Green Day now has a home on the airwaves of KMXP Mix 96.9, as does Hozier, Oasis, Jimmy Eat World and other alt-rock favorites. That’s because the Phoenix FM radio station has been broadcasting more ...

There was no era of rock music quite like the 1990s. Alternative rock and grunge were at their peaks, and so many golden records made it into the hands of young, impressionable musicians and fans ...

The term “alternative rock” evokes an interesting image. At first thought, one may picture emo teenagers or long-haired rock stars smashing guitars. Yet the alternative rock genre is a far cry from ...

In 1995, grunge was fizzling out, but there were still several bands hanging on. Indie darlings were being signed to major labels to fill the void and albums released in the trip-hop, noise rock, ...

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 ...