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  • Alt-Country

    PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

    Although known by various other terms of endearment (y'alternative, Americana), the essence of alt-country is in preserving the North Ameri...

  • Jazz

    PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

    For its first 50 years, jazz was the first globally popular African-based form of dance music; from ragtime to Dixieland to swing, it was b...

  • Garage Rock

    PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

    As diverse as "garage" music is, it's united by a raw, primordial energy that drives the music and gives it an intense sense of immediacy....

  • Reggae

    PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

    Reggae fans worldwide are generally receptive to a variety of styles. Though many claim, for example, to be "strictly dancehall," this has...

  • Rock

    PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

    More than perhaps any other genre, rock sub-categories have long been driven more by marketing and the lazy tendencies of journalists than...

  • Metal

    PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

    Utilising double-kick drumming, more distortion than anything heard in the early '80s, shredding guitar solos and a redefinition of how fas...

  • House

    PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

    Defining "house" has always been debatable, because it has as much to do with fashion, drugs and ambience as it does with sound. For those...

  • Punk

    PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2016

    In its infancy, trying to break punk music into sub-genres would not only have been almost impossible, but downright blasphemous. After all...

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