Even more than Rolling Stone or Spin, Britain's NME and Melody Maker topped every modern music junkie's must-read list. As the second British Invasion - originally started b …

New York and London got all the press - and most of the big record deals - but make no mistake: SoCal's scene rocked the punk landscape like an 8.5-magnitude quake. Maybe the scene's great unsung heroe …

Sure, college gave us frat rock, but over on the other side of campus, a more graceful, refined, high-gloss sound played to sophisticated ears. The Church's dream-pop masterpiece, "Under the Mil …

Way more than just a post-punk portrait of gloom from the tomb, goth rock wrapped its shadowy cloak around mysticism, metal, menace, melodrama . . . and makeup. Lots of makeup. Formed out of got …

Whether you're bumping these jams in the heart of the city - where the sun's beating down, heating up crowded sidewalks - or chilling in the barrio, looking to kick things up a few notches, here are so …

In the Dirty South, hip-hop is all about gigantic, trunk-rattling beats, hang-'em-high hooks, and a little R&B wriggle. The sound is a swagger that's swallowed the world. Between New Orleans' Lil Wayne …