alternative rock

Bristol band Split Chain have previewed their forthcoming motionblur [DELUXE] with two newly reworked songs featuring Postdrome and Commoner ahead of the digital release on September 11 through Epitaph Records.

Dinosaur Jr. have released 'Blowin' Up', the second preview of their forthcoming album There Near, with Lou Barlow taking songwriting duties on the politically charged track ahead of the album's release on August 28 via Jagjaguwar.

Thirty years after its release, Sublime's self titled third album remains one of alternative music's most enduring records, transforming a California underground band into a global phenomenon only after the death of frontman Bradley Nowell.

Jesus Jones have unveiled ‘All Falls To Me', the second single from their first studio album in eight years, *Twilight*, with frontman Mike Edwards using the song and its accompanying video to explore the philosophical concept of solipsism while reflecting on uncertainty, ageing and change.

Forty years after its release, R.E.M.'s fourth studio album Life's Rich Pageant remains one of the defining records in the band's catalogue, marking the point where the Athens, Georgia group broadened its audience without abandoning the artistic identity that made it one of alternative rock's most influential acts.

System Of A Down will return to Australia for their first headline tour in more than a decade in January and February 2027, joined by fellow American heavy music pioneers Faith No More for three stadium concerts in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane.

L7 bassist Jennifer Finch has died at the age of 59, just five days after revealing she had been diagnosed with an aggressive form of brain cancer. The pioneering musician, songwriter, photographer and designer was a central figure in one of alternative rock's most influential bands across four decades.