New Year, New Sounds – The Most Anticipated Releases in 2016
It’s 2016, peeps! The Olympics are coming to Rio, a new president will be elected in the United States, and Juno will finally arrive at Jupiter, amongst many other big things set to occur ...
‘The Hateful Eight’ Soundtrack Penned for Release
A soundtrack album to Quentin Tarantino’s latest film, The Hateful Eight, has been announced for release on December 18, 2015 by Decca Records. The soundtrack, which features music from The White Stripes, David Hess ...
Album Review: Coldplay – A Head Full of Dreams
In what has become a rather predictable, but welcomed pattern in Coldplay’s lineage of studio albums, the band have yet again made a sharp veer to the left, this time onto the abstract, psychedelic ...
Album Review: Stone Sour – Straight Outta Burbank (EP)
Stone Sour has been a mainstay on rock radio for the last couple of years, with the band being sometimes incorrectly labeled by some casual listeners as Corey Taylor’s side project. While this is ...
Single Review: Miley Cyrus’ “Lighter” Has Little Flame
I don’t believe in guilty pleasures, so I will readily admit that over the years I have developed a certain fondness for pop music’s free-spirited, nude-loving, glitter-covered girl, Miley Cyrus. I also have an ...
[Altwire Interview] Kaleo – “We Played Inside A Live Volcano…”
Kaleo has already made a name for themselves in their homeland of Iceland. They have recently relocated to the states where they have signed with Triple 8 Management and Atlantic Records. Their first single “All ...
[Altwire Interview] Max Frost – “I Hope I Can Get Another Kite High Up In The Air…”
Over the weekend, we spoke with Austin’s own Max Frost to discuss his influences, creating a follow-up to his debut EP, and tacos! I was first introduced to Max by accident, really. It was ...
The Black Crowes: Top 10 Best Black Crowes Songs
25 years ago the rock and roll band The Black Crowes released their first single. The Marietta, Georgia-based rock and roll band have since released 8 studio albums and sold over 30 million records. ...
Imagine Dragons Pitch In to Aid the Syrian Refugee Crisis
Alt rockers Imagine Dragons have joined forces with iTunes, SAP and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) to help aid the ongoing refugee crisis in Europe. The band have released a new ...
Coheed And Cambria Release ‘Eraser’ Lyric Video
To all the Coheed And Cambria fans who are sick of going to A-Z lyrics and/or some other lyric website that takes way too long to load and uses up way more cell phone data ...
Going to ACL Fest Weekend 2? Enjoy our ACL ’15 Spotify Playlist
Tomorrow kicks off Weekend Two, Day One of ACL which is taking place in Austin, TX and AltWire will be live tweeting and rocking out during the festival. Artists from Foo Fighters, The Weeknd, Of Monsters ...
Album Review: Born Ruffians – RUFF
I like Born Ruffians. I’m a huge fan of the sweet lyrics and soft, carefree guitar and harmonica in “Little Garçon” from their first album Red, Yellow & Blue. By their third album, Birthmarks, ...
Baroness Announces Release Date of Next Studio Album
Baroness, an American metal band from Savannah, Georgia, have recently announced that they will be releasing their fourth studio album, Purple, on December 15th, 2015. Despite the upcoming date, the band will be preparing ...
Daft Punk “Unchained” Documentary trailer released
BBC Worldwide has debuted the new trailer for Daft Punk’s upcoming documentary called Daft Punk Unchained. Daft Punk, the mysterious electronic duo have run the airwaves for the past three decades. Daft Punk comprises of Guy-Manuel ...
Childish Gambino covers Tamia’s “So Into You” on Triple J
Donald Glover, aka Childish Gambino, has been quiet lately. However, while on tour, he did manage to make a stop at Australia’s Triple J radio station where he performed a beautiful cover of Tamia’s ...
2015 ACL Festival Late Night Shows Tickets Still Available
If you weren’t able to purchase 2015 ACL Festival tickets before they sold out, don’t fret. Tickets to ACL Fest Late Night Shows are still available for some artists. The ACL Festival is a ...
Coldplay has “Amazing Day” at Global Citizen Festival
British rockers Coldplay headlined the Global Citizen Festival on Saturday afternoon, making the most of their six-song setlist by inviting Ariana Grande up onto the stage and debuting a brand new song, allegedly from ...
Album Review: JR JR, JR JR
JR JR, a Detroit-based electronic-indie-pop duo formerly known as Dale Earnhardt Jr Jr, released a self-titled album this past friday. Having heard their previous album and enjoyed it (it had all the elements of ...
Forefront “Happiest In Water”: Vibrant Indie From Cape Town
Straight from Cape Town, four-piece Forefront has debuted their first music video this week with their latest single “Happiest In Water,” an indie vibe perfect for the summer fun fast approaching the vibrant city. ...
Big Grams releases new single, Goldmine Junkies
Big Grams, the new collaborative project from Outkast’s Big Boi and Phantogram, have released “Goldmine Junkies”, their third single off their debut self-titled EP set to release on September 25th. The two forces initially announced their ...