Rina Sawayama

Welcome to Sound Station, where we’re highlighting the best new tracks that came out this week. Head into the weekend with songs from Rina Sawayama and more.

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The latest, from Rina Sawayama to Joker: Folie à Deux and more. This is our daily download of the essential news you need to know across music, culture and style.

Mothica's second album Nocturnal represents a new chapter. She details how sobriety has given her the confidence to innovate and experiment even further still.

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Rina Sawayama dropped new single "Catch Me In The Air." The track comes from her second album, Hold The Girl.

Rina Sawayama has released the music video for her single "This Hell." Sawayama's upcoming album, Hold The Girl, drops Sept. 2 via Dirty Hit. The "This Hell" visual was directed by Ali Kurr. Read more: Listen to Halsey's new single "So Good" In the video, Sawayama dons her cowgirl boots while taking aim at bigots across a variety of settings...

“PFFT, I ACTUALLY DON’T KNOW HOW TO FEEL ABOUT THAT — THAT’S CRAZY!” PinkPantheress laughs softly. I’ve just told her that a friend of mine compared her show last night to “being inside an episode of Euphoria.” She seems equal parts flattered and con...

Check out The Latest — for all the essential new music, tickets and livestreams you need right now. My Chemical Romance are well and truly back Last week, it was releasing a new song; this week, My Chemical Romance have dominated conversation in the scene by kicking off their long-delayed and even longer-awaited world tour in the U.K. An...

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 ...

Rina Sawayama has announced her new album, Hold The Girl. The album is set to release Sept. 2. Sawayama also released a short video teaser for the project. Read more: ‘Black Mirror’ is returning to Netflix for season 6 Hold The Girl follows her 2020 debut LP, SAWAYAMA. The album ...

Charli XCX has dropped her much-anticipated album, CRASH. CRASH is the English artist's fifth studio album. The project departs from her previous hyperpop sound and ventures more into the realms of dance-pop. Read more: 10 hidden meanings in twenty one pilots lyrics you probably didn’t know The 12-track record features Christine and The Queens, Caroline Polachek and Rina Sawayama. Ahead ... Read M

Charli XCX recently graced the Saturday Night Live stage as the show's musical guest. She performed “Beg For You” (sans collaborator Rina Sawayama) and “Baby.” Check out her performances below. Read more: 15 artists changing the landscape of alternative music with hyperpop Charli was also featured in an SNL sketch about a singing meatball growing out of Sarah Sherman's armpit. The episode premiere

Turnstile performed on Jimmy Kimmel Live! last night (March 3). The band played “MYSTERY” for the show's live broadcast. They also performed “BLACKOUT,” “DON'T PLAY” and “HOLIDAY” for a separate off-air livestream. You can check out both performances below. Re...

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

We’re back with the latest AltPress Weekly. Every week, we highlight new things we want you to check out. We call attention to new songs and old hits, classic listens and fresh finds. We’ll also keep you up to date with the latest happenings at Alternative Press, along with the stories we keep coming back to. June is...

For a while now, what used to once fall under the term "alternative" has been pushing its way into the mainstream. Once fringe areas of creativity and artistry now sit comfortably alongside their more traditionally popular forms.  And this holds particularly true when it comes to music and fashion, each feeding off the other in a feedback loop that gets louder and louder, more and more c

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...

If there's anything that holds true throughout the alternative music scene, it's an inclination toward vulnerable self-expression. For decades, artists have worn their hearts on their sleeves while navigating conflict, both external and inward-facing, to remind their audiences that, no matter how isolating the circumstance, you're never truly alone. Such ...

May is Asian American And Pacific Islander Heritage Month, which means it's time to recognize and reflect the AAPI artists who enrich history and culture, specifically music. Many AAPI artists are redefining genres such as alt, punk, pop and hip-hop...