Alternative

Daughtry, Blaqk Audio, Coheed and Cambria Featured on ‘Batman’ Video Game

‘Batman: Arkham City – the Album,’ out Oct. 4, will feature 12 new and original songs by Daughtry, Coheed and Cambria, Panic! At The Disco, Blaqk Audio (feature Davey Havok and Jade Pudget of A.F.I.), Black Rebel Motorcycle Club, Serj Tankian, the Boxer Rebellion, the Duke Spirit and more.
Read More

Red Hot Chili Peppers Buttons via Anthony Kiedis’ Mom

Following the Red Hot Chili Peppers’ two-year break, Anthony Kiedis and the gang are back with a new album and posed to stir up all alternative rock conventions, spitting out a new, experimental-sounding band thanks to the trippy vibes of newbie Josh Klinghoffer’s guitar labors, Flea’s groovy bass-funk grooves, Kiedis’ rap-rock stylings and Chad Smith’s bashing rhythms. Even Kiedis’ mom is getting into the Peppers spirit.
Read More

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis: New Guitarist Brings a Different Experience

Funk-rockers the Red Hot Chili Peppers release their 10th studio album, I’m With You, today (Aug. 29), and according to lead singer Anthony Kiedis, the release indicates an entirely new Red Hot Chili Peppers. That freshness is thanks, in no small part, to new guitarist Josh Klinghoffer, who swapped places with longtime six-stringer John Frusciante.
Read More

Switchfoot ‘Dark Horses’ is a Rock Anthem – Song Review [Audio]

Switchfoot are on a lifelong quest to find meaning and hope in a challenging world, and on “Dark Horses,” the band’s debut single off Vice Verses (out Sept. 27), that pursuit meshes with catchy hooks and pop-rock rhythms that are buoyant and memorable.
Read More

Blink-182 Video Debut: ‘Up All Night’ is One Big Party

Who’s ready for a punk-pop revival? Good, because legendary San Diego punk-pop band Blink-182 have released the official music video for, “Up All Night,” the debut song off their highly-awaited new album, Neighborhoods, which comes out on Sept. 27.
Read More

MxPx Release ‘Triple Shot’ Album Set, Prep for New LP

Punk-pop outfit MxPx built a solid fan base in the ‘90s and 2000s writing high-energy, upbeat punk rock tracks with inspiriting sentiments that made the guys stand out from the standard punk dudes of the day, like Green Day and the Offspring. Now, the band’s label, Seattle’s Tooth & Nail Records, have released a collection of the guys’ earliest releases, and it’s an apt gift idea for any MxPx fan.
Read More

Red Hot Chili Peppers’ Anthony Kiedis: We Have a ‘New Chemistry’

’90s rock band the Red Hot Chili Peppers drop new album next week Los Angeles funk-rockers the Red Hot Chili Peppers drop their oh-so anticipated new full length, I’m With You, on Tuesday (Aug. 30), and lead singer Anthony Kiedis is opening up about the writing process behind the smash single, “The Adventures of Rain Dance Maggie.”
Read More

Tom Morello’s ‘World Wide Rebel Songs’ Has Soul – Album Review

Inspired by his heartrending experience hosting a talent show at a teen homeless shelter, Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello’s the Nightwatchman is not simply a side project– it’s something to which he’s fully dedicated and obviously loves. Read a review of Morello’s latest album, out Aug. 30, here!
Read More

Fuel Book 30-Plus Shows for Summer, Fall U.S. Tour

Alternative rock band Fuel first broke out in the late ‘90s and early 2000s with angsty, post-grunge hits that moved hearts and got pumped fists, such as “Shimmer,” “Falls on Me,” “Innocent” and “Hemorrhage (In My Hands).” Now days, the band is dedicated to the road, and they have 30-plus dates scheduled for now through October.
Read More

Blue October Vocalist Gets Personal on New Album [Interview]

Justin Furstenfeld of hard rock band Blue October chats about the band’s new album (“It’s basically an audio journal”) and why, Any Man in America, has “a story behind it everybody can relate to.”
Read More