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[Press Release] David Gilmour Releases First New Music in 5 Years: “Yes, I Have Ghosts”
Derek Oswald
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 ...

[Press Release] Honne Unveil Highly-Anticipated New Mixtape ‘No Song Without You’
Derek Oswald
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 ...

[AltWire Interview] Artist Becky Daly
Elysant Avery
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 ...

AltWire X Bad Ghosts Collaboration
Altwire Staff
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 ...

Dub-321 – I Don’t Care Too Much for Reggae
Omayra Lopez
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 ...

Northern Touch Music Festival unravels new “Cue&A” Platform
Justin Mathews
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
Omayra Lopez
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
M. Stoneman
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)
Omayra Lopez
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
Luke Luthi-Morrison
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
M. Stoneman
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
Lisa Kellogg
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
Elysant Avery
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
M. Stoneman
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”
Alana Rodriguez
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
Altwire Staff
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
M. Stoneman
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”
Alana Rodriguez
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
Lisa Kellogg
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
Altwire Staff
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 ...