Category Archives: Alternative Rock

CHVRCHES Announce New Album ‘All The King’s Men’

CHVRCHES have revealed all of the details for their hotly anticipated new album, their first in six years. Set to be titled ‘All The King’s Men’, it will be released on 22 January 2027 via Future Music Groups. It serves as the follow-up to 2021’s ‘Screen Violence’. The artwork looks like this: And the tracklisting […]

Clinic Have Wild in the Streets Ahead—Here’s Where to Start

Clinic are heading toward the dance floor by their own peculiar route. Excellent. We would be disappointed if they arrived in a straight line. The band’s tenth album, Wild in the Streets, is announced for October 30. Ahead of it, “Energies” offers a public introduction to this chapter. In Domino’s announcement, Ade Blackburn connects the […]

Three Years of Sampha’s Lahai: Time for Another Listen

An album anniversary is a perfectly respectable excuse to cancel an evening of aimless scrolling. Sampha’s Lahai turns three on October 20. We have our excuse. Released in 2023 through Young, it followed Process and the earlier Dual EP. Sampha’s official album account places the record within a creative life that extends across songwriting, production, […]

Foo Fighters, Weezer & More For KROQ Almost Acoustic Christmas Show

KROQ’s iconic Almost Acoustic Christmas show is back for another year, and the line-up is filled with the very best of rock and alternative. Up top, you have Foo Fighters and Weezer, both of whom have released massive albums this year. They will then be joined by Sublime, Interpol, Joyce Manor, Julia Wolf, Almost Monday […]

Ten Years of Big Crown: A Record Label Worth Getting Lost In

A tenth birthday, a double album, and a sticker sheet. Big Crown understands that grown adults can still be trusted to get excited about stickers. The Brooklyn label, founded by Leon Michels and Danny Akalepse in 2016, is marking the anniversary with BCR10 – Ten Years of Big Crown Records. Its official description presents the […]

Jordan Rakei’s The Loop: Let the Arrangements Open Up

Thirteen songs. Four sides on the vinyl edition. Jordan Rakei’s The Loop gives us a pleasingly manageable invitation to put the phone somewhere inconvenient. Released in May 2024, the album belongs to a body of work in which the multi-instrumentalist, singer, producer and songwriter keeps returning to personal change. His official description places family and […]

Sonic Temple Reveal First Names For 2027 Festival

Sonic Temple Reveal First Names For 2027 Festival Skip to the content Festival season may have just ended, but Sonic Temple are already getting ready for 2027 with their first names rolling out. UPDATE 16/10/2026: Iron Maiden have been announced as the first headliner for next year’s festival, scheduled to play on May […]

Stones Throw at 30: Follow the Label Beyond the Familiar Names

A good record label can make a nuisance of your free time. One artist leads to another, the credits get interesting, and suddenly dinner is late. Stones Throw has had thirty years to perfect this particular inconvenience. Peanut Butter Wolf founded the label in 1996. Its anniversary festival brings artists from across that history together […]