Daedelus is just one dude - a pork chops-sporting guy who performs in front of a glowing, self-made machine simply called "the Box." The trick being that it harnesses 256 sounds at a time, allowing one …

As you're about to hear in our heathen-approved Goth Essentials set, glam-metal dudes weren't the only ones with huge teased hair and gobs of mascara running down their face in the '80s. Thanks  …

As easy as it is to draw a line between the bleak, jagged post-punk of Joy Division and such modern-day mood merchants as Interpol and the Faint, cult acts like the Chameleons (the spare, acoustic atmo …

Heavy metal didn't just bruise the blues; it slapped the classics around a bit, shifting speeds from the chest-caving drums and ear-ripping solos of Slayer, Megadeth, and Metallica to the show-stopping …

If you've ever wondered what bands were blasted on Metallica's tour bus back in the '80s, here are a few hints: the unsung NWOBHM heroes in Diamond Head (see: the seared solos and epic, nearly eight-mi …

El Gran Combo explores the ongoing musical relationship between New York and Puerto Rico to maximum effect on the anthemic "Un Verano En Nueva York." It was in the Big Apple that Dominican bandleader J …

In 2002, the hip-hop/R&B world was still reeling from the sudden death of Aaliyah, as her final album (see: the hollow beats of "Rock the Boat," the slow burn of "I Care 4 U") left a legacy much larger …

While Luther Vandross was two decades into his recording career by 2001 - delivering yet another certified slow-jam classic with "I'd Rather" - most of our Deep Cuts focuses on new rap and R&B blood, l …

Sure, it's presumptuous to say one scene invented a sound. May we simply mention, then, that hip-hop's thrived over on the East Coast? In New York City alone, the genre has splintered into enough signi …