THE ULTIMATE PLAYLIST COLLECTION

Excellent indie tunes from the year of 1988 from: The Wonder Stuff, The House Of Love, Happy Mondays, The Stone Roses, The Fall, The La's, Inspiral Carpets, Morrissey, New Order, The Primitives, My Bloody Valentine and Pop Will Eat Itself.

The 25 best indie songs of 1988

Big indie hits from 1980 from the likes of The Cure, Joy Division, U2, Devo and more.

The 25 best indie songs of 1980

Great Irish artists:, U2, Hozier, Thin Lizzy and The Cranberries.

St. Patrick's Day: The best Irish rock songs

Some of the best ever second albums

20 of the best second albums

Classic 1995 albums: The Great Escape, (What's The Story) Morning Glory?, The Bends, Elastica, I Should Coco and Different Class.

The 25 best indie albums of 1995

Deep Purple have a true story to tell in Smoke On The Water

10 Classic Rock songs that tell a story

The women of Indie, 1990s-style: Justine Frischmann of Elastica, Shirley Manson of Garbage and Sonya Madan of Echobelly

The most iconic female-fronted bands of the 90s

Underrated all-female bands: Voodoo Queens, The Donnas, Fuzzbox and Shonen Knife.

15 of the most underrated all-female bands

Some of the greatest women from the Classic Rock genre: The Runaways, Deborah Harry, Kate Bush, Stevie Nicks and Chrissie Hynde

The greatest Women in Classic Rock

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