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Shirley Manson
Shirley Manson (born 1966, Edinburgh) is the Scottish lead singer of alternative rock band Garbage, joined in 1994 after MTV aired her Angelfish video; albums Garbage and Version 2.0, Bond theme The World Is Not Enough.
Shitgaze
Shitgaze, also written shit gaze, is a mid-2000s lo-fi rock microgenre from the Columbus, Ohio DIY scene blending shoegaze, noise rock, and slacker rock; coined in 2005 by Kevin DeBroux, associated with Psychedelic Horseshit and Times New Viking.
Shoegaze
Shoegaze (shoegazing) is a late-1980s British indie rock genre named for performers staring at their effects pedals, defined by walls of distorted, reverberant guitar and buried vocals, with My Bloody Valentine, Ride, Slowdive, and Lush as core acts.
Siamese Dream
Siamese Dream is the Smashing Pumpkins' second album, released July 27, 1993 on Virgin, produced by Butch Vig and Billy Corgan at Triclops Sound Studios, Atlanta; known for massive layered Big Muff guitar walls, six million sales, and singles Cherub Rock, Today, Disarm, and Rocket.
Sigilkore
Sigilkore is an internet-born microgenre of trap music that emerged on SoundCloud in the late 2010s, defined by distorted, bass-boosted 808s, bitcrushed production, tempo shifts, and occult imagery.
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriter: a musician who writes and performs their own songs, both music and lyrics, usually self-accompanied on guitar or piano. Term first attested 1949, popularized in the late-1950s American folk boom; Bob Dylan among the first so labeled; related to troubadour, chanson, and cantautori traditions.
Siren (Roxy Music album)
Siren (1975) is the fifth studio album by English art rock band Roxy Music, produced by Chris Thomas at AIR Studios, led by the UK No. 2 single Love Is the Drug, their first US top-40 hit, with Jerry Hall on the cover; the last album before the band's first split.
Sixteen Stone
Sixteen Stone is the 1994 debut album by British rock band Bush, produced by Clive Langer and Alan Winstanley at Westside Studios, London; a six-times-platinum post-grunge landmark with the singles Everything Zen, Comedown, Machinehead, and Glycerine.
Ska
Ska, or ska music, is a Jamaican popular music genre that emerged around 1960, defined by its offbeat accent, walking bass, and horns; it slowed into rocksteady and then reggae.
Skate punk
Skate punk, also called skatepunk, is a fast, melodic punk rock subgenre from 1980s Southern California tied to skateboarding culture, defined by 180–220 BPM tempos, downstroked guitars, indie labels like Epitaph and Fat Wreck Chords, and a 1990s breakout.
Slide It In
Slide It In is Whitesnake's sixth studio album (1984), also known as the band's double-mix release. Recorded at Musicland Studios, Munich; UK mix with Micky Moody, US Keith Olsen remix with John Sykes; UK chart peak 9, US double Platinum.
Slip of the Tongue
Slip of the Tongue is the eighth studio album by British hard rock band Whitesnake, released in November 1989 and peaking at number 10 on the UK and US charts.
Slippery When Wet
Slippery When Wet, Bon Jovi's third studio album released August 18, 1986, recorded in Vancouver with Bruce Fairbairn; best-selling album of 1987, 15x Platinum RIAA, 28 million copies sold.
Sludge metal
Sludge metal, a fusion of doom metal and hardcore punk also called sludge, arose from Black Flag's My War and the Melvins and crystallized in the New Orleans scene of Eyehategod, Crowbar and Acid Bath.
Soca music
Soca, a Carnival dance music genre from Trinidad and Tobago created by Lord Shorty (Garfield Blackman, Ras Shorty I) in the early 1970s as the "soul of calypso", fusing calypso with East Indian rhythms; originally spelled sokah; includes groovy, chutney, power, ragga, and parang subgenres.
Soft grunge (music)
Soft grunge (music): a 2010s alternative rock style from the emo revival fusing 1990s grunge heaviness with emo introspection; bands include Citizen, Basement, Title Fight, and Balance and Composure, largely on Run For Cover Records; distinct from the Tumblr soft grunge fashion aesthetic.
Soft rock
Soft rock: melodic, unaggressive style of rock music, also called lite rock, emphasizing pop hooks and smooth production; peaked in the 1970s with Fleetwood Mac and the Eagles, then fed into adult contemporary radio.
Some Girls
Some Girls (1978) is the Rolling Stones' 14th UK/16th US studio album, recorded in Paris and produced by the Glimmer Twins; US No. 1, 6x Platinum, known for "Miss You", its punk-disco style, and a censored celebrity cover.
Son cubano
Son cubano: Cuban music-dance genre from eastern Cuba (Santiago de Cuba, Guantánamo, Holguín), fusing Spanish strings and song with Bantu rhythms and clave; base of salsa, mambo, chachachá; UNESCO heritage 2025.
Songs for the Deaf
Songs for the Deaf (2002) is the third album by Queens of the Stone Age, a radio-drive concept record from Los Angeles to Joshua Tree with Dave Grohl on drums; its lead single "No One Knows" became the band's signature song, and it reached number 4 in the UK.
Sonic Highways
Sonic Highways is Foo Fighters' eighth studio album (RCA, November 10, 2014) and an eight-part HBO documentary series; eight songs were recorded in eight US cities with guests like Zac Brown and Joe Walsh, debuting at number two on the Billboard 200.
Sophie (musician)
SOPHIE (Sophie Xeon, 1986–2021) was a Scottish producer, singer, and DJ central to hyperpop; albums Oil of Every Pearl's Un-Insides (2018, Grammy-nominated) and the 2024 posthumous self-titled final album; died in Athens fall.
Soul music
Soul music: gospel-influenced African American popular music genre, also called soul, evolving from rhythm and blues in the late 1950s; defined by melismatic, improvisatory gospel vocals, call-and-response, and regional scenes at Stax, Motown, and Muscle Shoals.
SoundCloud indie
SoundCloud indie is a guitar-led music scene on the SoundCloud platform blending alt-rock with hip-hop and lo-fi bedroom production; artists include bunii, Ebril, yiru, and kid moon, and the scene grew over 2.5 times in 2025.
Space rock
Space rock: a rock subgenre coined in the 1970s for Pink Floyd and Hawkwind, defined by long psychedelic passages, reverbed guitars, synthesizers, and space-themed lyrics; later revived by Spacemen 3 and Spiritualized.
Speed metal
Speed metal: fast-tempo subgenre of heavy metal from the late 1970s and early 1980s, built on NWOBHM and Motörhead, codified by "Exciter" and "Fast as a Shark," ancestor of thrash and power metal.
Speedcore
Speedcore is an extreme hardcore techno subgenre defined by tempos of 300 BPM and above, distorted 909-style kicks, and roots in 1990s techno, gabber, and Bloody Fist; subgenres include splittercore and extratone.
Sports (Huey Lewis and the News album)
Sports (1983) is the third album by Huey Lewis and the News, self-produced on Chrysalis Records. It hit No. 1 on the Billboard 200, sold over seven million copies, and spawned four Top 10 singles including "I Want a New Drug."
Stadium Arcadium
Stadium Arcadium, Red Hot Chili Peppers' ninth studio album (2006), a 28-song double album on Jupiter and Mars discs, produced by Rick Rubin at The Mansion; first RHCP Billboard 200 number one and four-time Grammy winner.
Steve Augeri
Steve Augeri, American melodic rock singer, Journey lead vocalist 1998-2006 after Steve Perry; earlier Tall Stories founder and Tyketto's Shine singer; later solo artist with Seven Ways 'Til Sunday.