Music Recommendations

Check out the new single "Run It Down" from Philly alt rockers Petrol.

A sugary single from Martha, a bleary Americana record from Why Bonnie, and Looming's ethereal new track were among our favorites this week. Check out all the releases we deem 'must-hear':

2022 has been a dark year in many ways, but fortunately it has also been a year full of incredible art. Art that has gotten us all through these tough times. These are our favorite albums of 2022––so far.

Check out the video for Hot Moms Club's sunny new track, "DD."

Have you watched the new episode of Alt TV yet??? Its our new 2 hour internet tv show. Music videos. Interviews. Other good things. Its incredible.

It feels like hardcore is having a moment, and it doesn’t seem like 2022 will be slowing down in any way, so it would only be right for The Alternative to try to catalog some of the best new tracks in the genre. Introducing Hugo Reyes' new column 'Step 2 Rhythm', where you can find all sweet new hardcore and punk rock that you may have missed each month.

New Year, New Tunes, right? The beginning of a new year means that there are countless possibilites for what can be coming down the pike and one of our favorite things to do at The Alternative is to speculate about what we'll be getting as the year unfolds. Our staff put together a list of our most anticipated albums of 2022!

Keegan Bradford's round-up of the best new punk, hardcore, and metal from Asia is back with a top-tier split from Taiwanese grindcore icons, environmentalist crustpunk from Tokyo, Indonesian progressive power metal, and beatdown from way out in northwest China.

An ant on helium writing music reviews and recommending music, in this case, 10 new reviews of some incredible recent releases.

With 'Under Soil and Dirt', the popular debut LP by The Story So Far, turning 10 years old, its a perfect time to look back on the history of one of the biggest pop punk bands of the last decade.

It has been a wild first half of 2021. Vaccines, a new president, live music returning, and an avalanche of releases that were delayed from 2020. These are our staff's favorite records from the first half of the year. Take a look at the list and a listen to the playlist and you will find all the gems you had missed.

In a run of three albums and a split, One Man Army put out some of the best punk of the early 2000s, but they do not seem to be remembered that way, possibly because they music is mainly absent from streaming services. Aaron provides a fan's guide to what made One Man Army so special.