Apparently, modern-rock angst lends itself well to the high lonesome sound.    From Wordnik.com.  [play me that lick again?] Reference

There's also "Backspacer" from Pearl Jam, which is trying to maintain the modern-rock dominance it has enjoyed for nearly two decades.    From Wordnik.com.  [Two Grunge Giants Release New Records] Reference

On modern-rock radio, for example, the Switchfoot chorus “We were meant to live for so much more” is an appropriate drive-time sentiment for anyone with a lousy job.    From Wordnik.com.  [Hallelujah Palooza] Reference

Self-important and important in the modern-rock world.    From Wordnik.com.  [Times Record News Stories] Reference

You get that modern-rock meets symphonic sound from beginning to end, and.    From Wordnik.com.  [Latest reviews @ Progarchives.com, the ultimate progressive rock music website] Reference

That wealth of experience has made for a slick, thoughtful modern-rock band.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rochester City Newspaper] Reference

But Muse's music doesn't appeal to radio programmers beyond modern-rock stations.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

Rainline is a heavy modern-rock band rooted in big guitars and soaring vocal lines.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rochester City Newspaper] Reference

When our local modern-rock station plays Foo Fighters, I change the station everytime.    From Wordnik.com.  [Austin Bloggers: Austin Metablog] Reference

Five Finger Death Punch that still have a stranglehold on modern-rock and heavy metal radio stations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Phoenix New Times | Complete Issue] Reference

Sometime Around Midnight opened at No. 34 on the Billboard modern-rock chart and is steady at No. 35 in its third week.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

That's quite a shift from the early days of Matchbox Twenty, when the band all but owned alternative and modern-rock stations.    From Wordnik.com.  [Freep.com - RSS] Reference

• They opened with their latest single Break and proceeded to blast through cathartic modern-rock anthems from their three albums.    From Wordnik.com.  [Winnipeg Sun] Reference

The 'Burbs' brainy and bouncy blend of new wave, funk and disco sounded like a blueprint for the modern-rock dance music of the '90s and' 00s.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

Last time out, Rihanna was taking her video inspirations from Trent Reznor, and this time, she's going down the modern-rock playlist and plumbing ideas from.    From Wordnik.com.  [Idolator: Music News, Reviews, And Gossip] Reference

But I hope we can all agree that "Strange Currencies" and "What's the Frequency, Kenneth?" are not just R.E.M. classics, but modern-rock classics by any measure.    From Wordnik.com.  [Murmurs.com] Reference

When he was about to turn 21, Carroll got the call to join the modern-rock band American Minor, which started in West Virginia and had since moved into Illinois.    From Wordnik.com.  [NPR Topics: News] Reference

The indie band Airborne Toxic Event's song Sometime Around Midnight opened at No. 34 on the Billboard modern-rock chart and is steady at No. 35 in its third week.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Globe and Mail - Home RSS feed] Reference

Pat DiNizio, lead singer of the 1980s modern-rock hitmakers the Smithereens, is the reason about 30 people gathered in Tom and Suzanne Steman's St. Cloud kitchen.    From Wordnik.com.  [StarTribune.com rss feed] Reference

Music fans will forever lock a band or style into the confines of the decade when it first became popular, be it the 50's, 60's, 70's, 80's, or in the case of Rainline's modern-rock sound, the 90's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rochester City Newspaper] Reference

Instead, we get a litany of annoying rock ballads and anguished modern-rock pap, plus one extremely ill-advised affectation: Just as fellow recovering addict Eminem inexplicably adopted a Jamaican patois on 2009's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Village Voice - The most recent 10 stories] Reference

And yet KROQ, the behemoth modern-rock station that represents all that is evil in radio, continues to thrive with 3.5 percent of the market and a ranking of 9th-most-popular station in all of Southern California.    From Wordnik.com.  [Pop + Politics] Reference

"Now modern-rock songs are so hyper-emotional and so heavy-handed.    From Wordnik.com.  [NashvilleScene.com] Reference

Music director Whip - our choice for Best DJ in Denver - juxtaposes many of the most interesting current modern-rock acts (the.    From Wordnik.com.  [Westword | Complete Issue] Reference

Is Dave Matthews our modern-rock messiah?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Denver Post: News: Breaking: Local] Reference

Surrender, Perth's modern-rock/metal band. band.    From Wordnik.com.  [ricecooker | apa cerit?] Reference

The band, a virtual modern-rock hit-making.    From Wordnik.com.  [WN.com - Articles related to Ancient art brings new hope for war-weary Afghanistan] Reference