At this point, it’s an annual tradition: The acclaimed, intense, Oscar-nominated actor Michael Shannon heads out on tour with his indie rocker buddy Jason Narducy, and they pay tribute to a different ...

In our new cover story, pop polymath Tinashe discusses her new album 'Popstar' and charting her own course through the music industry.

Look out! Here comes the cult-beloved rock legend Todd Rundgren, and he's got takes! Rundgren has never been shy about sharing his opinions. In 2021, for instance, Rundgren said that he wasn't ...

Chvrches have returned. In the time since the Glasgow indie pop veterans’ last album, 2021’s resounding return to form Screen Violence, Lauren Mayberry ventured out on her own, touring and releasing ...

Change can be so scary — an unknown, a fantasized result with no guarantee. But it also can be immensely rewarding. On her new single "Are You Willing To Change?," Alabama-raised, Brooklyn-based ...

Timothy Showalter makes soulfully scraggly indie rock as Strand Of Oaks, and he seems to have a nice little side hustle adding his own soulfully scraggly presence to various television spinoffs. Back ...

Sometimes I wonder: If I encountered a past version of myself, what would I say? Would I ignore her? Would we get matching tattoos or grab a beer somewhere? Would I have enough compassion to sit down ...

Last year, Deafheaven released their album Lonely People With Power. It was heavy, and it was also great. In the many years ...

The heavy hardcore army grows stronger every day. The latest band to join the chugging, grunting horde is Scorched Earth Policy, an Upstate New York crew with a lineup that includes members of bands ...

In July, New Radicals quietly released “One Night Only (Break Loose Break Free!),” their first original song in 28 years. It was for the rom-com movie One Night Only, but it turns out that New ...

hemlocke springs kicked off the year with her full-length studio debut the apple tree under the sea, which we named our Album Of The Week. Today, the alt-pop artist is heading out on tour with MUNA, ...

In The Alternative Number Ones, I’m reviewing every #1 single in the history of the Billboard Modern Rock Tracks/Alternative Songs, starting with the moment that the chart launched in 1988. This ...