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Photographer Bob Gruen talks new book and capturing punk's early days

Each month, Alternative Press Gallery explores the work of photographers, directors and other creatives who help shape the music world from behind the scenes. With each issue, we explore the stories behind the shoots and take deep dives into the most compelling media, asking about the vision as well as the happy accidents that create […]

20 books written by or about women musicians to add to your reading list

When searching a bookstore for music memoirs, it’s likely that the shelves are packed with men such as Kurt Cobain, Johnny Cash and Keith Richards. While it may seem that there are fewer books written by or about women musicians, they are growing in numbers. Women in the music industry refuse to be silenced, and, […]

10 times musicians designed their own album cover art

We may be taught not to judge books by their covers, but are we always so kind to albums? In a sea of iconic cover art designed by prolific artists, the importance of release presentation can’t be understated. So, naturally, when we see musicians taking on the daunting task of designing the artwork themselves, we […]

15 bands who are crucial to the history of noise music

When it initially blasted into the world from New York’s Lower East Side almost concurrently with punk in 1977, it was dubbed no wave. Village Voice critic Robert Christgau referred to it as “skronk,” an onomatopoeia based around the general guitar sound. He uncharitably dubbed its ’80s practitioners “pigfucker” bands. This writer’s personal name for […]

15 essential post-punk bands who represent the evolution of the genre

Post-punk had to happen. Punk rock opened all this space for people to make exactly the kind of art or culture that the disenfranchised had been imagining in their heads, and maybe had limited means or skills by which to make it. But what if you didn’t want to crank out recharged three-chord rock ’n’ […]

Hear Lights spread holiday cheer with this laid-back “Deck The Halls” cover

Lights is spreading some holiday cheer this year in the form of her new “Deck The Halls” cover. This week, she debuted a laid-back reimagination of the holiday classic and revealed why the cover was rejected from a Christmas movie soundtrack. Read more: Black Veil Brides’ Jinxx offers an update on his coronavirus diagnosis 2020 […]

John Lennon’s killer Mark David Chapman has parole rejected for 11th time

Mark David Chapman, the man who murdered John Lennon in 1980, has been denied parole for the 11th time. Chapman is currently serving a 20 years-to-life sentence after pleading guilty to killing Lennon almost forty years ago. Read more: Vicky Cornell clears up rumors over Chris Cornell statue vandalism On Dec. 8, 1980, Lennon was […]

Bleachers (Fun.'s Jack Antonoff) unveil debut single, tour dates, announce Yoko Ono collaboration

Fun.'s Jack Antonoff has unveiled a brand new solo/side project, Bleachers, complete with a debut single, “I Wanna Get Better,” and a handful of tour dates. Additionally, Jack, who fronted New Jersey's Steel Train before joining Fun., took to his blog to explain the project's origin and why he choose to keep it a secret, also revealing details on a collaboration […]

The Flaming Lips - The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends

The Flaming Lips The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends As if the word “Fwends” wasn’t enough of an indication, the first song on The Flaming Lips And Heady Fwends—“2012 (You Must Be Upgraded)—hints that the album is going to fall squarely on the Lips’ impish side. Impish and annoying. Like the Mr. Mxyzptlk of indie […]