Here’s a salute to the 1990s songs that stopped “mattering” once the calendar flipped to the year 2000, and some that were forgotten much, much sooner.
With every “Best of the 1990s” list comes predictable entries. Here are 15 underrated albums that are often overlooked for inclusion in these features.
In April’s nest metal, Iron Firmament return to lo-fi, Cascadian alchemy, Lividus set up progressive foundations, and Evil Warriors reach new heights.
Paired with the proper music—synthwave and ambient electronic tracks—our next visit to the pool can transcend exercise into a meditative reconnection with embodiment.
In March’s best metal, Neurosis make their surprising return, Bekor Qilish descend to extreme avant-garde paths, and Cruel Force mature their thrash.
In February’s best metal, Worm go from underground to mainstream, Incandescence unleash blackened Quebecois bliss, and Gorrch offer dissonance and immediacy.
From Van Halen to Dean Martin, some of the world’s most beloved love songs are actually hideously sinister when you dig just below the surface.
Anxious love songs typically involve conflict—around unrequited passion, cheating, or loss—where the singer often feels something unresolved.
These 25 songs feature outer space on the dance floor, from the avant-garde to Star Wars commercialism and beyond.
These are 15 dance tracks–some pure, some nearer pop–that tell the story of what the form was up to in 1991.
So much remarkable music was released in 1991 that it’s difficult to choose just 20 memorable songs of 1991 without a few omissions.
1991’s best hip-hop tracks lean more towards beats production than the era’s popular gangsta genre because hip-hop’s militancy reinvents itself every few years.
