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Northern Touch Music Festival unravels new “Cue&A” Platform
Northern Touch Music Festival has launched the first stage of a 5-day per week live broadcast programming network, working with partners out of Canada, and cities New York & Atlanta. The ...
Witchduck – Dillingers Hired Guns
Dillingers Hired Guns, a solo project from Blaine Dillinger, well known as HIRIE’s lead guitarist has released its latest single, “Witchduck”. “The song is the first in a series of singles I will be releasing with ...
Grey Daze – Amends (2020): Remembering Chester Bennington
In one of the first posthumous albums released after Chester Bennington’s passing, Grey Daze puts a new spin on old Chester vocals. How did they do? See below. “No one ever really dies as ...
Slightly Stoopid – The Gambler (Kenny Rogers Cover)
Recently, on March 20, 2020, country legend Kenny Rogers well known for his hit, The Gambler passed away at the age of 81. Whether or not you enjoy country music, at some point you ...
tētēma – Necroscape / Album Review
Tētēma‘s brilliant Necroscape wows in its artistic complexity. Read our full review below. Mike Patton is an immensely talented dude, but anyone familiar with his work across his numerous bands and projects (and there ...
10 Tasty Riffs – The Material
You know who I miss? The Material. Now, sure – we got the Grey States 2018 EP after a long hiatus, and the band is certainly still around… but Everything I Want to Say ...
ACNH: The Most Stressful Relaxing Game Ever
My last article was a glowing review of Animal Crossing as a whole. Rather than continuing to gush about this great series like the professionals are likely doing, I’m going to keep this as ...
Kingdom Season 2 Review
Kingdom Season 2 came out with a bang. Within the first 30 seconds, you already saw hordes of zombies running at the main characters. Unlike the first season, it took a couple of episodes ...
10 Tasty Riffs – Papa Roach
Welcome back, friends to Ten Tasty Riffs! This week, we focus on Papa Roach! As we’ve all seen, the last few weeks have been some of the craziest we’ve seen in a long time, ...
Picard Season 1, Episode 9 “Et in Arcadia Ego”
Picard has brought back characters to the screen that we have not seen in years. The most recent episode brought back a very familiar face playing a brand new role. The episode title, as ...
For Chester Bennington – A Birthday Tribute
To say that we here at AltWire have been influenced by the immense talent that is Chester Bennington could not be more of an understatement if we tried. As fans of the band, we ...
Miyavi: 10 Amazing Riffs From The Japanese Legend
Welcome, friends, to another installment of my Ten Tasty Riffs series. This week? Miyavi! For those who haven’t seen this before, Ten Tasty Riffs is my own personal outlet to rant for a little ...
Picard Season 1: Episode 8 “Broken Pieces”
Picard continues to expand character arcs for both established fan-favorite characters and characters we are still getting to know. This week’s episode focuses on the mysterious Rios and Seven of Nine. The episode focus ...
Review: Ori and the Will of the Wisps
GamePass gave me access to Ori and the Will of the Wisps on launch. However, 100% completion on Ori and the Blind Forest: Definitive Edition took precedence in my household. It ended up being ...
What Are AltWire Listening To? Week of March 15th
Welcome, friends, to the second week of AltWire’s catchup series What Are AltWire Listening To? Same as last week, this series is just a little mini catchup amongst ourselves regarding albums we’ve been spinning ...
Did Season 1 Of Kingdom Live Up To The Hype? My Review.
An army of well-trained soldiers being led by a manipulative and sly grandfather wanting to kill you and a horde of flesh-eating zombies wishing to have you for a midnight snack? What could go ...
10 Tasty Riffs – Celldweller
Miyavi Ohhhh boy. Narrowing down to a mere ten ‘tasty’ Celldweller guitar riffs wasn’t easy. Welcome, friends, to the second installment of Ten Tasty Riffs, my personal recurring series on the wonderful world of ...
How To Play Both Amazing Ori Games, For $1
Ori and the Blind Forest (part of two Ori Games) is an award winning 2D platformer Metroidvania. It was the debut title for Moon Studios, a remotely operated Indie studio. The story opens with ...
COVID-19 has Found its Latest Victim: the Gaming Industry
In 2019, 8000 games were added to the Steam store. This does not include mobile games,console exclusives, in-browser games, or games otherwise not available on Steam. At best, the most avid gamer can complete ...
What Are AltWire Listening To? Week of March 8th
Welcome, friends, to another brand new weekly AltWire series! We here at AltWire are all (unsurprisingly) huge fans of music, so every Sunday we’d like to put our heads together for a ‘What Are ...