On a swelteringly hot day in Chandler, Arizona, in July 1991, Jane’s Addiction was set to take the stage on the first date for Lollapalooza, a new traveling alternative music festival that the band’s ...

SALT LAKE CITY — A class on the future of alternative music will be back in session this summer. The Idobi Radio Summer School Tour — co-founded last year by Vans Warped Tour creator Kevin Lyman and a ...

A new exhibition at the Contemporary at Blue Star showcases San Antonio's longstanding connection to alternative music subculture. Why it matters: Independent and alternative rock genres (like punk, ...

As someone central to the progression of alternative music, Damon Albarn’s music tastes surely go beyond the conventional. Read more here.

No matter how hard we try to catch all of the amazing music being made over the year, we miss things. Most of it has to do with the fact that I often repeat: there is an astounding amount of creative ...

When alternative music exploded in the 90s, and you had a ticket to Lollapalooza, you’d see Jane’s Addiction, Siouxsie And The Banshees, Nine Inch Nails, and Butthole Surfers all on the same bill. And ...

St. Vincent is a great example of why some phrases stick around long after they’ve graduated to a cliché: In this case, “You can take the girl out of Texas but you can’t take Texas out of the girl” ...

This week on Alt.Latino, it's another new music episode with a global panorama: Canary Islands merengue, Chicano soul, ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — After more than 13 years since its last attempt at a live music festival, Grand Rapids’ The Pyramid Scheme is reviving its alternative T-Rex Fest from July 25 through July ...

“Too Black for the White kids, and too White for the Blacks,” Earl Sweatshirt confesses on his 2013 track “Chum.” The lyric hit like a punch to the gut because it wasn’t just Earl’s story, it was a ...