There are songs I love so much that I try to limit how much I listen to them. Trying to preserve some sacredness in how they connect with me. But regardless of how often I’ve heard them, they never ...

As alternative rock began dominating culture in the 1990s, most hair metal bands lost their record deals. The new guard wasn’t interested in “nothing but a good time.” They tried their best to avoid ...

Finishing out ‘The Corporate Pudding’ Tour, Dogpark brought their tension-filled melodic rock formula to Brooklyn Bowl ...

Pale Chord/ Rise Records has signed Saint Blonde, a five piece band creating new alternative rock songs. Saint Blonde formed in 2018 and has been working the circuit since. Like many bands grinding it ...

The term “alternative rock” evokes an interesting image. At first thought, one may picture emo teenagers or long-haired rock stars smashing guitars. Yet the alternative rock genre is a far cry from ...

San Francisco-based alt-rockers Black Map have a new album, Melodoria, out now. It's their third overall and first since 2017's In Droves as the power trio glides through windswept soundscapes with ...

I know I sound like your grouchy, out-of-touch dad when I say this, but I swear that music just isn’t that good these days. That’s not to say that today’s music is bad, but that it’s just nothing ...

These trailblazers fused unbridled energy with experimental quirks; each band had a sound that was a raucous cocktail of introspective lyrics and a defiant refusal to play by the rules of the ...

Lil Yachty is among a bevy of artists who have tried their hand at making a rock album. Jay-Z, Machine Gun Kelly, and Lil Wayne are just a few rhymers who went from rap to rock in their music careers.

The music world offers a vast menu of styles, including pop, jazz, hip-hop, and classical, but not every sound fits neatly into these categories. While many artists follow familiar patterns, others ...

On March 20th and 21st, the Alternative Guitar Summit presents its annual two-day music festival, part of the NYC-based Summit's month-long celebration of innovative guitar music. Unlike years past, ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Quentin Singer is music journalist who covers rock and heavy music. Guitar music is a ubiquitous feature of popular music, ...