Shamir

This Black History Month, AltPress is having musicians curate playlists of their favorite Black artists. Alt-pop singer Shamir shares his playlist featuring indie-pop and R&B artists.

We're celebrating nonbinary artists who you might not know yet, but trust us, you need to. From Shamir to JER, these artists deserve more hype.

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Shamir is going on tour in support of his latest album, Heterosexuality. He also released a live performance video of "Cold Brew." Tickets go on sale May 6 at 10 a.m. local time. Check out a complete list of tour dates below. Read more: Shamir: “Working through trauma is a never-ending conquest” We sat down with Shamir for issue 403, where he discussed his favorite song from Heterosexual

THE BEST TRACK ON HETEROSEXUALITY That’s so hard because I felt like this was my best album. I’ve never said that in all the eight albums I’ve ever made. I’ve never really spoken in absolutes about my albums. But I think it’s “Reproductive.” I think it’s the best song I’ve e...

Dominic Fike is currently gracing the cover of Alternative Press' February issue (#403). In the issue, Fike appears alongside artists such as Korn, Dashboard Confessional, Shamir, Bad Omens, HO99O9, Twin Shadow, Avenged Sevenfold and many others. Re...

Shamir has released his new album Heterosexuality via AntiFragile Music. Hollow Comet produced the album. Heterosexuality allows Shamir to explore his queerness explicitly. The album artwork features the artist as an androgynous Baphomet, dressed in horns and hooves. Read ...

Shamir has released the new single "Reproductive." The track comes ahead of their new album Heterosexuality, due out Feb. 11 via AntiFragile Music. Read more: Shamir shares how their mental health journey coincides with creativity The track features Shamir's sticky-sweet vocals and guitar riffs that ache of yearning...

Counterintuitive as it may sound at first, to really earn a mononym, you have to be a polymath. If you want to be known by just one name, then you have to be known for more than just one thing. As a writer, artist, musician and designer, Shamir—at this point, it’s fair to say, less well known by their full name, Shamir Bailey—is no exception to that rule.  Having, in j...

LGBTQIA+ artists have always been major players in the alt and punk scene. From Freddie Mercury and David Bowie to Halsey and Laura Jane Grace, rock music has been a place for those who are LGBTQIA+ to express themselves and their experiences. Re...

Sharon Van Etten is celebrating the 10th anniversary of her second studio LP Epic with the special reissue epic Ten. For the record, Van Etten teamed up with a slew of artists to reimagine the original album’s songs including Fiona Apple who has reworked “Love More.” On the...

Everyone loves to jam out to their favorite artists and classic hits, but let’s not forget about all the fresh talent constantly popping up around the world. From pop and indie to punk and post-hardcore, there’s always a new name in music waiting to be heard.  We kno...