Two years after the last collaboration between electronic music bands Justice and Tame Impala, and thirteen years after the release of GTA V, the two return for the latest installment of the iconic video game franchise for another synth-heavy frenzy that is sure to get listeners and players alike off their seats.
With the franchise having a long history of featuring iconic artists, The Hunger Games: Sunrise on the Reaping is in line for having a soulful and hard-hitting soundtrack. The Smashing Pumpkins’ “Black Stars” is chief among them, released in advance of the movie’s premiere later this month.
Lizzy McAlpine’s third album, Angel, takes listeners on a winding road through Laurel Canyon. From slow, guitar-forward tracks to expansive landscapes, McAlpine tries on a new sound on Angel. “Ugly Things” is the second single on her newest album and is one of her most upbeat, rock-ish songs on the album.
Sophia Regina Allison, or Soccer Mommy, is a Nashville-based indie singer-songwriter. Her music blends alternative rock with pop elements. Along with her acoustic mastery are confessional, intimate lyrics that complement one another perfectly. Allison started her career by self-publishing her music on Bandcamp and has since released four studio albums, all receiving praise from critics.
In her debut album Be Sweet to Me, Violet Grohl channels a melodic alternative rock energy. She began performing alongside her father, Dave Grohl, and recently started her own solo career. “Big Memory”, track five on her album, is a track that stands out and creates an outline for what we can expect from her music career in the future.
Over the last decade, Phoebe Bridgers has emerged as one of the most exciting voices of independent music, and with the release of her latest album Lost Weekend, she has no intention of letting this momentum go. With her new single On Video, Bridgers takes us to a world all too familiar for us: suburbia in the 2000s.
If you do not know about the Strokes, then honestly, where have you been the past two decades? After half a decade, the Brooklyn-based band has come back with their most recent album, Reality Awaits, this summer. Across the album, their music becomes more electronic than it has ever been in the past, and one of the standout songs has to be “Lonely in the Future,” a track that sees Julian Casablancas position himself as the leader of pop culture.
One of the most talked about projects of 2026 has to be Steve Lacy’s Oh Yeah? Not to be confused with the lead off track of the same name His 2026 release sees Lacy potentially at his most introspective as he, just like the rest of us, navigates love in an increasingly complicated and digitizing world that prioritizes physical over emotional attraction.
What if a message from outer space arrived on Earth after 100,000 years and the only thing the aliens wanted to tell us was to “get down”? That’s the strange premise behind “Get Down,” the newest single from Brooklyn alternative rock icons They Might Be Giants.
Boston’s own Air Traffic Controller are back with the perfect summer anthem. Quietly making catchy indie pop for over a decade, the band is no stranger to creating the kind of songs you can’t help but keep coming back to. Their latest single proves they haven’t lost that magic.
Something that I have anticipated for what feels like years at this point is another album from one of my favorite bands of all time, Interpol. The New York-based band has one of my favorite sounds in the modern post-punk/alternative scene. On “See Out Loud,” and leading into their album, The Mirror Weighs A Ton, Interpol have refound the sound that made them one of rock’s best bands.
Steve Lacy is back once again with the release of his new single “The Feeling.” It reminds us exactly why he has become one of the most exciting voices in alternative R&B. The song blends dreamy synth, vulnerable lyricism, and the nostalgic atmosphere that has become synonymous with his music.
