Alternative

Franz Ferdinand Guitarist Promises New Music in 2012

“Take Me Out” alternative rockers Franz Ferdinand are planning a major comeback.
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Radiohead’s Ed O’Brien Donates Favorite Guitar to Charity Auction

Ed O’Brien, guitarist for alternative rock outfit Radiohead, has put one of his prized guitars up for auction to benefit charity.
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Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo, Blink-182’s Travis Barker Team Up with Aoki

Weezer’s Rivers Cuomo and Blink-182’s Travis Barker have teamed up with electro house mainstay Steve Aoki for tracks on Aoki’s upcoming, debut album, Wonderland.
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Silversun Pickups Prep Record Store Day Black Friday Seasick 10″

On Nov. 25, Record Store Day Black Friday, alternative rock band Silversun Pickups will release their Seasick 10″ vinyl, featuring three fresh tracks.
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Foster the People’s Mark Foster Compares Band to MGMT

Foster the People singer Mark Foster says the alternative rock-flavored band are their own genre, and he doesn’t “really know what this genre is, necessarily.”
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Smashing Pumpkins Move Back Oceania Release to Spring 2012

Billy Corgan and the Smashing Pumpkins are pushing back Oceania’s release to spring of 2012. Meanwhile, Gish and Siamese Dream are set to be reissued Nov. 29.
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The Killers’ Mark Stoermer Releases Solo Album for Free

As the Killers continue to labor away on their fourth studio album, bass player for the alternative rock outfit, Mark Stoermer, is also keeping active readying his debut solo album.
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The Black Keys: Meet ‘Lonely Boy’ Dance Star Derrick Tuggle

Derrick T. Tuggle, a 48-year-old actor, is grabbing tons of Web attention with his suave steps in the new video for, “Lonely Boy,” from alternative rock band, the Black Keys.
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Blink-182’s Mark Hoppus Recalls Scary Childhood Stunt

Blink-182’s new-school punk-pop certainly glorifies youth and the idea of never growing up. Band members don’t fight that fact, and bass player Mark Hoppus recently disclosed a “don’t-try-this-at-home” kind of story from his days before attending, “The Rock Show.”
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Soundgarden’s Chris Cornell: I Was Never Creative While Drinking

Grunge vocalist Chris Cornell says he can hardly believe it’s been 20 years since Soundgarden’s album, Badmotorfinger. But, he rarely dwells on the past.
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