Without a doubt, the music industry would be far inferior and less diverse if it weren't for indie musicians. The indie category, which transcends genre but is especially prevalent within rock, is ...

Want to know how hard it is to record a great sophomore album? Just ask Guns N’ Roses, Weezer, or Sex Pistols. The Sex Pistols broke up only months after releasing Never Mind The Bollocks, while GN’R ...

What's the best alternative album of each year of the 1990s? The 1990s were the decade in which alt-rock music truly came into its own. During the '80s, many of alt-rock's heroes were mostly relegated ...

In the early 1990s, alternative rock became a dominant force in music. But by 1996, its bubble had burst. Many bands responsible for alternative rock’s rise were selling fewer albums and seemed to ...

1960s self-titled rock album The Velvet Underground & Nico is groundbreaking and extremely influential to alternative rock music ...

Best Alternative Album isn’t just some catch-all category invented to include genre-defying works of exceptional music. It’s a distinct subgenre of rock music that emerged in the late 1970s, but ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Hugh McIntyre covers music, with a focus on the global charts. Billie Eilish’s Hit Me Hard and Soft returns to No. 1 on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Though Bad Bunnywalked away with Album of the Year (and handed it to his younger self during the Super Bowl Halftime show), the ...