Twenty One Pilots replaced blink-182 at Lollapalooza Argentina, as the band pulled out for Travis Barker's surgery. To honor them, they covered "All the Small Things." Watch the clip.
2013 was a huge year for music. We're rounding up major alternative albums celebrating 10-year anniversaries in 2023, including the 1975, Fall Out Boy, Lorde, Paramore, and more.
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We’re still busy trying to pick up the pieces of our mind after having it blown by twenty one pilots’ livestream experience last year. Now, Tyler Josep...
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When Canadian polymath LIGHTS found herself in a spiral of negative mental health, she didn’t want to dwell on her misery. Instead, she found the antidote in the form of a good old-fashioned pep talk with herself, using positivity as her motivation to get out of bed and try to feel OK again. She ...
Alt 98.7’s ALTer EGO brought Alternative Press cover stars twenty one pilots, WILLOW, Måneskin and more to the Los Angeles Forum earlier this year — and it brought all of you out, too!
This story appeared in issue #403 with cover star Dominic Fike, available here.
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There are many reasons to love twenty one pilots. Their music is a giddy mix of alt-rock and emo that also isn’t afraid of taking influence from hip-hop, pop or folk. Their live shows are a carefully orchestrated playground of catharsis and chaos. Josh...
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When I ask Edith Johnson, the formidable frontwoman of pop-punk outfit Meet Me @ The Altar, which emotion perfectly describes her past year, her answer surprises me. “Bittersweet,” she responds, still sounding and appearing bright from the other side of the screen with her blue-and-pink braids framing her face and her black lipstick ornamenting her smirk. Last year,...
Four hundred issues after the very first book to carry our name ran off the printers back in 1985, we look back on 36 years of our favorite-ever AP covers, the stories they told and the secrets behind their creation. You can pick up an issue here, starring twenty one pilots...
twenty one pilots appeared on the cover of Alternative Press issue #400. During the conversation, the band discussed their Ohio roots and why they have such a deep connection with their fans. Our twenty one pilots interview also saw them explore their newest album Scaled And Icy and their deeper artistic goals...
Beloved annual music retrospective Spotify Wrapped is here. Each year, Spotify offers users a chance to revisit their favorite songs and most embarrassing guilty pleasures, pulling together your most-played songs, artists and podcasts.
This year’s Wrapped goes even further. Wrap...
Rising alt-pop star UPSAHL has announced new U.S. tour dates. The artist begins her headlining tour Nov. 30 at Rickshaw Stop in San Francisco and wraps things up in Boston, Massachusetts in early 2022.
Once her headlining tour finishes, UPSAHL will join K.Flay...
twenty one pilots are celebrating nearly six months of Scaled And Icy by releasing the livestream version of the album’s tracks. The duo of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dunn also announced a 2022 tour.
TØP performed tracks from their album during a livestream concert back in May, which took place at the Schottenstein Center in Columbus, Ohio.
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With Alternative Press issue 400, we celebrate a major milestone for the magazine. AP has continued to change with the times, staying in touch with the evolution of music and culture at large. However, we've never forgotten our commitment to championing "New Music Now...
Sometimes the ear knows when it hears something special. It perks up, attentively absorbing audio waves from a source wonderful and unique enough to command its undivided attention. Early twenty one pilots had that effect, blending an array of instruments, production techniques and vocal patterns into a happy hodgepodge of songs that eventually peppered the Billboard Hot 100...
Nandi Bushell may be emanating the kind of energy and enthusiasm only a kid is capable of when she joins our Zoom call on a Sunday afternoon while she’s not in school, but she’s also a kid who could kick half of the alternative music community’s asses in a drum battle—including, but not limited to, Dave Grohl.
At just 11 years ol...
We’re sure you’ve heard the phrase before: new year, new me. But you don’t need a new year for a fresh start. If you’re seeking a bit of inspiration to get up off the couch and on the road to crossing off some of your goals, or maybe even a few bucket list items, then look no further than these playlist additions.
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