Editorial
Northern Touch Music Festival is Jump-Starting Careers
Northern Touch Music Festival is much more than a music conference. I attended, and performed at NTMF 2019 last June. This was only my 2nd performance in the…
Al Gibson
Al Gibson is the Staff and Publishing Director for AltWire.net, as well as owner of AmbushVin.com. He is also an independent Hip-Hop Artist, creating a sound that he has dubbed Sci-Fi Music. Based in Northwest Indiana (Chicagoland), Vin's mission for AltWire is to, "bring recognition to each and every Independent Artist who is trying to amplify their voice. It's not about stats for AltWire. It's about the love of music!"
Albums
Troydak Traco Refuses to Surrender His Grind on “Decline”
Troydak Traco, from the gritty city of Gary, IN, has a message for everybody who feels that the dark clouds overhead are…
News
Luke Wallace Releases New Single “Jet Lag” [Press Release]
Luke Wallace, acclaimed folk, Americana singer-song writer, embodies a new wave of politically charged folk music, writing the soundtrack for a movement…
Interviews
Charlie Fettah is The Bridge of Winnipeg Hip-Hop
Charlie Fettah is all about securing the bag for his family. The former Winnipeg’s Most lyricist took the time out of his…
News
BLITZ VEGA Releases New Single – “Lost and Found” [Press Release]
After a triumphant debut live performance at The House of Machines in Los Angeles last month, BLITZ VEGA (featuring Andy Rourke of The Smiths and KAV, formerly of Happy Mondays),…
Albums
The Epitome – Still Trill: Explosive Hip-Hop
The Epitome obviously has beef with all of us. The Kansas City native and frequent Ish1da collaborator just dropped a Super Spirit…
Live
NTMF 2019: Northern Touch Music Festival is the Real Deal
NTMF 2019 was held in the historic Exchange District of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Winnipeg is known for a lot of things. It is…
Albums
Amadians – Young Hearts Fail [AltWire Review]
It’s so refreshing to hear a feel good song about young love in 2019. Too often, we hear about the woes of…
Albums
Shea feat Postwar – Perrier (produced by Uthoria)
Perrier reminded me that I have a confession to make… …when I hear any music that is super lit, I temporarily (remember…
Albums
LEX the Lexicon Artist – Raging Ego Review
LEX stuns in her new Raging Ego release. Read below for more: At some point in its short history, Hip-Hop became extremely…
Interviews
[AltWire Interview] LEX The Lexicon Artist
Learn more about LEX The Lexicon Artist and her brand of ‘weird smart rap’ below! AltWire [Omayra]: So what can you tell…
News
Gasparilla Music Festival Reveals The Roots and Father John Misty as Headliners
The Gasparilla Music Festival presented by Cigar City Brewing have unveiled the initial lineup of acts that will be performing at the 7th Annual Gasparilla…
Albums
Mojo Barnes – “Signs” Review
Hailing from Seattle, Washington Emcee Mojo Barnes blesses us with a short yet stellar EP encapsulating personal woes, pains, and monumental moments…
News
Ed Sheeran Conquers Spotify – Most Streamed in 2017
Photo Credit: Scott Legato / RockStarProPhotography.com Ed Sheeran fans now have an official reason to scream with joy, as if the singer…
Editorial
AltWire Editorial: The Curious Case of Hip-Hop
Boom Bap. Trap. Lo-Fi. Mob Music. Although there are dozens of different styles of Hip-Hop, few outside of the Hip-Hop culture wouldn’t…
News
Aramis – The Review of a Virtuoso
When we speak the word “Virtuoso”, we think about the classical greats: Mozart, Beethoven, Bach, etc. In good-natured bias, I did the…
Albums
Ish1da – AK-47 Ronin
Listen to and purchase AK-47 Ronin at ish1da.bandcamp.com It is also available for purchase on iTunes and Amazon Music. What is evolution?…
Albums
Linkin Park – Heavy feat. Kiiara Review
Chester Bennington just trolled every Linkin Park fan who was expecting to hear… …Chester Bennington. I mean the Chester that we’re…
