The National: Biography, Albums, Essential Songs and Legacy
The National from Cincinnati to Brooklyn: Matt Berninger and two sets of brothers, every studio album from Alligator to Laugh Track, and where to start.
The National from Cincinnati to Brooklyn: Matt Berninger and two sets of brothers, every studio album from Alligator to Laugh Track, and where to start.
The 1975 from Manchester to Being Funny in a Foreign Language: Matty Healy and George Daniel, every album and how they blurred rock and pop.
The Pearl Jam story from Mother Love Bone to Dark Matter: members, every era of their albums, the songs to start with and why they are rock's great survivors.
Red Hot Chili Peppers from L.A. funk-punk to Californication: Anthony Kiedis, Flea and John Frusciante, every era, the songs to start with and their legacy.
How student radio, indie labels and touring vans created 1980s college rock, the bands and albums that defined it, and how it became alternative rock.
How a small Seattle scene became a global movement: grunge's origins, Sub Pop, the breakthrough albums of 1991β92, its cultural impact and its lasting legacy.
Radiohead from "Creep" to OK Computer, Kid A and In Rainbows: members, every studio album, the songs to start with and why they keep reinventing rock.
Muse from Teignmouth to stadiums: Matt Bellamy, Chris Wolstenholme and Dominic Howard, every studio album, "Hysteria," "Uprising" and the songs to start with.
The Smashing Pumpkins from Gish to Aghori Mhori Mei: Billy Corgan's vision, every era, Siamese Dream and Mellon Collie, the songs to start with and legacy.