Nü Metal rose to prominence in the mid 1990s and brought a cross-pollinated sound to a generation raised equally on hip-hop and metal

Faithless may be best know for their energetic club hit God Is A DJ, but their 1998 album Sunday 8 PM spends more time in downtempo trip hop

Ominous and foreboding, 1998's trip-hop masterpiece Mezzanine by Massive Attack slithers with timeless cool still relevant today

On her 1997 album Impossible Princess, Kylie Minogue explores trip-hop, trance, Britpop, and unexpected experiments on this uneven release

Benedictine monks, an 18-piece orchestra, and sampled vocal choirs mix with electronic drum loops and guitars on VAST's ambitious debut

What is Madchester? A sound? A scene? We talk The Stone Roses, Factory Records, Inspiral Carpets, the Hacienda, and more to figure it out

Christopher Hall of Stabbing Westward joins us to share his memories of the rollercoaster ride in the ‘90s and discuss reforming the band

Shaun Ryder picked up the broken pieces of the Happy Mondays for a creative reboot with Black Grape and their 1995 debut album

The 1997 debut Exile on Coldharbour Lane by Alabama 3 somehow combines trip-hop, acid house, country, blues, and gospel and make it all work

Tape hiss, four-tracks, and more - we explore the world of lo-fi in the 90s and ask if it's just a recording technique or a genre of music

With their 1994 debut album Dummy, Portishead helped elevate trip-hop from the underground to award-level mainstream prominence

The 1998 debut by Boards of Canada put a chill spin on the 90s trip-hop sound with an analog old school approach that hits the mark

On 1991‘s Ebbhead, Nitzer Ebb incorporated pop elements and traditional song structures that drove a wedge in their EBM fanbase

On their third album Post Orgasmic Chill, Skunk Anansie offer a confrontational musical and lyrical approach balanced with soaring ballads

On their 1992 debut album Doppelgänger, Curve manage to sound simultaneously ahead of their time and firmly planted in the 1990s

New Order entered the 90s with a number one record, then split into three different directions, but did it help revitalize the band?

We dive into the 90s phenomenon known as Pop Punk and discuss the distinct sounds, the bands, the albums, and legacy of this Punk offshoot

On their 1995 debut Empty, can God Lives Underwater add their own take on industrial rock or are they weighted down by their influences?

In the 90s, the Power Pop resurgence etched some mainstream success while firmly holding onto its underdog origins

English post-punk cult band The Fall embraced electronic music in the early 90s, creating an uneasy combo with Mark E. Smith's unique vocal

U2 were critical darlings and wildly successful in the 80s, entering the 90 wanting to reinvent their sound, but did they go to far?

Can immaculate production and well-crafted songs help Stabbing Westward elevate Darkest Days above the late 90s industrial rock pack?

On their eighth album The Process, Skinny Puppy imploded personally and expanded sonically, splitting fans and critics

With his debut solo release 12 Bar Blues, Scott Weiland moved away from the sound of Stone Temple Pilots with abandon and aggrevation

What is Desert Rock? A scene? A sound? We chat with the Desert Age filmmaker to understand what made it so unique.

Though known for their bouncy pop single Lovefool, words like moody and introspective better represent their overall sound.

What is alternative country an alternative to? Country? Rock?

Regurgiator's second album Unit came out in 1997, going triple platinum, producing hit singles and winning music awards.

Scotty Morris of Big Bad Voodoo Daddy talks Swingers, the 1999 Super Bowl and the arc of swing music in the 90s.

Moby covers all the ground on Animal Rights - industrial metal, down tempo-dirges, post-punk, ambient - but is it too much?

We're talking the evolution of Metal in the 1990s, from Metallica to Helmet, Ozzy to Tool, and Kyuss to Pantera

What is Emo? We try to figure that out by diving into the history, the bands, the unique sounds and more

It was supposed the end of the electric guitar and rise of synths, samples and drum loops - we revisit Delete Yourself by Atari Teenage Riot

We explore shoegaze - the bands, sounds, albums, guitar pedals and much more that made up this loosely defined sound and group of artists

Who's punk, what's the score? That's what we try to figure out on our roundtable talking punk rock in the 1990s

What was and is Britpop? We're not sure, so we're hosting a roundtable to try figure out the sounds, bands, legacy and more

This project frees Bernard Sumner to explore more pop melodies, while Johnny Marr can get lost in the layers of loops and synths.

Simple is an understatement, as Bowery Electric takes minimalism to near Brian Eno levels.

GVSB explores the dark and dirty side of alternative.

A diverse track list featuring sixteen covers of Depeche Mode songs by bands like Veruca Salt, the Smashing Pumpkins, Dishwalla, and more

As fans of Vanishing Point, XTRMNTR and Screamadelica can tell you, Give Out... is a hard one to figure out.

Of all the albums we've reviewed so far, Dope Box might be the most diverse (or schizophrenic).