#TheSpark: Hot Music For The Week of 03/20-03/27

Welcome to The Spark, a feature on AltWire where we put the spotlight on fun, exciting and diverse artists that we feel deserve your undivided attention.  All available for immediate consumption and in satisfying ...

Rey sucio – “10 dedos de los pies”

King Filthy Disclaimer: This video contains explicit material that may be senstitive to some people.  Facebook: www.facebook.com/KingFilthy219 SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/niehsson-williams If your music is going to be filthy, you may as well be the king of it ...

Reseña del concierto Enter Shikari en Colonia, 27/03/16

Enter Shikari have proved numerous times that they are a force to be reckoned with, so of course I had to see them once more when they played Cologne past Sunday. The show at ...

Kevin Flum – The Wake Up (Produced by Vintage)

Kevin Flum makes sure we know in his song, “The Wake Up” that his SoundCloud is lit. Listening to the bars, and I do mean BARS, that K. Flum spits in this song, I can see ...

DJ RoboRob – A Few Songs EP

Album Link: djroborob.bandcamp.com/album/a-few-songs-ep Genre: House/Electro House I have a mission for you guys. When you listen to DJ RoboRob’s new “A Few Songs” EP, I want you to tell me if you can actually picture that ...

The Mic Check – New Hip-Hop This Week: 03/20/16-3/27/16

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Album Review: Domo Genesis – Genesis

Former Odd Future rapper Domo Genesis has finally broken out of his shell with his debut album “Genesis”. Genesis is a far cry from Under The Influence 2, and Domo has ditched the classic ...

AltWire Artists to Watch: J-Tone, Izzy, & WontoN

Kansas City is on the come up. There is an uncanny amount of young talented artists in the area. From Rory Fresco, who just signed a deal with Epic Records to Kye Colors, the ...

AltWire presents: Emmaline – The Path

Photo taken by Atlanta Photographer Michael Foster I first heard Emmaline on Facebook, while browsing through my News Feed. It was like destiny, if you believe in these things. I accidentally clicked the play ...

[Blogs from the Pit] The Color Before the Sun Tour @ The Fillmore 03/05/16

A few weekends ago I made the hike back to Philadelphia for The Color Before The Sun Tour with headliner Coheed and Cambria alongside Glassjaw and I The Mighty, with opening act Silver Snakes. ...

The Mic Check – New Hip-Hop This Week: 03/13/16

[soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/207330050″ params=”auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false&visual=true” width=”100%” height=”450″ iframe=”true” /] 1.)BUS RIDE – KAYTRANADA Infamous SoundCloud producer KAYTRANADA not only released a fantastic song this week, but also announced the release of his debut album 99.9%. The ...

Album Review: I LOVE MAKONNEN – Drink More Water 6

Drink More Water 6 is by far my least favorite album of the year. With a combination of unimpressive vocals and amateurish flows this album makes for an extremely unpleasant listening experience. I didn’t ...

American Wolves Premiere “Part Of Me” On Billboard

American Wolves have entered alternative rock with their debut single and music video “Part Of Me.” Billboard has the exclusive debut for the four-piece, “Part Of Me” off their upcoming EP of five tracks. “I really think that ...

Stone Temple Pilots End Open Auditions For Vocalist

Stone Temple Pilots have closed open auditions in the search of a new vocalist to front the four-man band. Auditions opened in February nearly an exact month ago, allowing any singer, professional or just a fan, ...

The Mic Check – New Hip-Hop This Week: 03/06/16

AltWire Songs of the Week 3/6/16 1.Finish Line – Daye Jack Daye Jack returns with his fourth single since releasing his fantastic 2015 debut Soul Glitch. Finish Line has strong funk influences, and it’s ...

Album Review: Lil Yachty – Lil Boat

Lil Yachty seemingly dropped out of the sky. I, and most other people, had never heard of him until February 11th after the Yeezy Fashion Show/Life of Pablo Listening Party, where he played the role ...

Lacey Sturm

[Altwire Interview] Lacey Sturm on ‘Life Screams’

Known to many as the original lead vocalist of the award-winning, multi-platinum rock band Flyleaf, vocalist Lacey Sturm‘s life story is one of true inspiration. An atheist for most of her youth, Lacey struggled to ...

Legacy of the Lyricist Vol. II – Wally West

This is exactly why I started blogging. This  is exactly why I sold my soul to the demons of online journalism and jumped into the abyss. This is why I finally allowed myself to be assimilated into this ...

Blitz Berlin

Blitz Berlin: Artists To Watch

Compromised of a group of friends who met each other in high school (and who originally performed as the metal-core band Theset), the electronic punk group Blitz Berlin has been making quite a name ...

Album Review: Kendrick Lamar – Untitled Unmastered

Untitled Unmastered is about what you would expect from an album full of songs that weren’t good enough to make it onto the best hip hop album of the decade. I love Kendrick, and ...

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