Grunge Alternative Rock CDs

Chris Cornell has been heralded as one of the pioneers of the grunge era for writing a string of hits for Soundgarden, including the Grammy award-winning "Black Hole Sun" and "Spoonman." In 1991, Chris formed Temple of the Dog, writing the classic song "Hunger Strike" featuring a duet with Pearl Jam...

Fun. release their second full-length album and Fueled By Ramen debut, SOME NIGHTS Fun. has not stopped living up to its name since their 2009 debut, AIM & IGNITE. A year after the debut they were opening for Paramore on their tour and performing at Coachella. Now they’ve teamed up with Janelle ...

To celebrate the 21st anniversary of their first single release, Manic Street Preachers are releasing the ultimate singles collection! 'National Treasures - The Complete Singles' gathers 38 songs from the band's rich history, starting with initial Heavenly Records release 'Motown Junk' (1990) to ...

Released in September 1991, Nirvana's sophomore album and major label debut elevated Kurt Cobain, Krist Novoselic and Dave Grohl from a critically acclaimed Aberdeen, Washington, cult band to generational spokesmen who'd unwittingly created a cultural shift and musical touchstone. Rising to No. 1 th...

A psychedelic mix of guitars, drum machines and genres, Sam Moore, Coco Solid, Trixie Darko and J.Suave make up this trippy quartet.

The Strokes: Julian Casablancas (vocals); Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond, Jr. (guitar); Nikolai Fraiture (bass); Fab Moretti (drums).Recorded at TMF Studios, New York, New York.After the hype--and subsequent backlash--over the Strokes' debut album, IS THIS IT, many fans and skeptics alike came to real...

Pearl Jam: Eddie Vedder (vocals, guitar, accordion); Stone Gossard (vocals, guitar, Mellotron); Mike McCready (vocals, guitar, slide guitar); Jeff Ament (vocals, acoustic & electric bass); Dave Abbruzzese (drums). Additional personnel: Jack Irons (drums). Recorded in Seattle, Washington; A...

After two phenomenally successful albums with Savage Garden, three pioneering solo albums and 26 million sales, Secret Codes And Battleships is singer-songwriter Darren Hayes's first proudly mainstream pop album in four years and it might just be the best! "Feels like I've woken up from a coma!" ...

Mark Lanegan Band releases Blues Funeral on February 6th 2012, Lanegan’s first album since 2004’s Bubblegum. It was recorded in Hollywood, California with Alain Johannes and features guest appearances from the likes of Josh Homme, Greg Dulli and Jack Irons. Mark Lanegan has sung with Screaming Tr...

London-based garage pop punk trio Male Bonding release their sophomore album - the band’s 2010 debut Nothing Hurt 'was described by Pitchfork as, “…the sound of a fast, fuzzy rock band racing from hook to hook, plowing happily through breakdowns and guitar blasts, springing through scrappy melodies ...

Pearl Jam's ambitious and mystical NO CODE is no more a grunge album than Nirvana's MTV UNPLUGGED was a punk album, which shouldn't come as a surprise to anybody who's been listening all along. Even while helping to codify the droning heavy-metal blare of grunge, Pearl Jam has fought that code, brea...

The year 2010 saw Soundgarden - Chris Cornell, Kim Thayil, Ben Shepherd and Matt Cameron reuniting after a 13 year absence, to a thunderous roar.. This Limited Edition LP features rare soundcheck performances from Soundgarden's 1996 tour, available for the first time on a numbered 10" coloured vi...

West is in fact the debut studio album from Wooden Shjips. Although the band formed in 2006 and have released several recordings on 10” and 7”, plus a couple of other homemade studio sessions, it’s not until now they’ve gone through the process via a professional studio. And the results were worth w...

Prolific songwriter Ty Segall and Californian rock/art collective White Fence release the 30minute collaborative LP. Boasting gloriously fat drums, snaky guitars, beach-party basslines, sock-hop keyboards, and lots of carefree muckingaround. It is loose, jammy, sloppy, possibly intoxicated and...

Sound of Rum’s debut album ‘Balance’ will undoubtedly carve a place in the hearts and minds of any and all who are fortunate enough to experience it. Fronted by female UK emcee Kate Tempest she is undoubtedly talented; you can count on one hand the performance poets who outstrip her in terms of a...

Southhampton, England's Band of Skulls return with their highly anticipated new album, 'Sweet Sour'. The trio's sophomore album was recorded at Rockfield studios in Wales, once again with producer Ian Davenport, and mixed in Los Angeles by Nick Launay (Nick Cave / PIL / Yeah Yeah Yeahs). When Ban...

Mark Lanegan Band releases Blues Funeral on February 6th 2012, Lanegan’s first album since 2004’s Bubblegum. It was recorded in Hollywood, California with Alain Johannes and features guest appearances from the likes of Josh Homme, Greg Dulli and Jack Irons. Mark Lanegan has sung with Screaming Tr...

Obsessed with classic Americana and pop culture of the 50s and 60s, influenced by pioneers of early Rock and R&B, with a background in DIY and skate culture the San Franciscan multi-instrumentalist serves as singer, songwriter & producer for his one-man band mixing a unique sound of ‘50/’60s blues, ...

London-based garage pop punk trio Male Bonding release their sophomore album - the band’s 2010 debut Nothing Hurt 'was described by Pitchfork as, “…the sound of a fast, fuzzy rock band racing from hook to hook, plowing happily through breakdowns and guitar blasts, springing through scrappy melodies ...

Miami Florida ‘60s-centric garage rock dudes Jacuzzi Boys release their second album Glazin’ which draws from the swagger of glam, the hooky middle-ground of ’70s punk and ’60s rock ’n’ roll. The trios signature, sun dreams and dazed delirium, hazed psychedelia painted rock ‘n roll dominate the a...

Miami Florida ‘60s-centric garage rock dudes Jacuzzi Boys release their second album Glazin’ which draws from the swagger of glam, the hooky middle-ground of ’70s punk and ’60s rock ’n’ roll. The trios signature, sun dreams and dazed delirium, hazed psychedelia painted rock ‘n roll dominate the a...

Since their 2009 lauded debut, Auckland rock and roll band Wilberforces have lost a few members and Vipassana, the eagerly awaited second album sees the band return as a two-piece with main man Thom Burton (guitar/vocals) and Chris Varnham (drums), the group have also signed to MUZAI Records for th...

Follow up to the highly acclaimed debut Circle of the Sun. The Higher Key is an album that sees the New Zealand outfit Arc of Ascent continuing the heavy stoner/acid/psych feel but with added intensity. With new guitarist Sandy Schaare leading the charge with his full organic tone and fuzz wahd ...