Much like the dreaded hipster, “music nerd” is a loaded term. Not that obsessing over vinyl, headphones, tour dates, and Dutch tape music will get you stuffed in a metaphorical locker, or ...

It's not all sex and drugs. Popular music has a long history of nerd-dom. Sometimes it's a style, other times it's substance, but here's an incomplete guide to some of music's greatest geeks, on a ...

Orlando has long been a hotbed of nerd music, hosting internationally recognized festivals – like Nerdapalooza and Orlando Nerd Fest – devoted to the multigenre musical scene of geeks making music ...

Rick Snyder may have made the “nerd” moniker a bit passé, but these songs prove it’s still possible to gleefully embrace the nerdier aspects of our experience. Though now considered a pillar of ...

Alex Trebek may not understand what nerdcore is, but that doesn’t make it any less awesome. The music subgenre dedicated to everything geeky is just one of the many realms of music celebrating nerds.

Embracing your inner nerd (or geek) has always been a struggle in life. Some people have found it easy to be openly nerdy, and they have suffered the stereotypes and stigmas that come with doing so.

A child of Hollywood royalty explains how, in her childhood, one band opened her mind to "the mathematics of music." How Rashida Jones Found Her Inner Music Nerd This summer, All Things Considered has ...

Nerds come in many forms. Some build stuff, some like video games, and others sweat the tiny details of audio fidelity or salivate over vintage drum machines. That latter group can be difficult to ...