Chronicles five epochal years of music in the Big Apple against a backdrop of the high crime and low rents of the mid-1970s, tracing the formations of key sounds while evaluating the contributions of influential artists.

"In the 1990s, 'alternative' was suddenly mainstream, and bands like Pearl Jam and Pavement, Nirvana and R.E.M.--bands that a year before would have been too weird for MTV--were MTV. The boundaries of American culture were exploding, and music was leading the way. It was also in the 1990s when a shy music geek named Rob Sheffield met a hell-raising Appalachian punk-rock girl named Rene?e, who was way too cool for him but fell in love with him anyway....

In 1966, Brian Wilson entered the studio to compose Smile, a Beach Boys album that he believed would change the band, and perhaps the face of popular music, forever. What happened next became legend, as captured by journalist Jules Siegel, who had been given entry into Wilson's inner circle. "Goodbye Surfing, Hello God" ran in Cheetah magazine, helping to create the legend and mystery of Wilson's madcap genius. Then the story, like the album, disappeared....

The boys are back in town with their third No. 1 album. The boys are back in town with their third No. 1 album Fans are counting the days until One Direction kicks off the North American leg of their Where We Are tour in summer 2014. The tour will include plenty of songs from the band's new album Midnight Memories, which debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 and includes the popular singles "Best Song Ever" and "Story of My Life." To prepare for this...

An eleven-year-old Japanese-American girl joins her performing arts school's J-Pop club, where the members form an imitation band of their favorite girl group, coming together from different corners of the school to help and support one another along the way.