Op-Ed

All of my favorite albums have at least a memorable one. And in hardcore, it’s an essential piece of the puzzle. 'Ill Blood' by No Warning creates an alchemy of these two options, making the best hardcore opening track ever.

Dusty of Haunt Dog stops by to recommend ten lesser-known emo bands you need to listen to now.

Jami runs through her favorite Cheekface lyrics, album by album

In this essay, Jordy reflects on a long, wandering summer with the new Wonder Years album, 'The Hum Goes on Forever.'

Minneapolis-based musician Zaq Baker looks back on 'Fast Times at Barrington High' by early 2k pop punks The Academy Is...

The Alt alumni, Chris Musser returns with an OpEd about growing up, burning out, and finding your place in the exhausting music industry, which was written at the Into It Over It / secret YouBlew It reunion show that happened in Cambridge MA.

Photo Credit: Jacob Ritts Long before I was an editor for The Alternative, I was an avid reader and a […]

In her latest Op-Ed, Konstantina muses on the power of the *very special* soundtrack to Clone High, an early 2000s one-season wonder of a show gearing up for a reboot.

Hugo revisits the humble beginnings of Sincere Engineer in the Chicago music scene. Deanna Belo's early solo act paved way for her emergence in the pop-punk community in the years to come. Through simple punk songs, Belo's drew you in with raw emotion and sheer charisma of her vocals.

Konstantina reflects on the short-lived Warped Tour reality show 'Warped Roadies', the show about, well, Warped Tour roadies.

As the increase of vaccinations and the decreasing numbers related to the COVID-19 pandemic have slowly allowed for more gatherings, the questions remain, when are "real" shows coming back and when will it actually be safe?

Mourning the death of a close friend or a treasured artist can be a extremely difficult, and it is even harder when the person you lost is both. But a loss that severe can make everything more clear, and can remind you why you are even here.