This Preteen Heavy Metal Band Rocks Harder Than You Ever Could

Hats off to these three awesome little youngsters; called “Unlocking The Truth” who have been breaking down barriers and rocking festivals and Times Square…all while still in the 7th grade. Coming from Brooklyn, New ...

Sticks and Stones: New Found Glory Announce Departure Of Original Guitarist Steve Klein

Well it looks like it’s gone all downhill from here, and that things have reached a head on collision as New Found Glory have announced that they are officially parting ways with their lead ...

The Weather Outside Is Frightful, But This Surf-Rock Sure Is Delightful…

So Wintertime is finally here in the United States (greetings Electra!), and with the first huge snowfall of the season, we all know what’s on the way this Holiday season. Flight delays, power outages, ...

Versus The World

Interview – Versus The World: “Punk Rock is Everything To Me”

Versus The World are a post-hardcore/pop punk band hailing out of Santa Barbara, CA comprised of Chris Flippin (Lagwagon), Mike Davenport (The Ataris), Bryan Charleson and Donald Spence (Crooks and Liars). Signed to Viking ...

Interview – Harkland: “We Try to Be The Hardest Working Band…”

Harkland are an independent Alternative Rock band based out of Lehigh Valley, Pennsylvania and founded by lead vocalist and singer-songwriter Paulie Knakk. After performing as a band for over two years and touring the ...

The Spark: Week of December 1st – December 8th, 2013

The Spark Double Shot: Week of November 24th-December 1st, 2013 and December 1st – December 8th, 2013 Sorry about the lack of a Spark feature last week folks! To make up for the lack ...

PHOTOS: Weezer Live w/ Harkland [Sands Bethlehem Event Center – 11/23/13]

On November 23rd, 2013; we here at AltWire were on site to photograph and cover the Weezer concert (with special guests Harkland), at The Sands Bethlehem Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Below are some ...

Perfect Pussy

Interview – Perfect Pussy on Anti-Oppression Politics

Perfect Pussy is a band that is both as bold and adventurous as their moniker suggests. The band first came to fruition on the set of John Cusack’s “Adult World” when the director Scott ...

Ian Watkins

Sickening: Ian Watkins Pleads Guilty to 2013 Child Sex Abuse Charges

In what is surely one of the more shocking pieces of news to come out of the rock music world as of late; vocalist Ian Watkins of Lostprophets has today pleaded guilty to 13 ...

Cage The Elephant Release Music Video For “Come A Little Closer”

Cage The Elephant have revealed a brand new music video for their latest single “Come A Little Closer” released off of their third album Melophobia. The video now available on YouTube; places the rock ...

Darkhaus

Darkhaus โ€“ โ€œMy Only Shelterโ€ (2013): A Solid Debut Effort

The following Darkhaus review is a guest review submitted by a member of our community, Andreina.  โ€œOpen your eyes, now buckle up and enjoy the ride, but donโ€™t close your eyesโ€ Mr. Kenny Hanlon ...

The Spark: Week of November 17th-November 24th, 2013

The Spark: Week of November 17th-November 24th, 2013 Welcome to The Spark, a weekly feature on AltWire where we put the spotlight on a fun, exciting and electrifying band that we feel deserves your ...

Mike Shinoda Linkin Park

[AltWire Interview]: Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park

In our first interview ever, we interview the legendary Mike Shinoda of Linkin Park. Read on below… I remember hearing my first Linkin Park record when I was only fifteen years old. It was ...

Parque Linkin

Linkin Park Release Amazing 2010 Demo “Primo”

For every year since 2001, rock band Linkin Park has released a yearly collection of unreleased demos, unfinished songs and b-sides to members of their official fan-club The Linkin Park Underground, as part of ...

Artists On The Rise: We As Human (Atlantic Records)

For this monthโ€™s โ€œArtists On The Riseโ€ segment, we are putting the spotlight on Nashville, TN based Alternative Rock band We As Human, currently signed to Atlantic Records via the imprint Hear It Loud. ...

Editors Release Video For Their New Single “Honesty” – Listen To It Here

Alternative Rock band Editors have dropped the video for their latest single Honesty (out November 25th, 2013 via PIAS records) and you can watch it below via their official VEVO channel. Although they have ...

Entra Shikari

Enter Shikari To Release “Rat Race” Nov. 4th

A Rat Race has begun, and this time it wont include Mr. Bean, and Cuba Gooding Jr. Enter Shikari have announced plans through their official website to release ‘Rat Race’, the third single from their ...

Mi romance quimico

My Chemical Romance To Release Greatest Hits

For a short period of time on Tuesday October the 29th, fans of the now-defunct pop-punk band My Chemical Romance, exploded in excitement via social media over rumors that the multi-platinum band had risen ...

Linkin Park โ€“ โ€œRECHARGEDโ€ [CD] (2013)

Hot off the heels of their latest collaboration with EDM DJ Steve Aoki on “A Light That Never Comes”, Linkin Park have released a superb collection of remixes of songs originally recorded for their ...

Avenged Sevenfold

Avenged Sevenfold’s M. Shadows On Fame and Success

If the music critics have deemed that ‘rock is dead’, then they’d certainly better take a second look at Avenged Sevenfold’s latest success. With their recent sixth studio release “Hail To The King” released ...

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