@djjd62,
Yeah, I have big section of alt pop/rock cd singles from the 90s that are classics, things like 'The Way' by Fastball, 'In the meantime' by Spacehog, 'Home' by Skunkhour, 'Deeper water' by Deadstar, 'Drinking in LA by Bran Van 5000, 'Touched' by VAST, 'Sex and candy' Marcy Playground, 'Come on spring' Antenna, 'Road rage' Catatonia, 'Jimmie Rodgers' Fur, 'Goddess on a highway' Mercury Rev, 'Naughty boy' The Mavises, 'Devil's diary' The Caulfields, 'Jesse' Paw, 'Stamp' Hagfish, 'Born with a tail' Supersuckers, 'Screamager' Therapy?, 'Butterfly Wings' Machines of Loving Grace, 'Place your hands' Reef, 'Popular' Nada Surf et bloody cetera.
I've never know what to call that sort of music - it's not power pop but it is slickly produced, post-modernist in lyrical content, and it's got a good beat you can dance to. In a lot of ways I'm more fond of the 90s than the 80s.