Alternative Rock
Festival First Timers: Almost Monday Joins The What Podcast
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Weezer Perform “All the Good Ones” on Fallon: Watch
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-11T14:36:10+00:00“>May 11, 2021 | 10:36am ET Weezer were the musical guest on Monday night’s episode of Jimmy Fallon, in promotion of their new album, Van Weezer. During their appearance, the rock veterans performed “All the Good Ones”. The track is a melodic ballad that wouldn’t be too out of place with Rivers Cuomo and company’s previous catalog, except for the heavier ’80s hard rock-inspired guitar riffs. “Rock and roll sounds better in the car,” he sang passionately on Fallon. “I just love the way she plays guitar/ When she dives down on the whammy bar/ She’ll be stuck on repeat, repeat in my head.” Van Weezer was released last week and was previewed by singles like...
Perry Farrell Announces New Song “MEND” with Kind Heaven Orchestra
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-08T23:44:57+00:00“>May 8, 2021 | 7:44pm ET Alternative rock veteran Perry Farrell has announced a new song “MEND” with his Kind Heaven Orchestra project. After nearly 40 years playing with Jane’s Addiciton and Pornos for Pyros, Farrell formed the Kind Heaven Orchestra with his wife and collaborator Etty Lau Farrell for the 2019 album Kind Heaven. The band was set to embark on a 2020 tour complete with a nine-piece band that was canceled due to COVID, but the legendary frontman made use of the time off to gather some of his musical peers for a new single due out on May 21st. “MEND” was written by Foo Fighters’ Taylor Hawkins, who also plays on the track alongside E...
Song of the Week: HEALTH and Nine Inch Nails Bring ’90s Apocalypse Vibes with “ISN’T EVERYONE”
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-08T15:11:59+00:00“>May 8, 2021 | 11:11am ET Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head ever week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, noise rockers HEALTH and industrial icons Nine Inch Nails are a match made in end-of-days heaven. Catharsis can take many curious forms: a good cry after a film, the euphoria among strangers dancing to an electric piece of pop, a long run (allegedly). Then, there’s HEALTH and Nine Inch Nails, two groups that have long harnessed the power of noise as their tool of choice, active...
The Joy Formidable Announce New Album Into the Blue, Share “Back to Nothing”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-07T15:47:42+00:00“>May 7, 2021 | 11:47am ET The Joy Formidable have announced their new album, Into the Blue, out August 20th via Enci Records in North America. As a preview, the Welsh alt-rockers have shared “Back to Nothing”, the second single from the upcoming LP. Spanning 11 tracks, Into the Blue was written by lead singer and guitarist Ritzy Bryan and her bandmates in North Wales and later completed at their homes in Utah. “It’s about opening your eyes to beauty and love again,” the trio shared in a press statement. “Making it to the other side. Whilst not conceived as a metaphor for the times we all live in now, it certainly turned out that way.” The ethereal “Back to Nothi...
Weezer’s Van Weezer Is All Big Riffs with Little Payoff: Review
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-06T22:09:22+00:00“>May 6, 2021 | 6:09pm ET The Lowdown: We’ve spent the first months of 2021 wrestling with some truly difficult questions. How will the pandemic end? Can America recover from its increasingly violent political polarization? Is Weezer actually good again? While the answers to those first two are still forthcoming, the last one seemed more straightforward — upon its surprise arrival in January, the band’s 14th studio album, OK Human, delivered some of Weezer’s most lyrically confessional and musically adventurous songs in recent memory. That record largely succeeded thanks to its grounded relatability, two words which seem unlikely to describe the followup to OK Hu...
Coldplay Share New Single “Higher Power” and Alien-Powered Video: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-06T23:00:12+00:00“>May 6, 2021 | 7:00pm ET Coldplay are back with “Higher Power”, their first new song in two years. The track reunites the British rockers with Max Martin, the Swedish super producer responsible for dozens of No. 1 hits. Watch the alien-powered music video below. The Chris Martin-led band beamed a specially recorded performance of the single to French ESA astronaut Thomas Pesquet, who premiered the track on board the International Space Station. The AR-augmented clip features dancing alien holograms, fitting in with the theme of the Alien Radio FM website where they’ve been teasing new music lately. “‘Higher Power’ is a song that arrived on a little keyboard and ...
