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Phangs makes '90s-inspired music made for a coming-of-age movie soundtrack

Jake Germany has had a prolific music career for well over a decade. As Phangs, he explores moving into a more guitar-driven sound and landing a song on Love Island.

Magnolia Park deliver the bittersweet truth with “I should’ve listened to my friends”

Magnolia Park’s new single “I should’ve listened to my friends” is out now. The group discuss the song, heartbreak and touring with Simple Plan.

Catch Turnover, Turnstile and more on tour

This is Tour Guide, a weekly recap of the concert news fans don’t want to miss. From Turnover to Turnstile, check out who’s coming to a city near you.

Lit announce Spring Loaded tour, release live video for "Yeah Yeah Yeah"

Lit are unveiling details today for their Spring Loaded U.S. tour. Alternative Press is bringing you the first word on the new run. The band also dropped a new live video for their single “Yeah Yeah Yeah.” Read more: Are the 2000s back? How Avril Lavigne, Chris Carrabba are uniting Gen Z and millennials During […]

11 alternative songs that show appreciation for all forms of motherhood

Mother’s Day is fast approaching, which means it’s time to celebrate and honor all of the badass moms and motherly figures in our lives. A mother’s love is unmatched. They bring us into the world, guide us through life and yell at us to make our bed and pick up our clothes. Read more: Here […]

10 iconic riffs that you’ll always recognize immediately

There are a number of factors that might make a song immediately recognizable—a whisper, a cough, a G note… But nothing gets our little black hearts racing quite as rapidly as a guitar riff we know like the backs of our hands. You don’t even have to be a guitarist to get the sentiment. As […]

10 musicians who joined established bands and didn't miss a beat

Band lineup changes are hardly a rarity in the music scene. Between creative differences, life events and personal fallouts, it’s pretty common for at least one member to go in a different direction over the course of an outfit’s tenure. And that, of course, leaves a significant void to be filled. How a band decide […]

10 musicians who contributed to a band before officially joining

While some bands have miraculously played for decades without a lineup change, most have had to replace a member or two throughout their tenure. We see it all the time, though it’s not always as staggering as, say, Matt Skiba stepping into a Tom DeLonge-shaped void. Often, it marks a natural progression for people who had […]

10 times alternative artists unexpectedly appeared on children's shows

Believe it or not, some of your favorite musicians have made cameos or are even heavily involved with the making of popular children’s shows and teen series. In fact, just look at Bowling For Soup, who co-wrote and sang the iconic theme song to Disney‘s Phineas And Ferb, or Jack White, who played and sang […]

10 alternative songs you wish you could hear for the first time again

All die-hard music fans can remember the first time they discovered a new band or heard a song that made them smash the replay button. Sometimes tracks have this unique capability to take your breath away, creating a fresh relationship that can launch you into a new world of music discovery. This connection to new […]

QUIZ: Do you know the real lyrics to these commonly misheard songs?

It’s pretty mind-blowing when you find out that you’ve been singing the wrong lyrics. Especially when you sing them to a song you’ve loved since you first listened to it.  We’ve all been there with wrong lyrics. Sometimes you just find out that you really don’t know the words like you thought you did. That […]

10 alt Kidz Bop covers from the 2000s that are so bad, they’re good

From low-rise jeans to flashy Myspace themes, the 2000s was an era defined by flamboyancy. While the majority of those embarrassing trends naturally faded with time, one product of the ’00s has overstayed its welcome. The infamous brand Kidz Bop has been churning out family-friendly compilation albums since 2001 sung by kids, for kids.  But […]

10 alternative Christmas covers for people who hate the holidays

Are there any arguments more divisive than the appropriateness of Christmas music during any given time or place? Sure, there’s the whole “pineapple on pizza” debate, but does that really get your blood boiling like being assaulted with holiday merriment? There are a number of reasons why anyone might be ill-disposed toward seasonal jingles. Maybe […]

Here's how #iVoted Festival is breaking records with a 600-artist gig

Billie Eilish, Jeff Tweedy, Taking Back Sunday, Trey Anastasio of Phish and over 600 other artists will take part in the largest single-night digital concert ever this Election Day, the #iVoted Festival 2020. The event, which runs from noon to 2 a.m. ET Tuesday, will be held on the streaming platform Mandolin. Participating acts will […]

QUIZ: Do you remember the lyrics to Bowling For Soup’s “1985”?

“1985” by Bowling For Soup is a certified scene anthem. We’ve screamed it at Warped Tour and blasted it through our car speakers for 16 years now, but it’s still hard to believe it’s been around that long.  Even though it’s a classic, the song has been revived through TikTok, with people making a variety of […]

How Bowling For Soup changed the lyrics to “1985” to make it their own

“I want you to stay. I want you to go.” That sounds like 70% of the sentiments found in the lyric sheets of bands operating in 21st century emo, right there. Bowling For Soup frontman Jaret Reddick knows something about the particular trend. After all, he did write an entire album around that. Reddick got […]

These 10 soundtracks might be better than the movies they were from

When movie adaptations and remakes are released, they usually generate the same initial response. “Was it better than the book?” “Is it as good as the comic?” We’re guilty of that, too. But really, we’re the ones asking if the soundtrack was any good. It’s that mindset  that inspired this countdown of soundtracks that might […]

20 side projects you should already be listening to by now

Side projects have the special ability to give artists the chance to express themselves in whatever manner they choose without snobby genre lords or the (sometimes self-imposed) shackles of their previous works confining their sonic decisions. Sometimes these new bands go in an intentionally more mainstream direction, while other times the word “commercial” is never […]

These are 19 of the best music videos to come out of the scene

MTV launched Aug. 1, 1981, and eventually took over the planet as a youth authority and a music video jukebox that had the power to catapult an artist’s career to the stratosphere. As YouTube and other streaming platforms took flight in 2005, MTV slowly started becoming more obsolete and less meaningful as a video network, […]

Hear Goalkeeper make a sad pop-punk song funny in “Happy”

We’re convinced that our lives would be so much better if Goalkeeper would just sing about them. The trio of frontman/bassist Ryan Beebe, guitarist Marc Juliano and drummer Cody Ritchie have an amazing ability to make the saddest things OK. On “Happy,” the boys reenact a first band practice scenario for laughs. The video (produced […]
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