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Television is a great way to find new music and rediscover old songs. When artists are featured on TV show soundtracks, they are able to dive into a different medium. This grants them access to a whole new audience. With shows ranging from flirty rom-coms to haunting thrillers and everything in between, there are many […]

CHVRCHES have enlisted the help of the Cure’s Robert Smith to release their emotional new single, “How Not To Drown.” The deeply vulnerable track is about coming back from a place you thought you’d never return from when the stress and pressure of everything make it impossible to escape and bounce back to your true […]

Michelle Zauner knows a thing or two about grief. After a few years in Philly indie-emo band Little Big League, the Seoul, South Korea-born Zauner moved back to her hometown of Eugene, Oregon, to care for her mother, then diagnosed with stage 4 gastrointestinal cancer. She died six months later.  In the wake of that […]

It stands to reason LGBTQIA+ culture informed, inspired and enmeshed with punk, down to the crossover with the ’70s glam scene that helped spawn it. After all, both worlds were essentially the Island of Misfit Toys, from the Rankin/Bass 1964 holiday special Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer: a rebel culture for those whose ideas don’t fit […]

Like it or not, Willow Smith has taken every label thrust her way and dismantled them piece by piece to create a sound and a sense of authenticity that leaves no room for question marks. Over the course of four albums and several EPs, WILLOW has evolved into an undeniably genuine individual while putting her […]

Featured in the March 2000 issue (#140), blink-182 made their Alternative Press cover debut. Following the release of their third studio album in June 1999, Enema Of The State, the trio were shot by Sean Murphy for their first cover. To celebrate the 22-year anniversary of Enema, we’ve unearthed a portion of their interview. The […]

After releasing her most recent anthemic track earlier this month, WILLOW has shared the official video for her Travis Barker collab “t r a n s p a r e n t s o u l.”  The 20-year-old singer was inspired to embrace her pop-punk side by iconic bands such as Paramore, My Chemical Romance, […]

At the pace in which music is released, thanks to modern streaming services, it’s no wonder we’ve all grown accustomed (and arguably spoiled) to receiving a new album or collection of music from our favorite artists approximately every two years. While artists such as Taylor Swift, Prince and Ariana Grande have all joined the elite […]

Waterparks deal with an obsessed fan in their new cinematic video for “Violet!” from their recently released album Greatest Hits. Like many other songs from Alternative Press’s May cover stars, “Violet!” has a playful and upbeat sound while the lyrics reveal a darker tone. Read more: Awsten Knight and Joel Madden have a low tolerance […]

From animated high-speed chases to fiery explosions on LED panels to straightforward clips of musicians pouring their hearts out, there are so many different directions a metalcore band can take when crafting the perfect music video. Artists are tasked with determining which visual effects will best enhance the story being told in the song.  Over […]

POORSTACY expresses his frustrations with the false realities of society and social media in his latest track “Public Enemy” via 10K Projects. Ahead of the release of his first full length hard rock album, the song is a thrashing commentary on the disillusionment of social norms and structures. Read more: K.Flay releases politically charged “TGIF” […]

Given Waterparks’ discography, it would have been entirely acceptable and too easy for them to release a true-to-form greatest hits record composed of fan-favorite tracks. But rather than revisiting their previous accomplishments and restyling them, Waterparks’ fourth full-length, Greatest Hits, creates an encapsulating space that analyzes the perception of reality. While the trio wrote and […]

Alt-pop singer Carlie Hanson captures all the emotions surrounding heartbreak in her collab with MASN on “Gucci Knife.” The song centers around coming to terms with someone abruptly leaving your life and the way it makes you feel. The upbeat pop elements of the song are paired with a haunting beat to mirror the mixed […]

twenty one pilots’ highly anticipated sixth full-length, Scaled And Icy, is finally here. Moving away from the darker tones of Trench and Blurryface, the album reverts back to the playful alt-pop sound of their charming third album, Vessel. While Blurryface helped catapult the duo to mainstream success—“Stressed Out” became one of the first rock songs […]

In recent years, blink-182’s Travis Barker has been an active supporter of younger artists, appearing on tracks with Machine Gun Kelly, YUNGBLUD, nothing,nowhere. and more. His latest collaboration is with rapper Sueco, fka Sueco the Child, on pop-punk track “SOS.” 24-year-old Sueco is known for mixing pop, pop punk and rap with inventive beats to […]

American Teeth, the pop-rock, synth-tinged solo project of Elijah Noll, debuted his raw music video for the single “Fix You” via Fearless Records. The track was originally released in April 2021 as a double single with “E-Girl.” Inspired by his previous romance, the video depicts the highs and lows of modern millennial love as it […]