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25 minutes ago · Thus Williams’s judgment—that, in contrast to “‘folk’” music (“straightforward words, guitar, voice”), “rock” must be the “most advanced art form” (Williams, [] : 170)—gains a new, and crucially popular, significance. Williams even comes to the conclusion that the pinnacle of “modern music” resides in many of the ...
5 days ago · The 2000s were a transformative decade for alternative rock, a genre that saw an explosion of creativity and diversity. As the new millennium dawned, the music landscape was ripe for innovation, with bands eager to push boundaries and redefine what rock music could be.
4 days ago · Dance with the darkness within to the tempo of Locian’s most affectingly kinetic electronic art-rock release yet, Shadow on the Wall. The rhythmically augmented earworm from Australia’s most introspective solo artist is so much more than just a sonic drop into the oversaturated airwaves.
2 days ago · heavy metal, genre of rock music that includes a group of related styles that are intense, virtuosic, and powerful. Driven by the aggressive sounds of the distorted electric guitar, heavy metal is arguably the most commercially successful genre of rock music.
2 days ago · Rock. Rock is a broad genre of popular music that originated in the United States, but also in United Kingdom, in the late 1950s and early 1960s, developing a lot of subgenres, including heavy metal and punk rock. It has its roots in 1940s and 1950s rock and roll, a style that drew directly from the genres of blues, rhythm and blues, and from ...
1 day ago · Pearl Jam is an American band that helped popularize grunge music in the early 1990s and continues to be a popular alternative rock group in the 21st century. The group’s hit songs include ‘Jeremy,’ ‘Alive,’ and ‘Evenflow.’
5 days ago · Rock art, found on the walls of caves and on moveable rocks, was once thought to depict simple images of the daily lives of the Khoisan. In the last 20 years, study of oral traditions and close attention to what is actually depicted in the paintings has led to a complete revision of this theory.
