@Joseph Bandelin

Discover new music from artists we think you'll like. Refreshed every Friday.

Rediscover the genre's chart-toppers, classics, and lost favorites. Our editors regularly update this playlist—if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

Soundgarden made their mark among grunge's founders by internalizing the big, heavy dynamics of '70s hard rock. The band's forged a sound with Chris Cornell's multi-octave thunder-cry and Kim Thayil's deep, growling riffs. Early cuts, like 1989's “Loud Love,” are all muscle: heavy, dense, and filled with electrifying power. By the mid-‘90s though, Soundgarden landed on mainstream radio with increasingly nuanced songcraft: “Spoonman” comes on like a battering ram and boasts killer hooks, and “Blow Up the Outside World” is hazy psychedelia featuring Beatles-esque fragility and burly power chords.