Editors

Henderson Cole - Managing Editor (Asbury Park)

Henderson started The Alternative as a college radio show. Now it's much more! He handles a lot of the organizing, scheduling, emailing and other fun stuff.

Lindsy Carrasquillo - Playlist Editor (Nashville)

Lindsy takes photos, interviews bands, writes premieres and helps us create other awesome content as well as being an editor. She also curates our New Music Friday playlist.

Zac Djamoos - Weekly Roundup Editor (New Jersey)

Zac has been a long time contributor to The Alternative and over time he has taken a bigger role, reviewing records and running our Weekly Roundup column.

Sarah Knoll - Photography Editor (NYC)

Sarah can be found in the middle of the pit at every show in NYC taking awesome photos. Her photography and interviews and help with editing has taken the site to another level.

Kyle Musser - Photography Editor (New Hampshire)

Kyle revitalized our photography section by shooting tons of shows from all different genres of music. Over the years we've been lucky enough to see his style and skill develop.

Madison Van Houten - Video Editor (Asbury Park)

Madison joined our team and immediately took a big role running our video team and designing art for our site! Now that she's here, the sky is the limit for our YouTube channel.

Molly Mary O'Brien - Video Editor (NYC)

Molly joined our site in 2021 and immediately took a large role producing her video interview series: Get Involved. She is helping to run and expand our video team and live streaming events.

Hugo Reyes - Editor (Chicago)

Hugo is an authority on hardcore, and all things Chicago music, 2 things that we needed a lot more of on the site until he showed up. Recently he has taken a larger role as an editor and with his monthly hardcore column, 'Step 2 Rhythm'

Jordan Walsh - Editor (Philadelphia)

Jordan knows about a wild variety of music and is always willing to share his thoughts and expertise via reviews and interviews. His taste is making our site even better.

Aaron Eisenreich - Editor (Pittsburgh)

Aaron has been a key writer and editor for the Alt for a long time, but recently he has taken a lead role making sure that all of our articles are published on time. If you've enjoyed any of our premieres, thank him.

Kim Luciano - Social Media Editor (Albany)

Kim has joined the Alt team and taken a huge role as the head of our Instagram and social media strategy. She makes sure we're reaching the IG crowd, and showing off the best of our work.

Amanda Starling - Web Development Editor (Tampa)

Amanda handles the web development side of The Alternative. Meaning, she probably built the website you are reading this on right now!

Contributors

Hope Ankley (Atlanta)

Keegan Bradford (Portland)

Michelle Bruton (Chicago)

Luke Ferrara (Albany)

Jami Fowler (Kentucky)

Konstantina Buhalis (Michigan)

Julia Leiby (Philadelphia)

Chris Burleson (Los Angeles)

Anne Hurban (Philadelphia)

Joel Funk (Albany)

Jane Lai (Brooklyn)

Nate Cross (Pittsburgh)

Alec Moore (Michigan)

Grace Robins-Somerville (Brooklyn)

Ryleigh Wann (Brooklyn)

Loan Pham (Los Angeles)

Emma Bowers

Jazmin Lemus (Los Angeles)

Luke Phillips (Los Angeles)