The archive
Every issue
50 scenes so far, each told in full: who was there, where it happened and the records that came out of it.
50 issues
SongsheetsNo. 001
UK Post-Punk
1977-1984
United Kingdom
Free to read
SongsheetsNo. 002
Detroit Techno
1981-1995
Detroit/Belleville, Michigan, USA
Free to read
SongsheetsNo. 003
Japanese City Pop
1973-1989
Tokyo, Japan
Free to read
SongsheetsNo. 004
Riot Grrrl
1988-1996
Olympia, Washington & Washington, D.C., USA
Free to read
SongsheetsNo. 005
70s Dub Reggae
1968-1980
Kingston, Jamaica
Free to read
SongsheetsNo. 006
DC Hardcore
1979-1986
Washington, D.C., USA
Free to read
SongsheetsNo. 007
German Krautrock
1968-1975
West Germany (Düsseldorf, Cologne, Berlin)
Free to read
SongsheetsNo. 008
Shoegaze and Dreampop
1982-1997
Thames Valley and London, UK
Free to read
SongsheetsNo. 009
NYC No Wave
1977-1984
Lower Manhattan, New York City
Free to read
SongsheetsNo. 010
CBGB's 70s Punk
1973-1982
New York City, USA
Members
SongsheetsNo. 011
French Touch House
1987-2005
Paris, France
Members
SongsheetsNo. 012
Early New York Hip-Hop
1973-1986
New York City, USA
Members
SongsheetsNo. 013
Brazilian Tropicália
1967-1972
Salvador and São Paulo, Brazil
Members
SongsheetsNo. 014
LA Punk (Early 80s)
1978-1984
Los Angeles, California
Members
SongsheetsNo. 015
UK Goth
1978-1985
London, Leeds, Northampton, UK
Members
SongsheetsNo. 016
Industrial
1976-1999
Global (Sheffield, Kingston upon Hull, Chicago, Cleveland)
Members
SongsheetsNo. 017
90s UK Jungle and Drum & Bass
1990-1998
London and Bristol, UK
Members
SongsheetsNo. 018
Southern Hip-Hop
1987-2007
Southern United States
Members
SongsheetsNo. 019
Philadelphia Soul
1967-1980
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Members
SongsheetsNo. 020
Post-Rock
1986-2005
International (Louisville, Chicago, Montreal, Glasgow)
Members
SongsheetsNo. 021
Iranian Psychedelic Rock (Pre-1979)
1967-1979
Tehran, Iran
Members
SongsheetsNo. 022
Italian Progressive Rock
1971-1978
Rome and Milan, Italy
Members
SongsheetsNo. 023
UK Grime
2000-2010
East London, UK
Members
SongsheetsNo. 024
The Haçienda Sound
1982-1997
Manchester, UK
Members
SongsheetsNo. 025
90s Midwest Emo
1989-2000
Midwest United States (Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky)
Members
SongsheetsNo. 026
Underground UK Garage
1991-2002
London, UK
Members
SongsheetsNo. 027
Japanoise: The Extreme Edge of Sound
1960-2000
Tokyo & Osaka, Japan
Members
SongsheetsNo. 028
Bloghouse and Indie Sleaze
2003-2012
Paris, New York, London
Members
SongsheetsNo. 029
Vaporwave
2009-2016
Online (Turntable.fm, Bandcamp, Reddit, 4chan)
Members
SongsheetsNo. 030
Darkwave and Synth Goth
1979-1995
Europe (particularly Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France) and United States
Members
SongsheetsNo. 031
Death Metal (Tampa Bay)
1983-1995
Tampa Bay, Florida, USA
Members
SongsheetsNo. 032
Afrobeat
1968-1997
Lagos, Nigeria
Members
SongsheetsNo. 033
Reggaeton
1985-2017
Panama City, Panama & San Juan, Puerto Rico
Members
SongsheetsNo. 034
Motown
1959-1972
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Members
SongsheetsNo. 035
Seattle Grunge
1984-1997
Seattle, Washington, USA
Members
SongsheetsNo. 036
Berlin Techno
1988-2005
Berlin, Germany
Members
SongsheetsNo. 037
Jamaican Dancehall
1979-1995
Kingston, Jamaica
Members
SongsheetsNo. 038
The Minneapolis Sound
1958-1991
Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
Members
SongsheetsNo. 039
Bossa Nova
1956-1964
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Members
SongsheetsNo. 040
Chicago House
1977-1989
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Members
SongsheetsNo. 041
Icelandic Music
1980-present
Reykjavík, Iceland
Members
SongsheetsNo. 042
Bristol Trip Hop
1983-1998
Bristol, England
Members
SongsheetsNo. 043
New York Disco
1970-1983
New York City, USA
Members
SongsheetsNo. 044
Mali Desert Blues
1968-present
Mali, Algeria, Niger, Libya (Sahara/Sahel region)
Members
SongsheetsNo. 045
Northern Soul
1963-1981
Manchester, Stoke-on-Trent, Wigan and the North of England
Members
SongsheetsNo. 046
London Indie, 2002-07
2002-2007
London, UK
Members
SongsheetsNo. 047
Britpop
1992-1997
United Kingdom
Free to read
SongsheetsNo. 048
Dubstep
2001-2010
South London, UK
Members
SongsheetsNo. 049
2 Tone
1979-1984
Coventry, West Midlands, England
Members
SongsheetsNo. 050
C86 and Indie Pop
1983-1995
United Kingdom (Scotland, England)
Members