Consider our minds completely blown! After a series of mysterious updates (and new images of the band on their official Facebook page) Coldplay has hit their fan base with a beyonce-style surprise of epic proportions. The new track “Midnight” – presumably from their yet to be titled upcoming new album – is a drastic departure from […]
Perfect Pussy (a band often labeled as the ‘band with the unprintable name’ in many publications) have just finished and uploaded a music video for their track “I”; from their demo tape I Have Lost All Desire For Feeling, and you can view it below via their official YouTube channel below. Signed to Captured Tracks […]
The year was 1995. A shocked nation watched as OJ Simpson was put on trial for murder, Forrest Gump had just won Best Picture at the 67th Academy Awards and in Los Angeles, a young guitarist by the name of Richard Patrick (formerly of Nine Inch Nails) was stepping out on his own for the […]
It’s Valentine’s Day! Let’s go out with our loved ones, swap roses, chocolate and jewelry! Oh wait, you have no sweetheart? No problem! Me neither! Let’s spend our Valentine’s Day with the biggest love of our lives: music! Here are three outstanding albums that are romantic, upbeat or angry – the perfect tunes to put […]
I remember hearing Neutral Milk Hotel after downloading their song “In the Aeroplane Over the Sea” on a whim from the “artists you might like” on itunes. I didn’t actually listen to it right then and there, but rather added it to a playlist of songs to listen to on, coincidently enough, an airplane. I […]
English rock band The Virginmarys have just released the video for their latest single “Just A Ride” from their breakout album, 2013’s King Of Conflict (Wind Up Records). Debuting within the top 10 in Billboard’s Heatseekers Chart, King of Conflict garnered the band international acclaim and lead to the feature of two versions of “Just A Ride” […]
I’m one of those rare people who stay up late for no apparent reason, watch late night television, and clean the house when insomnia kicks in. If it weren’t for that horrible habit of being a night owl, I probably wouldn’t have discovered Chvrches. It seems as though no matter what I do, I tend […]
January was a good month for LA-based band, Warpaint, who released their second album. If you haven’t heard them before, it’s best to just start with the new. Their self-titled album is singular to the kinds of sounds the band had in their previous album, The Fool, which was released in the US in 2010. […]
Welcome to The Spark, a feature on AltWire where we put the spotlight on fun, exciting and electrifying bands that we feel deserve your undivided attention. All are available for immediate consumption and in satisfying servings for your cerebral taste buds. Fast food for your ears, what could be better than that? Sisteray – London, […]