Primal Scream’s Bobby Gillespie and Savages’ Jehnny Beth Unite on “Chase It Down”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-06T16:16:41+00:00“>May 6, 2021 | 12:16pm ET Bobby Gillespie of Primal Scream and Jehnny Beth of Savages have shared “Chase It Down”, a bombastic new song from their upcoming joint album, Utopian Ashes. Watch the accompanying music video below. The latest installment in the LP’s fictional story of a disintegrating marriage features soaring strings and an emphatic guitar solo by Primal Scream’s Andrew Innes. Fellow Primal Scream bandmates Martin Duffy (piano) and Darrin Mooney (drums) join Beth’s musical partner Johnny Hostile (bass) to fill out the instrumentation. This lineup is featured throughout the album. Gillespie opens the song by singing,...
The Bamboozle Festival to Return in 2023 Following 11-Year Absence
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-04T14:24:36+00:00“>May 4, 2021 | 10:24am ET The Bamboozle Festival, which became one of the premier events for emo bands and their fans during its run from 2003 to 2012, will return to New Jersey in 2023 for its first staging in 11 years. While few details have been announced, the event will take place May 5th-7th, 2023, at an undisclosed venue to mark the 20th anniversary of the first edition of the festival. Over the years, The Bamboozle boasted My Chemical Romance, Fall Out Boy, Blink-182, Taking Back Sunday, Newfound Glory, and countless other bands. While it became known as an emo destination, the New Jersey fest also featured such varied acts as Linkin Park, Foo Fighters, D...
Red Hot Chili Peppers Selling Song Catalog for More than $140 Million
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-04T15:02:03+00:00“>May 4, 2021 | 11:02am ET Red Hot Chili Peppers are ready to part ways with their song catalog, but they’re not just going to give it away, give it away, give it away now. As Variety notes, the California rockers have reached a deal with Hipgnosis Songs that is said to be worth upwards of $140 million. Founded in 1983, the Chili Peppers have been a force in alternative music for over three decades, with the bulk of the songwriting coming from singer Anthony Kiedis, bassist Flea, drummer Chad Smith, and on-again off-again guitarist John Frusciante, who, as of 2019, is officially on-again. It’s unclear if the deal has actually been finalized, but when it...
The Flaming Lips Announce Dates for 2021-22 World Tour
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-03T15:56:48+00:00“>May 3, 2021 | 11:56am ET The Flaming Lips have announced dates for a massive world tour that spans 2021 and 2022, and unlike their last couple of shows, the band will be the only ones in personal bubbles. As pioneers in human hamster ball technology, the Lips were better positioned than most rockers to weather the pandemic. The group’s recent bubble concert series created a novel live experience while prioritizing audience safety, but now that COVID-19 vaccines are widely available — at least in North America and Europe — normal touring is set to return. The Flaming Lips already had a pair of August 2021 dates on the calendar. Now, they’ve added a hefty sl...
Everclear Announce 2021 Tour with Hoobastank and Wheatus
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-03T17:24:37+00:00“>May 3, 2021 | 1:24pm ET Everclear are bringing back their nostalgia rock tour, Summerland, for 2021. This time around, they have recruited fellow alternative rock veterans Hoobastank and Wheatus. Funk metal pioneers Living Colour will be joining them as well. The trek kicks off July 2nd at Orange County Speedway in Middletown, New York, and will hit cities like Atlantic City, NJ; Houston, Texas; and Cincinnati, Ohio throughout the rest of the month. It will eventually extend through September and early October as COVID-19 mandates are lifted. In a statement, Everclear frontman and Summerland Tour founder Art Alexakis said, “After personally fighting C...
