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Rina Sawayama has released a new song, "This Hell." The track is the lead single from her anticipated second album, Hold The Girl. Hold The Girl is set to release Sept. 2 via Dirty Hit. Read more: Rina Sawayama announces ‘Hold The Girl,’ drops album teaser video—watch "This Hell" is a sharp pop-country fusion complete with stinging guitars. Sawayama easily hops ...

Pale Waves have announced their new album, Unwanted. The project is set to release Aug. 12 via Dirty Hit. Additionally, the band released the record's lead single, "Lies." The track is accompanied by a music video. Read more: YUNGBLUD and WILLOW revisit their “Memories” from a subway car—watch "Lies" is filled with crunchy guitars and a rhythmic power that would be at home in a

beabadoobee has released a new music video for her single “See You Soon.” The track comes ahead of her new album, Beatopia, out July 15 via Dirty Hit. Read more: beabadoobee announces sophomore album ‘Beatopia,’ releases “Talk”—watch “I feel like the idea behind ‘See You Soon’ is that it's meant to make you feel like you're tripping on shrooms. Or, I feel like the chorus especially, I want it to s

beabadoobee has announced her sophomore album, Beatopia, arriving July 15 via Dirty Hit. In celebration, she has released the new single and music video “Talk.” Additionally, bea will headline stages across the U.S. before supporting Halsey's Love and Power arena tour and joining the East Coast leg of Bleachers' tour. Check out ...

If you name something, visualize it, really want it, you can will it into existence, set it off on the path to greatness. Such is the case with BLACKSTARKIDS — a trio whose name only scrapes the surface of their ambition. In the last two years alone, they’ve released three records, embarked on North American tours with Glass Animals and beabadoobee and marked themselves out as one of the most exci

beabadoobee has built a career and dedicated fanbase through her artistic transparency and humble nature. Despite amassing billions of streams and selling out tours across the globe, the U.K.-based artist has never let success get to her head...

BLACKSTARKIDS are ready for some fun in the new video for “FIGHT CLUB,” and Alternative Press is bringing you an early listen. The track is off their forthcoming album, Puppies Forever, via Dirty Hit. Alongside the new single, the trio also shared a stylistic video that exclusively takes place inside a gas station convenience store. Read more...

Lowertown are showing their musical growth and maturity ahead of their upcoming EP in the brand-new single “Seaface.” Alternative Press is bringing you a first listen of the track, along with an exclusive Q&A with the group. “Seaface” follows a similar mellow indie feel as the band's previously released songs, including the EP’s title track “The Gaping Mouth.” However, this new release marks L

Welcome back to AltPress Weekly. It’s hard to believe we’re already at our fourth installment of our weekly roundup, which gathers up everything we want you to check out. Each week, we showcase longtime favorite tracks and brand-new cuts. We also fo...

boyband just released the perfect song to listen to while driving with the windows down on a summer night. “birth by sleep” features clean production and a catchy hook (“I don’t wanna wake up if you’re not next to me”). The instrumentation is bright and ...

Watching Pretty Sick’s ’90s-esque music videos makes you feel as if you’ve been blasted onto a production set starring Hole, except the entire cast is replaced by an aggressive, high-definition Gen Z. Sabrina Fuentes was only 13 when she started the new-age grunge troupe and quickly established them as one of the fastest-growing bands in the New York DIY scene within seven years. Their songs ...

Indie giants Wolf Alice have released their otherworldly new album Blue Weekend. Each track on this LP further cements the English rockers as one of the most dynamic quartets currently making music. As typical for Wolf Alice, their transcendental album features a crossroad of skillful instrumentation and dramatic lyrical themes...

Indie troupe Pretty Sick do more than live up to their name with the new single “Bet My Blood.” The New York act have been developing their sound for almost a decade with hopelessly yearning lyrics and aggressive rhythms. Their videos land somewhere between 1990s Sonic Youth and 2015 Title Fight. Paired wit...

Rina Sawayama is revisiting her powerful ballad “Chosen Family” with the help of a familiar face. For the new rendition, the Alternative Press cover star has joined forces with the legendary Elton John who used his signature vocals and piano to give the track a fresh spin. “Chosen...

Indie-pop artist beabadoobee is looking to the past in her nostalgic new single “Last Day On Earth,” co-written and produced by the 1975’s Matty Healy and George Daniel. Following the release of her debut full-length, Fake It Flowers, in October, the new track will appear on beabadoobee’s newly announced Our Extended Play EP. Also produced by Healy...

It’s been well over a decade since Avril Lavigne showed off her acting chops as both the punk and preppy girl in her “Girlfriend” music video. And this 2007 release still remains one of mainstream emo’s biggest hits.  Though Lavigne released bangers such as “Complicated” and “Sk8er Boi” early in her career, this The Best Damn Thing single was her first track to hit No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100.  R

Heather Baron-Gracie of Pale Waves is slowly becoming everything she looked up to as a child.  Looking back, her musical hero wasn’t ever a typical “girly pop star.” Avril Lavigne made Baron-Gracie feel like she could openly be a tomboy, put down the Barbies and ride a skateboard with messy hair and a runny nose.  Read more: QUIZ: Wh... Read More ...

You’re welcome: We’ve made finding new songs by rising bands easy. Each week, we’re gathering the best from the underground and offering it to you in one concise list. Scroll below and check out our Spotify Discover playlist, featuring these tracks and more! In return, we...

The 1975 just dropped their newest single "Me & You Together Song." They announced the track last week and earlier in the month, their label Dirty Hit was even looking for couples to appear in a music video that may or may not be for the song. Wi...