Instrumentals have long been a part of the rock and roll landscape. In early years, bands would thoughtlessly bang out the non-lyric songs as a way to fill out their LPs. As years progressed, however, ...

Let’s be real. This wouldn’t be a list of incredible instrumental rock music moments without mentioning the 1976 song “Eruption” by Van Halen. Eddie Van Halen was the OG guitar hero in many respects, ...

It’s fair to assume that human beings started singing long before the first musical instrument was invented, but there are plenty of brilliant songs that, for one reason or another, eschew vocals ...

Here are the 10 best instrumental metal albums since 2010, ranked by Intervals' Aaron Marshall. So, when he has some recommendations about the modern era of instrumental metal (instru-metal?), you're ...

Notes This mixtape appeared on the original DATPIFF.COM service (2005-2023) and was recovered from a system-wide backup of the service. Tracks may be missing due to never being uploaded by the ...

Legendary mixtape platform DatPiff has uploaded the entirety of its over 366,420-project catalog to the internet archive. Last March, the service which calls itself “The Authority In Mixtapes” ...

Notes This mixtape appeared on the original DATPIFF.COM service (2005-2023) and was recovered from a system-wide backup of the service. Tracks may be missing due to never being uploaded by the ...

Ten years ago, Earl Sweatshirt released his debut studio album Doris via Tan Cressida and Odd Future Records. The project was largely produced by Sweatshirt himself under a pseudonym and went on to ...

Long before Spotify and streaming music was a thing, mixtapes were everything. DatPiff.com was one of the most popular mixtape sites of that era. Now, there's a race to archive the mixtape catalogues ...

Instrumentals were an integral part of the northern soul scene, from the Marketts' Stirrin' Up Some Soul to the Just Brothers' Sliced Tomatoes. Sometimes they were nothing more than backing tracks for ...