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[Altwire Interview] Sameer Bhattacharya of Flyleaf

For most of their twelve years together as a band, the rock group Flyleaf has written and created songs that deal with the topic of rebirth, perseverance, and overcoming adversity from the everyday forces ...

Watsky Interview: “I Wanted The Album To Feel Eclectic Musically”

While being best known as a rapper, Watsky is not afraid to branch out and touch upon other genres of music to help enrich his one-of-a-kind sound. Check out our interview with him below! ...

AJR Interview: “Finding Something New Is Really Important To Us.”

It is extremely rare to find an artist on the radio today that stands out from the others and combines the perfect instrumentals, lyrics, and rhythm to make the ears 100% satisfied.  AJR would be the ...

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SomeKindaWonderful: 1 Incredible Hour With Jordy Towers

Jordy Towers of SomeKindaWonderful wears his heart on his sleeve in our incredible interview. Check it out below, and be sure to support SomeKindaWonderful on Spotify and all streaming services! Since the dawn of ...

Interview – Enter Shikari: “We’ll Be Busting Out One New Song”

What would definitely rock the entire alternative community right now? A new album from Enter Shikari! Their previous album, “A Flash Flood of Colour”, was extremely well received by both critics and fans alike. ...

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Melissa Burnos Interview: A Q&A With BURNOS

For those of you who have tuned in to SiriusXM’s Big-Uns countdown recently, your ears may be familiar with a highly explosive and extremely energetic new rock band titled BURNOS.  If you haven’t, you ...

AltWire – The Hunting Party / Part 1: Full Track By Track Impressions

Back in April, I had both the opportunity and the privilege to listen to a few of the tracks off of Linkin Park’s upcoming new record The Hunting Party due for release on June ...

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The Hunting Party Early Impressions: Linkin Park’s Fiercest

Linkin Park channel Bad Religion, Black Flag, Helmet, Refused and other early influential rock bands in some of their most electrifying and aggressive sounding tracks to date. Learn why this album may just be ...

Birth of Joy

Interview – Birth of Joy: “Our Goal Is To Lose Ourselves…”

Hailing from the Netherlands, and recently signed for worldwide distribution via Long Branch Records, Birth of Joy are a band that we are finding ourselves very excited about. Pulling from a list of underground ...

Crobot

Interview – Crobot: “We Find It Easy to Come to Solid Ground…”

Crobot is pure, unadulterated rock’n’roll. If you like hints of classic rock but with a heavier flow but also maybe something with a little bit of a groove, you’re going to want to hop ...

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Entrevista de Filter: una charla con Richard Patrick

Era el año 1995. Una nación conmocionada observaba cómo O.J. Simpson era llevado a juicio por asesinato, Forrest Gump acababa de ganar el premio a la Mejor Película en la 67.ª edición de los Premios Oscar y en Los Ángeles...

Interview – Summer Camp: “Everyone Has Darkness Inside…”

Summer Camp are an English indie-pop band signed to Moshi Moshi and founded in 2009. We previously featured Summer Camp on our independent music series “The Spark” (read our feature here). After having their latest ...

Meg Myers

Meg Myers Interview: An Artist To Watch

Meg Myers is a new artist on the rise. Her debut EP “Daughter in the Choir” has created quite the buzz when it was released in 2012. Now she is back with a new ...

AltWire Opinions: My Way Back To The Art or How I Undigitized My CD Collection

A few days ago, fellow AltWire author Emily wrote this great article about her love for Vinyl and it made me think about my own experiences with music. In the last few decades, digitization ...

AltWire Opinions: “Where’s All The Good Music Gone?”

Over the past couple decades there’s been a lot of talk about what’s killing the music industry. Way back in the day (at least it sure seems like back in the day) CDR’s struck ...

AltWire Opinions: The Joys of Vinyl

I know what you’re thinking… There is a certain stigma that comes from someone who buys vinyl. If you are immediately thinking that I am John Cusack’s character in “High Fidelity”, you couldn’t be ...