By Britt Robson, eMusic ContributorPianist Robert Glasper has jazz chops sophisticated enough to satiate diehard purists and an affinity for hip-hop and R&B that has resulted in collaborations with Q-Tip, Maxwell and Mos Def. Black Radio scrambles these influences,… more »

By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic ContributorTwo decades since its release, Nirvana's Nevermind remains a seismic, paradigm-shifting work, an album that rendered the surrounding culture irrelevant and redrew the boundaries according to its own design. Today, we celebrate Nirvana's groundbreaking work… more »

By Everett True, eMusic ContributorIn 1991, I was living in a one-man bachelor pad in Cricklewood, London. I was a staff writer for the U.K. music paper Melody Maker. During any given week, I would either be drunk in… more »

By eMusic Editorial Staff, eMusic Contributor"Our songs have the standard pop format: verse, chorus, verse, chorus, solo, bad solo. All in all, we sound like the Knack and the Bay City Rollers being molested by Black Flag and Black Sabbath."… more »

By Kevin O'Donnell, eMusic ContributorWhen Nirvana's "Smells Like Teen Spirit" was released in 1991, it changed the face of rock music forever and helped pave the way for road warriors like Pearl Jam (who are celebrating their own 20th… more »

By Everett True, eMusic ContributorIn 1991, I was living in a one-man bachelor pad in Cricklewood, London. I was a staff writer for the U.K. music paper Melody Maker. During any given week, I would either be drunk in… more »

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By Andrew Harrison, eMusic ContributorFollowing reggae'd-up takes on Radiohead and the Beatles from the Easy All-Stars, old-school Studio One vocalist Little Roy and U.K. dub aficionado Mike "Prince Fatty" Pelanconi — who produced Hollie Cook's gorgeous debut album of… more »

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By Dave Thompson, eMusic ContributorIt is often said that the bands that blaze the briefest (Velvet Underground 1966-1970, the Stooges 1968-1971, the Sex Pistols 1976-1977) burn the brightest, and that is certainly true of Nirvana. Just over two years… more »

By Dave Thompson, eMusic ContributorStunned by the success of Nevermind and desperate for something...anything...with which to break the wait for its follow-up, Geffen delved into the band's archive to craft an album's worth of rarities, oddities and historical artifacts… more »

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By Chuck Eddy, eMusic ContributorIndie-rock in the '00s was hardly the same animal as indie-rock two decades before, and much of the blame should probably go to Nirvana. In the '80s, labels like SST and Touch & Go were… more »

By Lenny Kaye, eMusic ContributorOf all rock's family tendrils, rockabilly is the one that keeps re-boppin', sporting a revival every decade or so, its coming-of-age kicks allowing each new offspring to roll its own. Guitar-heavy, emphasizing Wild Ones rebellion… more »

By Mark Kemp, eMusic ContributorIn the mid-'80s a slew of quirky college-rock bands from Georgia and North Carolina stood poised to become the next big thing on the American indie-rock scene. Most wound up as footnotes to the R.E.M.… more »