Wave after wave of fresh new sounds broke on Stateside shores throughout 1995. U.K. trip-hop pioneers Portishead made their way to the mainstream with the moody milestone "Sour Times." Adina Howard sho …

The year 1994 was not at a loss for new faces - the dreadlocked dude singing "sha-la-la" on Counting Crows' "Mr. Jones" would soon lead the band to a long stretch in the spotlight, and Sheryl Crow's fu …

A lot has changed since 1994. Who would've guessed, for instance, that some gang of goofy undergrounders called the Flaming Lips, who scored an alt-rock novelty hit with the surreal psychedelia of "She …

Ah, 1992 - late-night TV legend Johnny Carson passed the Tonight Show torch to Jay Leno, and millions of eyes were glued to movie screens as Wayne and Garth declared themselves "not worthy" in Wayne's  …

In 1992, new trends were taking shape everywhere you looked. English ambient-house kings the KLF had their crowning glory with the blissful beats of "Justified and Ancient." The leaders of the lo-fi le …

If you can hear past Kurt Cobain's hellish howl and the sucker-punch dynamics of "Smells Like Teen Spirit," 1991 didn't just announce Nirvana's arrival on the pop scene; it'll also be remembered for ev …

Look, there's nothing wrong with one-hit wonders. Take 1991, for instance. Top 40 stations were full of flawless cameos back then - records worth revisiting no matter how you look at it, including the  …

When the world's clocks struck midnight on December 31, 1989, we didn't just say sayonara to the '80s overnight. If anything, 1990 was like one long identity crisis - a really priceless one, starring 2 …

And the trip down memory lane doesn't stop, as Sonic Youth tries to spark alt-rock's Top 40 takeover with the high-octane hooks and subtle Chuck D verses of their first major-label single, "Kool Thing. …