Spotify ranks their top alternative rock songs.

Here are 13 essential alternative rock albums from the 1990s that you should absolutely own on vinyl.

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 ...

Helmet were pioneers of the alternative metal movement in the early 1990s. They had a bit of success upon forming, but they eventually perfected their sound further with the 1992 record Meantime. It’s ...

When Alice In Chains released “Man In The Box” as a single, grunge hadn’t yet become a culture-shifting force. Nonetheless, if offered a dark alternative to the glitzy bands dominating MTV. “Man In ...

Perhaps the most experimental thing an experimental artist can do is pivot toward a more established, accessible genre. This is how I think of Spellling’s latest alternative rock album, Portrait of My ...

Rock and roll and pop may be a young person’s game, but there’s also something to be said for “age ain’t nothing but a number.” There are plenty of artists who got their start in the ’70s, ’80s or ...

The wonderful thing about reissues is that they allow you to rediscover a long-beloved band, often through the dual delights of bonus tracks and remastered recording. Sometimes they let you unearth an ...

Rock didn't dominate the '80s the way it did the '70s, but there were still some great classic rock albums from the decade, ...