In the context of consuming mainstream music and movies, the word reverberates with illegitimacy.
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"We set up Berisik.com because mainstream music in Indonesia is so monotonous, " said co-founder Mahdesi.
The sights and sounds of old-school games like Frogger and Donkey Kong are now becoming a part of mainstream music and culture.
The recognition from the mainstream pop music industry was vindication of sorts for the group.
Best known for the 1988 MTV hit "Cult of Personality" and for making African-Americans more visible in mainstream rock music Living Colour visited WNYC a few days before releasing The Chair in the Doorway, its first album in six years.
Inspired by his trip, Palacio decided to drop the electronic sound that was slowly dominating mainstream Central-American music and devote his sound to the traditional Garifuna music of acoustic guitars accompanied by intelligent, traditional lyrics.
In some quarters, it seems 1991, which also saw the release of Pearl Jam's multiplatinum debut album "Ten" and Soundgarden's "Badmotorfinger, " is being treated as year 0 of grunge, because that's when the music exploded into the mainstream consciousness.
Synthesizers and other elements of mainstream reggae, techno and rap infuse the music.
For his latest album, Palacio abandoned mainstream Latin-American instruments and simplified his music to connect more with the true sound of his home country.
When Sam Cooke, Ray Charles and Aretha Franklin began singing popular music, they brought melisma to more mainstream audiences.
Now All Things Digital reports that Parker has joined a consortium looking to buy Warner Music Group, one of the major mainstream labels that sued Napster for copyright violation and had a hand in shutting the site down.
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Music clubs and monster sites are fine if you have mainstream musical tastes.
While well-known to fans of Latino music and Mexican TV, Rivera appeared poised to breakthrough to mainstream America due to a new TV show she was set to star in for ABC.
In a year when the music press has bemoaned the lack of new British rock bands breaking into the mainstream, The Vaccines told the BBC their nomination was proof it was possible for guitar bands.
And if there was any doubt that electronic dance music is a dominating force, even if it's still underappreciated by the mainstream, Swedish House Mafia and Justice played the main stage.
Electronic dance music, better known as EDM, has finally surged from its underground roots and into mainstream consciousness.
Much debate is currently raging around the classical music world over "crossover" artists - classical performers who are marketed to appeal to a mainstream audience.
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