternative: 2007
2007 rocked with Foo Fighters, Linkin Park, Chili Peppers, Seether and Stone Sour
Rock and Alternative: 2013
With Vampire Weekend, the Neighbourhood, Phoenix, and NIN
The Legacy of Riot Grrrl
Celebrating the underground feminist punk scene of the '90s plus acts inspired by the movement
The Multiverse
From Alternative to Zydeco and ABC to ZZ Top, it's genre-defying, decades-spanning eclecticism.
Trip Hop
Melding electronic, hip hop, and more, with Massive Attack, Portishead, and '90s 'Ninja Tuners'
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