Music Recommendations

A new monthly meditation in progression in art through music. Each entry will focus on one song, from each album, of one band, chartering their progression, history and sound throughout their career. This will reveal the spine of the bands back catalogue, providing a great jump off point for new listeners and points of debate for fans. This month’s band is alternative metal group Helmet.

The ever so eloquent Riley tackles a few of his favorite albums to be released thus far. Including: Anderson Paak, Porches, Florist, The Wind & The Sea, and Keep.

Thought we were missing a band from our Most Anticipated lists? Here is our most anticipated album of 2016!

A new monthly meditation in progression in art through music. Each entry will focus on one song, from each album, of one band, charting their progression, history and sound throughout their career. This will reveal the spine of the bands back catalogue, providing a great jump off point for new listeners and points of debate for fans.

Part 2 of our Most Anticipated albums of 2016 is here!

ManDancing is a band you should have started listening to on Tuesday.

Check out our first part of The Alternative's Most Anticipated albums of 2016!

Counter Intuitive Records is releasing Planclothes Dog Logic on vinyl!

We’ve made it to November and are ringing some of the last releases of 2015. Time to start thinking of your Album of the Year lists, which might have been rocked within the last few weeks due to some incredible late-year releases.  For this month’s picks, I am looking at big November releases of year’s past that were bound to mess up your AOTY rankings. 

A Desert Man is a post-hardcore group out of Cincinatti that are worth checking out.

Floral's second EP comes on out November 1st and it is going to rule!

It is time to pull out the songs we save for the brisk, chilly air that are perfect for reading and philosophizing.

It’s October!  It’s finally time to pick some apples or jump into a huge pile of leaves or do whatever people do in the fall.  Today was the first real autumn day in New Jersey, which gave way to some inspiration pick some releases to ring in the month. 

Dan, Dylan, and Hendo suggest their must see bands for this October's Fest 14.

Sean picks his top five artists he would need on a deserted island, castaway style.