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Alternative rock is a pretty broad term to use, but it seems more all-encompassing than using hardcore or post-hardcore when describing some of our latest arrivals here. We certainly wouldn’t want to give them the dreaded ’emo’ tag, that’s for sure. After an influx of rare and collectable alternative rock, […]

Beastie Boys came out swinging with their 1986 debut, Licensed to Ill, announcing themselves as loud, crude and in your face. Given a different set of circumstances they may have been professional wrestlers or presidential candidates. But unlike your basic presidential candidate, the Beasties were intentionally loud, crude, in your face […]

Smooth, well-produced, meticulously written: soft rock had a bad reputation in the DIY 80s and 90s. But today it has renewed relevance. An aficionado explains Throughout the 1990s and 2000s I worked in the music industry, doing marketing for record labels including Sony, Universal and Interscope Geffen A&M. My love […]