The Shortlist – September 9, 2016

As Fall approached and the days continue to get shorter in the Northern Hemisphere the musical landscape is beginning to follow suit with calmer, more introspective themes and even drifting into downright darkness at times.  This week’s playlist is stocked with a few cuts and previews from Fall releases and a decent helping of chill hip-hop. … Read more

The Shortlist – September 2, 2016

September is here and with it comes a whole crop of killer new preview tracks and one-off singles.  Here is a list of the week’s best and brightest releases complete with plenty of great earworms and envelope-pushers. clipping – Air ‘Em Out Daveed Diggs and company have been working hard in between Diggs’ Hamilton performances to record a … Read more

The Shortlist – August 20, 2016

Summer isn’t over yet and some of the most hotly anticipated albums of 2016 are still to come.  This week’s shortlist of the best new releases is chock-full of preview tracks and feel-good summer jams so grab a beer, hit the patio, and press play. Bon Iver – 22 (OVER S∞∞N) After 5 years of other projects, … Read more

AltWire Presents: Marlene Oak’s “How Long”

  I wonder if Marlene Oak is a modest person. I pondered this last night, after I listened to her debut single, “How Long”. I hope she isn’t modest, because she has some serious bragging rights after releasing a song of this caliber. Ahem, excuse me… She has some serious bragging rights after releasing a song of this … Read more

King Filthy – “10 Toes”

King Filthy Disclaimer: This video contains explicit material that may be senstitive to some people.  Facebook: www.facebook.com/KingFilthy219 SoundCloud: soundcloud.com/niehsson-williams If your music is going to be filthy, you may as well be the king of it right? King Filthy let’s us know that he is royalty when it comes to expressing the filthiness on his mind as … Read more

Coheed and Cambria: A Deeply Honest Chat with Josh Eppard

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Arguably one of the best progressive rock bands to grace this generation of music, Coheed and Cambria boasts an impressive list of accomplishments: eight studio albums, three live albums, a complete series of comic books, a full-length novel, and multiple special edition releases all since 2001. Their most recent album, The Color Before the Sun, … Read more

Disturbed: Inside Their Explosive “Immortalized”

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AltWire discusses Disturbed’s surprise album announcement with Mike Wengren of Disturbed. Check it out below: With the advent of technology making it easier than ever before for fame-seekers to leak exclusive media to the masses, and thus ruin deeply guarded plans, it’s always incredible when a band or artist are able to unveil a project … Read more

Fort Minor’s Return: Mike Shinoda on ‘Welcome’

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To anyone looking from the outside, 2005 would have seemed to be a wonderful time to be Mike Shinoda. Riding on the wave of two very successful blockbuster Linkin Park Records, and a critically acclaimed collaboration with the millionaire rap-mogul, Jay-Z, and an announcement of a solo project named Fort Minor, there seemed to be nothing that … Read more

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

For this month’s “Artists On The Rise” 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. We As Human consists of Justin Cordle, Jake Jones, Justin Forshaw, Adam Osborne and Dave Draggoo. We first witnessed this incredible … Read more