Nearing 20 years together as a band, British rockers Muse have released a new DVD/CD set of their high definition concert film shown in theaters earlier this year. The live concert was filmed in Rome […]
Green Day will not be canceling their headlining gig at Soundwave 2014 in Australia but they are going on a break after the festival according to front man Billie Joe Armstrong. In a recent interview with BBC […]
The Spark Double Shot: Week of November 24th-December 1st, 2013 and December 1st – December 8th, 2013 Sorry about the lack of a Spark feature last week folks! To make up for the lack of […]
On November 23rd, 2013; we here at AltWire were on site to photograph and cover the Weezer concert (with special guests Harkland), at The Sands Bethlehem Event Center in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Below are some of […]
D.C. indie rockers The Walkmen have announced an indefinite hiatus set to begin after their last show next week. Bassist/organist Peter Bauer had this to say this about their “pretty extreme” hiatus: “We really just […]
Metal-core band Of Mice & Men have revealed that their next album will be titled ‘Restoring Force’ and is slated for a release on January 28, 2014. After “the most in-depth recording process”, ‘Restoring Force’ […]
On this year’s Country Music Awards, country rock band Zac Brown Band stunned with a performance of “Day for the Dead” together with the Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl. Now the band has announced the release […]
Mono Inc. are a band based in Germany founded in 2003. Their first album, Head Under Water, was self released in 2003, and then re-released a year later through their record label NoCut. This coincided with […]
With Christmas around the corner, Jack White and his company “Third Man Records”, have jointly released the ultimate boxed set for lovers of early American Jazz music with Revenant Records. White is known for being […]
Panic! At The Disco are currently selling a limited edition vinyl re-issue of their 2011 album Vices & Virtues. The re-release is now available in maroon opaque vinyl and is limited to only 1800 copies […]
With easily justified comparisons to the likes of early Thirty Seconds to Mars, flavors of Depeche Mode, and a wonderfully prominent influence of The Cure thrown into the mix, The Anix’s own brand of ethereal […]
It’s perhaps too easy to forget that taking steps in the right direction isn’t always the simplest task. There’s a shrewd shred of self-awareness in that knowledge: the realization that maybe it just isn’t going […]
Alice In Chains’ sixth album is a purposeful nod to their North West roots. Not only is it the first time that the band have created a full length record in their home town of […]
Let’s take a moment to be completely honest here: we’re probably never getting that sixth System of a Down album. It’s just not happening. If the recent open dispute between lead guitarist/vocalist Daron Malakian and […]
Who’s ready for a road trip? The new Gorillaz album The Now Now is the perfect soundtrack for travel. One can tell from titles such as “Magic City”, “Lake Zurich”, and “Hollywood” that there is a dedicated focus on […]
If there ever was a more appropriate description for the music of Bret Autrey’s Blue Stahli, it would have to be the easiest: fun. In endlessly toying with genres and always offering something new and […]
Isaac Delusion Rust and Gold is the perfect album for anyone that likes a wide range of genres. Categorization of their music is impossible because each song masterfully uses different musical styles and techniques from […]
If the definition of insanity is “doing something over and over again and expecting a different result”, then musically you need look little further than the career of Bullet For My Valentine. Of course, it […]
Like the Busted’s and Mcfly’s of the early 2000s, 5 Seconds of Summer’s sound and style has always been a calculated and consciously safe one. In implementing casual lyricism with playful melodic hooks, the direction […]
I remember the exact moment I realized I had completely fallen in love with moody, beautifully textured indie rock. Spending a long, bored night tumbling down the endless rabbit hole of the internet, I happened […]