25 Best ’90s Alternative Songs
The 25 best '90s alternative songs, from Smells Like Teen Spirit and Losing My Religion to Wonderwall, Song 2 and Everlong, with why each one matters.
The 25 best '90s alternative songs, from Smells Like Teen Spirit and Losing My Religion to Wonderwall, Song 2 and Everlong, with why each one matters.
Blur from London: Damon Albarn, Graham Coxon and the Britpop band behind Parklife, Song 2 and The Ballad of Darren, and where to start.
Pulp from Sheffield: Jarvis Cocker and the band behind Different Class, Common People and the 2025 comeback album More, and where to start.
The White Stripes from Detroit: Jack and Meg White, Elephant, Seven Nation Army, four Grammys and the Rock Hall, and where to start.
Arcade Fire from Montreal: Win Butler, RΓ©gine Chassagne, Funeral, The Suburbs and its Album of the Year Grammy, and where to start.
Joy Division from Salford: Ian Curtis, Unknown Pleasures, Closer and Love Will Tear Us Apart, the post-punk band that became New Order, and where to start.
Cage the Elephant from Bowling Green, Kentucky: the Shultz brothers, two Grammy-winning albums, every studio album from the 2008 debut to Neon Pill, and where to start.
Fontaines D.C. from Dublin: Grian Chatten and the band behind Dogrel, Skinty Fia and Romance, two Mercury Prize nominations, and where to start.
Weezer from Los Angeles: Rivers Cuomo and the band behind the Blue Album, Pinkerton and Buddy Holly, every color-coded album, and where to start.