Music

The Most Influential Electronic Music Pioneers

Making a list of the most influential electronic music pioneers may seem like a breeze, but it isn't. The choices are virtually endless, spanning decades off electronic music. These are just some of the best of the best, so to spe...

Most Important Music Artists of Last 60 Years

Best "old school" MC's

Greatest MC's of All Time (some personnal surprises in this list)

Best Songs To Bang Your Head To

Are you a headbanger? Vote on your favorite headbanging tunes and add those faves that are missing...

Best Celebrity Tombstones

Providing reasons to laugh, cry and think for years to come after their deaths, the best celebrity tombstones contain witty and clever lines, famous quotes and funny phrases. Just as they did during life, each of these celebrities...

The 70 Most Notable Left Handed People

These are the most notable leftys in history. Today, roughly 11% of the world's population is left handed. That number surged throughout the 20th century as adults stopped forcing left handed children to use their right hand. Left...

Most Musically Gifted Children of Musicians

The most musically gifted children of musicians have inherited their famous parents' natural abilities, and they've also been able to channel them into some great music. Having a musically talented mother or father doesn't automat...

Best U.S. Cities for Live Music

Most cities have fantastic local music scenes, but certain cities seem to have more than most. This is a list built for input. Add the cities that truly make their mark for live music.

Best Rock Instrumentals

The best rock instrumentals manage to be powerful and moving, without using any lyrics whatsoever. The instrumentals on this list include fiery guitar assaults, surf rock songs and trippy, psychedelic-era rock fusion tunes. Many o...

50 Greatest Voices in R&B (80's, 90's, 00's)

The greatest voices in R&B music from the 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s are being counted down. All ranges of R&B are included--neo soul, new jack swing, blue eyed soul, contemporary, hip-hop/R&B, pop-soul, etc. The most sou...

Gordon Lightfoot Albums

Gordon Lightfoot is one of my favorite singer-songwriters of all time, and is underrated when pop music icons are discussed. I try to promote his unique blend of folk/country/pop music wherever I go. Fans of almost every genre wil...

Best Dressed Rapper

The best dressed rappers are the top names in rap and his hop music who are consistently looking sharp when they're on the red carpet, being photographed for magazines or performing in their videos. These rappers are rich and famo...

12 Overplayed Rock Songs

With rock's extensive history, one must wonder why every classic rock station in the world all seem to play the same couple of hundred songs over and over again. Here are twelve highly influential songs that nonetheless could use ...

Bands That Will Get You Into a Hipster's Pants

This list has a lot of cool hipster bands. How does one seem to keep up with the cutting edge without obviously being a poser? It is hard to do because in the hipster world everything is about liking bands because they are cool an...

Rap's Greatest Posse Cuts

Rap is typically a very dog-eat-dog musical genre. Whether it's on wax, in the streets, and, recently, over such internet outlets as Twitter.com, rappers are prone to clash with one another. When hip-hop's brightest stars are on t...

Hottest Male Classical Musicians

The hottest male classical musicians might be overlooked among the lists of the hottest male musicians but it's not because they are not deserving. Despite flying under the radar of mainstream music, these composers and musicians ...

Top DJ Shadow Songs

List of best songs from music producer, DJ and songwriter DJ Shadow (the stage name for Josh Davis.) DJ Shadow was a key figure in popularizing instrumental and alternative hip-hop in the early and mid-1990s. His debut album, &quo...

Top Female Pop Singers of All Time

Listed as pop (includes rock, soul, disco) Country singers are on another list; if they crossed-over, they are just on one of the lists

Gig Posters for the Most Insane Concert Lineups Ever

These are the posters for some of the most epic concerts in music history. Not necessarily festivals and not necessarily the most highly-attended shows of all time. All of these concerts were epic, either because the shows' lineup...

Best-Aged Rock Stars

Be it from good genes or good plastic surgeons, these best-aged rock stars prove that like a fine wine, they only get better with age. Not to be confused with the worst-aged rock stars, these rockers, many of whom saw the peak of ...

The Best Black Rock Bands

A list of the best black rock bands including a few afro-punk and black alternative bands. I While black rock musicians and afro-punks might only be a minority within the United States, remember that in other regions such as South...

The 15 Greatest Bands Named After Real People

In honor of school principal Leonard Skinner, who inspired the name for classic rock band Lynyrd Skynyrd, here are the 15 greatest, most famous bands in history that have been named after real people; along with a song from each b...

The Best Punk Movies

A list of the best punk movies. These are films that feature either punk characters, or punk culture as a central theme. We believe we've got them all, but if your favorite punk film isn't on the list of the best punk films, pleas...

Glee Covers That Are Better Than The Original

Alright Gleeks, time to flex those golden pipes! Which one of your favorite Glee songs are better than the originals. Glee has done covers from every genre from all over the world. From hip-hop covers to cult classics now is your ...

Top Cowbell Songs of All Time

These songs just wouldn't be the same without this distinctive percussion instrutment.