Bringing Back the Rock

The music industry has always had its ups and downs. One year, rock is fading with the diminishing of nu-metal. The next, it's on the upswing with the gritty sounds coming from the New York garage scene. Hard rock recently took a backseat to the acoustic twang of folky crooners, but the present moment is shaping up to be an explosive boom for the genre. Hear what we mean with these edgy newcomers.