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YES, I HAVE GHOSTS” is the first new song from David Gilmour in five years and features the voice and harp playing of his daughter Romany. The inspiration for the track was Polly Samson’s new novel ‘A Theatre for Dreamers’. Of ‘Yes, I Have Ghosts’ Gilmour says “I was working on this song just as we … Read more
Photo Credit: Tim Toda After amassing over 1.2 billion streams worldwide, UK-based electro-soul duo HONNE have unveiled their highly-anticipated mixtape, ‘no song without you’ – a brand new 14-track compilation available everywhere today via Tatemae Recordings/ Atlantic Records HERE. It lands as the band’s first new material since acclaimed 2018 album, ‘Love Me / Love … Read more
Artists are the glue that holds us together in this world. Stories, photos, paintings, statues, music, video games, and multiple other things keep us together. Without artists and what they do, our world would be bland. With the help of social media and the age of the internet, artists can be found everywhere. Something that … Read more
Hi folks! Today marks an exciting new announcement for AltWire, in the form of a brand new collaboration with indie horror author/video game reviewer Bad Ghosts! Bad Ghosts will feature original horror short stories (both written, and narrated), whilst also tackling video game reviews typically in the horror or indie genre. See the new review … Read more
It’s been over 2 years since Dub-321‘s frontman Miles Galli has made his comeback. Not even a global pandemic has stopped him from pushing forward. Miles took the time to share some of the process in the production of his latest album, “I Don’t Care Too Much For Reggae” “The album is a mix of … Read more
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 first of these programs is a weekly question and answer segment titled Cue&A with host artist Cue Carbon. This program focuses … Read more
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 animal themes. The idea is to show the “supernatural” nature of the natural world. A portion of the profits will go … Read more
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 long as they are loved.” – James O’Barr, December 2010 Embracing the colossal task of a posthumous release is an incredibly … Read more
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 may have heard The Gambler, especially at any small gathering involving a game of poker. Among many great musicians paying their … Read more
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 are a lot…) knows there’s a brand of mercurial eccentricity that he brings to the table no matter what endeavor he’s … Read more
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 dropped in 2013 and suddenly that feels like a long, long time ago. Full of huge, pop punk/alt rock Colleen D’Agostino-led … Read more
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 critical as possible. Let’s start with why I’m bitter: I preloaded my digital download weeks in advance so that I could … Read more
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 before they even appeared. One of the great things that they did with this season is they ended with a bang … Read more
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, so to combat working at home for nearly two weeks, my household has been filled with two things: cats, and rock … Read more
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 many are, is a classical phrase. It has both a literal meaning and has roots in mythology. “Et in Arcadia Ego” … Read more
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 found a medium to explore new genres, new experiences, and new ways of being part of an amazing fan community. To … Read more
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 while about ten guitar riffs I personally find memorable from a specific artist. As a (fairly average if I’m honest) guitarist … Read more
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 is on the broken pieces of Captain Rios’ personality while also showing how emotionally broken Seven of Nine is. We also … Read more
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 a good thing that I waited until later in the day to play. An update was released midday so I missed … Read more
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 a lot over the last seven days. We (of course) are all massive music fans here at AltWire, so the opportunity … Read more