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Brooklyn-based band Momma are loving their "Rockstar" year

Allegra Weingarten and Etta Friedman of Brooklyn-based indie-rock band Momma talk their breakout album Household Name, their hit “Rockstar” and what’s next.

How Soccer Mommy's new album Sometimes, Forever made her go bigger and bolder

SOCCER MOMMY — AKA SOPHIE ALLISON — IS ONE OF Gen Z’s brightest voices, a 25-year-old beacon mining through a familiar world of industry apathy and internal, contradictory forces. On her new record, Sometimes, Forever, there’s a give-and-go between distance and desire, misery and joy; full-hearted ballads bleed delicately into thoughtful, doomy concertos. Allison pumps […]

10 alternative albums that are way better than you think

Not every album is destined to be a classic. No matter how much a band might like to recapture the magic every now and again, there are always projects that fly under the radar. If you look at the classics, though, you’re missing out on some of the best material that these bands have ever […]

The 20 most underrated pop-punk albums from the last two decades

At this point, you could practically write a textbook on the art of creating a pop-punk song. Ever since people discovered Green Day’s Dookie and the masses fell in love with “All The Small Things” on MTV, the genre has blossomed. Pop punk’s big break didn’t mean the genre got locked into a formula, either. […]

Pretty Sick share grunge-laced "Devil In Me" ahead of EP release–watch

A new era of Pretty Sick is upon us, and fans of bass-heavy rock riffs and yearning vocals should be stoked. East Coast rock outfit Pretty Sick are sharing their laid-back indie and grunge-laced track “Devil In Me” alongside a nostalgia-inducing music video. Read more: Lil Nas X and Dominic Fike get trippy in BROCKHAMPTON’s new […]

Alanis Morissette raises funds for tour industry with "I Miss The Band" video

 Alanis Morissette is reflecting back on her decades of touring in the emotional new single “I Miss The Band.” On April 16, she debuted a nostalgic video for the track, which features various footage that was shot throughout her years on the road. For the video, Morissette is raising for Backline Care, a nonprofit organization […]

10 albums from the ’90s that pushed the feminist movement to new heights

It’s a bit sad that feminism and music go so perfectly hand in hand. The movement shouldn’t have to be twisted into a countercultural phenomenon driven by defiance. After all, in any reasonable world, the equality and representation of women and marginalized groups should be inherent. As it stands, though, feminism depends on rationally minded […]

10 alternative albums by women that have influenced music since the '90s

As some of our favorite pop-punk bands continue to show us, we have a lot to thank 1990s alternative music for. Not only did the mainstream explosion set the foundations for the genre collective as we know it, but it put quite a number of women on the forefront. While the gender distribution across the alternative genre […]

10 singers whose first band will probably surprise you

Many of you are no doubt listening to the new Gwen Stefani single and thinking back to when you first heard Tragic Kingdom. Where you were, what you were doing, how long the show Beverly Hills, 90210 could possibly last. Hate to break it to you, ’90s kids, but there are a ton of teenagers […]

10 musicians you forgot performed on ‘Charmed’

Charmed was a groundbreaking show when it premiered on television back in 1998. The magical story of three sister witches—Prue (Shannen Doherty), Piper (Holly Marie Combs) and Phoebe (Alyssa Milano) Halliwell—and how they kicked demon ass on a daily basis was a major hit. Many critics and fans focus on the feminist aspect of the […]

Riot Fest announces full lineup

Riot Fest are unleashing plenty of announcements today including the daily schedule and the Late Night shows. Single-day tickets are also now on sale. Yesterday, blink-182 announced they would not be making it to Chicago for their Riot Fest performance. Read more: Blink-182 cancel Riot Fest performance, mini tour, more A statement from the band […]

Speedy Ortiz - Real Hair EP

Speedy Ortiz Real Hair EP In case you were living under a rock last year and missed Speedy Ortiz’s breakthrough album, Major Arcana, here’s what’s up. Speedy Ortiz are a sludgy indie-rock band who toe the line between meandering guitar riffs and perfect pop songs. Sadie Dupuis’ deadpan vocal delivery and subversive lyrics liken her […]

#138 - No Doubt

No Doubt Limp Bizkit Oasis System Of A Down Kid Rock Everclear MXPX Deftones Marilyn Manson The Prodigy Staind Busta Rhymes Liz Phair #138 – March 2010 ORDER ISSUE MEMBERSHIPS DIGITAL EDITION WHERE TO FIND AP In The Rag No Doubt Limp Bizkit Oasis System Of A Down Kid Rock 99’s Best Albums

#122 - Korn

Korn Cherry Poppin Daddies Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Royal Crown Revue Bauhaus Liz Phair Soul Coughing Rob Zombie #122 – March 2010 ORDER ISSUE MEMBERSHIPS DIGITAL EDITION WHERE TO FIND AP In The Rag Korn Cherry Poppin’ Daddies Big Bad Voodoo Daddy Royal Crown Revue Bauhaus: Back In Black

#121 - Rancid

Rancid Korn Liz Phair Girls Against Boys Fastball Culture Club R.E.M B #121 – March 2010 ORDER ISSUE MEMBERSHIPS DIGITAL EDITION WHERE TO FIND AP

#179 - Alkaline Trio

Alkaline Trio Finch Yeah Yeah Yeahs Deftones Simple Plan Boy Sets Fire Marilyn Manson Hot Hot Heat #179 – March 2010 ORDER ISSUE MEMBERSHIPS DIGITAL EDITION WHERE TO FIND AP ALKALINE TRIO Are they the Future Of Rock? Are they ruthless careerists? Are they professional alcoholics? Even after spending quality time with Matt Skiba & Co., “Heavy […]

Dashboard Confessional, OK Go on new Banana Republic comp

Clothing chain Banana Republic has partnered up with a variety of musicians for their new “City Stories” campaign, viewable here. There, you can find interviews, performances and more from Dashboard Confessional, OK Go, Liz Phair and others. A free, three-song digital EP featuring an unreleased OK Go track, as well as songs from Liz Phair […]

The Bellrays

The Bellrays Hard, Sweet And Sticky [2/5] That the BellRays’ 2004 album The Red, White And Black was released on Alternative Tentacles and included a song (“Revolution Get Down”) featured in a Nissan Xterra commercial sums up these SoCal rock ’n’ soul fixtures almost perfectly. On their eighth full-length, the band mostly pump out the […]

Neko Case - Fox Confessor Brings The Blood

Neko Case Fox Confessor Brings The Flood It’s tempting to think this will be the album that finally breaks sometimes-New Pornographer Neko Case into the middle-aged pop market, a place so dull that Norah Jones is its version of a rock star. But even if that happened, we wouldn’t accuse Case–who, over four previous solo […]

Bands on TV - week of 11/28/05

11/28-12/2 – The Arcade Fire, Gatsbys American Dream, Green Day, the Subways (videos) on Oven Fresh [FUSE] 11/28 – Neil Diamond on Ellen DeGeneres [SYN] 11/28 – Queens Of The Stone Age on Leno [NBC] 11/28 – The Bravery on Carson Daly [NBC; R] 11/29 – Matchbook Romance on Steven’s Untitled Rock Show [FUSE] 11/29 […]