October 6, 2021

Halsey's ‘If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power’ film to debut on HBO Max

Halsey has been keeping fans on their toes since the August release of their fourth studio album, If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power.  In the same month, and just before the release of the album, fans saw the highly anticipated If I Can’t Have Love, I Want Power film make its big-screen debut...

How ska paved the way for punk... and took over the world along the way

“We’re the Interrupters! We’re from Los Angeles, California!” the young guitarist announces over a fanfare, as the camera pulls back and reveals a four-piece band, plus a singer, and a crush of throbbing humanity in a tiny space. “And this first song is a protest song, but it’s also a unity song. Because there’s no...

The Aubreys, DED, Bishop Briggs & Sueco make AP October cover debuts

From the Aubreys, Spiritbox and DED to Bishop Briggs, Sueco The Child and Tom Morello, issue #399 is jam-packed with musicians who are leading the way for alternative music. The onset of fall and the fast approach of Halloween offer an occasion for us to reflect on the passage of time. With this issue, Alternative...

Meet Cherie Amour: here's how they invented their own form of "nü punk"

Sometimes the ear knows when it hears something special. It perks up, attentively absorbing audio waves from a source wonderful and unique enough to command its undivided attention. Early twenty one pilots had that effect, blending an array of instruments, production techniques and vocal patterns into a happy hodgepodge of songs that eventually peppered the...