Jake Murray is the heart of In Violet, though the band is self-described as “a carousel of contributors & co-writers”. This is classic alternative atmospheric rock, but it’s also one of the best songs ...

"Back to Friends" dethrones the singer/songwriter's own six-week leader "Undressed." By Kevin Rutherford Sombr supplants himself at No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Rock & Alternative Songs chart, rising to ...

The Recording Academy recently revealed its nominees for the 2025 Grammy Awards, and The Best Alternative Music Album category includes first-time nominations for both an alt-rock legend and a ...

Best Alternative Album isn’t just some catch-all category invented to include genre-defying works of exceptional music. It’s a distinct subgenre of rock music that emerged in the late 1970s, but ...

The Cure have won Best Alternative Music Performance for "Alone" at the 2026 Grammys. The Songs of a Lost World single edged out Bon Iver ("Everything Is Peaceful Love"), Hayley Williams ("Parachute") ...

"It's been gratifying to see the overall Latin music industry come together with a deeper sense of community year after year," says LAMC founder Tomas Cookman. By Isabela Raygoza Associate Editor, ...

How are alternative music platforms differentiating themselves from mainstream services, and how can they hope to hold their own? What do they tell us about what the future of music could and should ...

With 2025 coming to a close, iHeartRadio is celebrating this year's biggest and best in music with iHeartRadio Rewind, iHeartRadio's list of most-played artists and songs of the year. In the ...

The alternative music scene of the 2000s was vast. It could encompass bands from The White Stripes to Gorillaz to The Used to Black Rebel Motorcycle Club. I probably don’t have to tell you how ...

“Too Black for the White kids, and too White for the Blacks,” Earl Sweatshirt confesses on his 2013 track “Chum.” The lyric hit like a punch to the gut because it wasn’t just Earl’s story, it was a ...