Dirty Three's 1996 release Horse Stories is a challenging post-rock album, alternating between lush beauty and maelstroms of noise

Jangly American and Australian indie rock meets UK shoegaze and dream pop on Glide's 1995 debut album Open Up and Croon

On their third and final album, Bedhead refine their spacious slowcore sound with thoughtful guitar arrangements and haunting melodies

With 1993's Today's Active Lifestyles, Polvo creates a guitar-centered indie rock album unlike almost any other from the decade

On their album Split, Lush created a pop-friendly mix of shoegaze and dream pop, but are the layers of reverb and delay dated or timeless?

We revisit the landmark 1991 Slint album Spiderland and ask - can an influential album be outshined by its influences?

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

The third album from Spiritualized is a headphone album of sprawling proportions one moment and cacophony worthy of a stadium the next

Low leaves plenty of space and the tempos crawl, a unique sound from an era of stadium ready rock.

The 1994 album Tatoonie by Blind Mr. Jones features several shoegaze touchtones but deeper listens reveal nods to power pop and Britpop

Age can make the adventurous seem tame, does Mercury Rev's 1998 album Deserter’s Songs stand the test of time?

On his debut solo album, Sonic Youth frontman/guitarist Thurston Moore strips down and condenses the songs, for better or worse

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

In its finest moments, Kent's album Isola recalls moments big and small from Pablo Honey and The Bends-era Radiohead