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As we come to the end of 2021, we’re also concluding Alternative Press’ end-of-the-year celebration. We asked each artist we interviewed for our December 2021 issue to answer two specific questions: What was the best thing you heard in 2021, and who should we look out for in 2022? This final article covers our 2022 […]

Alternative Press is back again with our end-of-the-year celebration. Hopefully you know the drill already, but if you haven’t heard, we asked each artist we interviewed for our December 2021 issue to answer two specific questions: what was the best thing you heard in 2021, and who should we look out for in 2022? This […]

Are the winter blues getting you down? Don’t worry, Alternative Press’ end-of-the-year celebration is here to bring you some holiday cheer. If you haven’t heard already, we asked each artist we interviewed for our December 2021 issue of AltPress magazine to answer two specific questions: what was the best thing you heard in 2021, and […]

Hello and welcome to Alternative Press’ end-of-the-year celebration! We know that for a lot of people, 2021 has been less than ideal, to say the least. That’s why we wanted to bring you a little holiday cheer  — with the help of some of our favorite artists.  We asked each artist we interviewed for our […]

Lorde has shared a brand-new video for her song “Leader of a New Regime.” The track appears on her third studio album, Solar Power, which was released in August. Lorde announced the brand-new visual in a newsletter to fans on the date of this year’s winter solstice. Read more: Glass Animals cover Lorde’s “Solar Power” […]

After Doctor Strange’s role in the events of Spider-Man: No Way Home, details of the Marvel character’s next moves are becoming clearer. The highly anticipated Spider-Man: No Way Home earned $260 million domestically after its release last weekend, according to a box office report from Sony. The film follows Tom Holland’s Spider-Man as he turns to […]

The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have announced shortlists for 10 Academy Award categories. Shortlist voting for this year’s Oscar nominations ended Dec. 15 and voting on the resulting nominees will begin Jan. 27 and end Feb. 1. These 10 awards, along with the rest of the categories, will have their nominees officially […]

Four hundred issues after the very first book to carry our name ran off the printers back in 1985, we look back on 36 years of our favorite-ever AP covers, the stories they told and the secrets behind their creation. You can pick up an issue here, starring twenty one pilots. Read more: In issue […]

Controlled chaos is a mentality that Kid Bookie brings to his day-to-day life just as much as his metal-laced hip-hop. At the beginning of the interview, Kid Bookie politely asks if he can light up a spliff after breaking a tooth onstage a few days prior. He was performing a cover of “Creep” by Radiohead, […]

Frank Carter and Dean Richardson of Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes are launching a new NFT project with “eco-friendly” NFT company Serenade. The first NFT, titled Vita Brevis, is a skull digitally created by the pair. Read more: Woman-led NFT gallery Vellum LA is transforming how we experience art “Life is short, this NFT will […]

Harry Potter is celebrating its 20th anniversary next month with a new special. In still more exciting news, Warner Brothers has suggested that they would like to release more Harry Potter content. In a recent Bloomberg conference, the company’s CEO Ann Sarnoff spoke about the franchise and hinted about what could happen in the future. […]

Hyperpop has always been a genre that is DIY and willing to push musical boundaries. That independence began with its rise in popularity in the mid-2010s and continues into the present. It’s also the reason hyperpop has been able to fluidly blend with a wide range of styles, helping artists make music that is ever […]

Emma Ruth Rundle’s fifth solo album sees her confront and pick at the bones of her darkest memories, searching for closure. Fragile, vulnerable and raw, it’s her most emotional and conceptually heavy album yet. Read more: twenty one pilots discuss their roots, their fans and ‘Scaled And Icy’ Stripped back Rundle has established herself as […]

Turnstile made their late-night television debut last night on Late Night With Seth Meyers. The band performed two tracks from their latest album GLOW ON. “Making their late-night debut,” Seth Meyers says in his introduction, “Performing “MYSTERY” and “T.L.C.” off their acclaimed album GLOW ON, give it up for Turnstile!” Read more: Turnstile share highly […]

With the rise of antiheroes in shows such as Disney+’s Loki and Dexter: New Blood, audiences now have a wide variety of characters to cheer for. According to a new Variety interview with Tom Hiddleston and Michael C. Hall, their characters are not completely evil after all. The Norse god of mischief Loki, played in […]

Sam Fender has joined forces with Holly Humberstone for an acoustic version of his hit track “Seventeen Going Under.” The song, which is the title track of Fender’s sophomore album, was originally released earlier this year. Read more: 14 modern artists who are continuing to build the legacy of indie Fender and Humberstone both teased […]

Unquestionably, metalcore and its associated subgenres have traditionally been masculine. Even in the way we describe the music, with “brutal” screams and “savage” breakdowns, the metal lexicon occasionally can make it challenging for someone with an alternative gender identity. While we’ve seen a gradually increasing inclusion of female and nonbinary artists breaking the mold for […]

A new clip of Machine Gun Kelly playing a Wild West bank robber in the upcoming action movie The Last Son is out. The David Von Ancken-directed film hits theaters and on-demand via Redbox Dec. 10. Read more: Machine Gun kelly announces new custom Schecter signature guitar The Last Son follows 19-century outlaw Isaac Lemay […]