Alternative

Smashing Pumpkins’ Nicole Fiorentino: We Have a Mutual Respect

Nicole Fiorentino is the newest member of the Smashing Pumpkins, and she’s the fourth female bass player to join the Pumpkins since their start.
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Jane’s Addiction’s Perry Ferrell: You Can’t Ask the World to Love You

While alternative rock band Jane’s Addiction have always given a “best buddy” persona, Perry Ferrell says the guys never really hung out as friends until now.
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Radiohead’s Thom Yorke Promises New Material in 2012

New Radiohead is just around the bend, as the beloved alternative rock band plan to hit an Oxford studio by the end of this year and put their heads together to craft new material.
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AWOLNATION Singer Says ‘Sail’ Was Almost an Accident

Aaron Bruno, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist of alternative rock act AWOLNATION, says his hit, “Sail,” was almost an accident.
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The Black Keys Announce New Album Via Used Van Ad [Video]

Alternative rock band the Black Keys took to YouTube to announce the release of their seventh studio album, El Camino. The release will drop Dec. 6 on Nonesuch.
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Death Cab for Cutie Announce ‘Keys and Codes Remix EP’ [Listen]

Alternative rock darlings Death Cab for Cutie will release a special remix of their popular Codes and Keys album, titled the Keys and Codes Remix EP, on Nov. 22.
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Young the Giant Guitarist Explains Band Name

Jacob Tilley, guitarist for the alternative rock band Young the Giant, insists the band’s name isn’t reflective of an inflated ego.
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Foster the People Explain ‘Pumped up Kicks’

As carefree as Foster the People’s ‘Pumped up Kicks’ sound, singer Mark Mark Foster insists the alternative rock song carries a deeper, dimmer message.
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Foo Fighters, ‘These Days,’ Recalls Classic Foos – Song Review [Audio]

On “These Days,” alternative rock band Foo Fighters have not only grown their sound, but they’ve also found the principal of why their music works. Read Audio Ink Radio’s song review, here!
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My Chemical Romance Singer Gerard Way Explains Red Hair

My Chemical Romance singer Gerard Way says he colored his hair an extreme shade of red because he “didn’t want to conform to thirty-something rock culture.”
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