June is upon us, which means it’s time for the next issue of Alternative Press. We’re thrilled to present our new issue (#407) with cover stars MUNA. Check out a preview of the story below.
Within the pages of our June issue, a number of talented creatives appear alongside MUNA. That list ...
Alexisonfire have shared "Sans Soleil" ahead of their upcoming album, Otherness. The record drops June 24 via Dine Alone Records.
Otherness is Alexisonfire's first album in over 13 years.
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"Sans Soleil" is a heartfelt track about the trials one faces in the quest for self-love an
Alexisonfire have released the second single from Otherness, “Reverse The Curse.” The track previews their first studio album in 13 years, out June 24 via Dine Alone Records.
“Reverse The Curse” follows “Sweet Dreams Of Otherness.” George Pettit spoke about the new sin...
As if a new album wasn't enough, Alexisonfire have announced tour dates for 2022. The news comes after the announcement of their first record in 13 years, titled Otherness.
Alexisonfire will also appear at a handful of international festivals throughout 2022, including Lollapalooza, Aftershock and So What...
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2022 is shaping up to be the year of the comeback. Alexisonfire have just announced a new album, Otherness. Ahead of the release, the band have shared “Sweet Dreams of Otherness.”
Otherness marks Alexisonfire's first studio album in 13 years. The album is due Jun...
The Venn diagram comprising many punk and metal offshoots got pretty messy in the 2000s. Post-hardcore crews were regularly lumped in with metalcore, screamo, emo and a plethora of hybrid acts, often sounding comparable and touring together...
There’s a remarkable difference between taking two weeks to complete a project and taking two years. With two years, there’s more time to learn, grow and excel at your craft. There’s also more time to experience life. That’s the process that nothing,nowhere. (Joe Mulherin) landed ...
If the sonic leanings of new alternative bands are any indication, pop punk isn't dead and neither is punk rock.
Be it through the continued influence of traditional groups or experimental infusions by genre-bending outfits, the punk sound is still ever-prevalent in the modern scene. Whi...
If you grew up in the 2000s, rocked band T-shirts almost daily and decorated your locker top to bottom with clippings of Kellin Quinn and Oli Sykes, you’re definitely a child of the post-hardcore era.
Now, post-hardcore, while being a specific genre, is a very gray area where bands such as Bring Me The Horizon are grouped with Deftones and Flyleaf. These gro...
Undoubtedly, My Chemical Romance are sweet onstage, but cake artist Shannon Murphy took her love of music and turned it into Mikey Way-approved cakes and cookies.
Based in Toronto, Murphy is an accomplished confectionary creator who even appeared on season 1 of Food Network Canada's The Big Bake for the 2019 holiday season and tackled her biggest cakes to date...
Alexisonfire's Wade MacNeil has joined forces with Andrew "Ango" Macpherson to create an original score for Random Acts of Violence.
The new horror film is directed by Jay Baruchel (This Is The End, Tropic Thunder) and is currently available to stream on Shudder...
Leave it to us to create a video for a list that was bound to fuel some fire. This APTV installment salutes singers from the 2000s whose voices shaped the scene. It was a pivotal time in youth culture. The combined tidal waves of annoying pop stars and nu-metal dudes in funny pants were giving entire continents massive ear fatigue...
The first decade of this century began in the wake of boy bands and nü metal, so no one truly knew which sounds and bands would break out this time around. Well, “the scene” became a widely used (and misused) phrase, and bands decided to become more egalitarian.
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Hardcore and metalcore have dominated the heavy music scene throughout many eras, from the early 2000s to the 2010s and even today. The early 2000s saw the boom of the new wave of American heavy metal and the emergence of metalcore as the primary subgenre to watch...
Sometimes after a band break up, a band member will bounce back to save our broken hearts from drowning in sadness with an amazing solo project. Other times, musicians complete and record a tracklist on their own that doesn’t fit in with their main band.
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The 2004 alternative music community turned out to be a pivotal moment in time for scene bands. As the two previous years set the foundation for the genre, it quickly expanded. Musicians started to experiment more on albums with genres outside of emo, punk and pop...
When the new millennium broke, the alternative music community was heavily saturated with popular genres such as punk, pop punk and emo. Lying dormant, a new alternative music sound and scene was awaiting its time to shine. In 2002, it absolutely exploded...