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Megan Thee Stallion wins Best New Artist at the 2021 Grammys
Megan Thee Stallion has won the coveted Best New Artist award at the 2021 Grammys. This year, Megan Thee Stallion was up against Phoebe Bridgers, Doja Cat, Noah Cyrus, CHIKA, Ingrid Andress, D Smoke and Kaytranada for the award. The group of talented nominees was the most diverse Best New Artist lineup in history. For the first […]
Here's the 'Gossip Girl' character who actually matches your zodiac sign
Gossip Girl was probably one of the most iconic teen drama series to grace our screens in the 2000s. It was like a modern-day soap opera filled with scandals, deception and loads of drama. And lucky for us, HBO Max is working on a reboot of the series to bring it into the modern-day era. […]
20 scene albums from 2009 that dominated your iPod playlists
In 2009, Myspace was beginning to disintegrate, and scene bands were growing less and less popular. Despite their distinct capabilities of genre-blending emo, pop punk, metalcore, neon pop, electronica and more, the scene started to die and was aching for a rebirth. As the year progressed, new bands emerged, and seasoned musicians cultivated their craft […]
Cobra Starship keytarist Vicky-T wants a reunion as much as you do
You would think “reunion” is the most-searched term this year (spoiler alert: it wasn’t) with the number of bands regrouping in 2019. As the year aptly renamed 20ninescene quickly comes to a close, one fan asked the question we’ve all been wondering: What about Cobra Starship? Twitter user Clodagh Meaney posed the question and received a […]
‘Gossip Girl’ reboot confirms narrator returning to Upper East Side
Rumors have been flying around a Gossip Girl revival since early this year. While new streaming service HBO Max confirmed it secured the reboot in July, not much information has come since then until now. Today, The Hollywood Reporter confirms Gossip Girl herself Kristen Bell will be reprising her role as the faceless narrator of […]
Do you remember the lyrics to “Good Girls Go Bad” by Cobra Starship?
It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since Cobra Starship took the neon-pop scene by storm with their third album Hot Mess. The band called it quits in 2015, but we’ve been jamming these iconic tracks ever since. The dance-worthy anthem “Good Girls Go Bad” features Gossip Girl’s Leighton Meester and a chorus that […]
Cobra Starship revisit ‘Hot Mess’ 10 years later with a juicy track-by-track
It’s hard to believe it’s been 10 years since Hot Mess and a time when Cobra Starship frontman Gabe Saporta single-handedly helped American Apparel meet their annual purple hoodie quota. After nine years and four albums, Cobra called it quits in 2015, but their mark on the neon-pop movement of the mid-2000s will live on […]
15 most-streamed Spotify songs that might surprise you
We all know our favorite songs by our top bands, but we aren’t always spot-on when it comes to their most popular ones. The Spotify listeners have spoken, and their answers took us off guard. Here are the most surprising top-streamed songs on Spotify that we may or may not agree with. Read more: blink-182 will bring back […]
10 celebrities who are scene kids at heart
[Photo by: Demi Lovato/Facebook, Post Malone/Facebook and Lil Uzi Vert/Facebook] We at AltPress know that being a scene kid is more than just a phase, and apparently some of Hollywood thinks that way, too. You might be surprised to know that some of the biggest celebrities love to get down to My Chemical Romance and […]
10 songs to reminisce on Cobra Starship
Cobra Starship put out four full-lengths—While The City Sleeps, We Rule The Streets (2006), ¡Viva La Cobra! (2007), Hot Mess (2009) and Night Shades (2011)—in their nearly decade-long career before calling it quits earlier this month. Check out some of the highlights from the electropop act’s discography below. “Bring It (Snakes On A Plane)” — […]
Green Day's Billie Joe Armstrong to star in indie film with Leighton Meester
Green Day frontman Billie Joe Armstrong will make his film acting debut opposite Gossip Girl's Leighton Meester in the upcoming independent drama Like Sunday, Like Rain. Directed by Frank Whaley, the film tells “the story of a struggling musician (Meester) who becomes the guardian of a 12-year-old music prodigy one summer,” according to Deadline. Armstrong will play the […]
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