I Was Shot in the Heart!,' the debut from The Male Pattern, is a concept album about masculinity and the horror of suburbia.

Nothing beats a Fall night on the couch scared silly by a great film, but let’s be honest, all horror movies are not created equal, and nothing is worse than wasting your time on a worthless movie.

The emotional palette of Tired Of Tomorrow zones in on are vivid contradictions between the doleful real-life experiences Palermo draws from and the bright hues he forges from them — and sometimes ...

Star Funeral brings dark and dreamy vibes in grungy new song "In The Dark." The Alternative began as a radio show in 2009. Our website launched in 2014. We like to discuss the music that we love.

Stream Is There Acceptance? by The Vulnerable right here! Out via Road Soda Records on May 7th. The Alternative began as a radio show in 2009. Our website launched in 2014. We like to discuss the ...

2023! Our 10th Annual Album of the Year List and Yearly Awards! We made it! When we started The Alt and these awards, we did it because we wanted to reward the music that we truly felt was the best of ...

2022 has been a great year for new music and for The Alternative. Although it has gotten harder and harder to run a music blog, with the help of our supporters on Patreon, we were able to not only ...

The Alternative began as a radio show in 2009. Our website launched in 2014. We like to discuss the music that we love.

Welcome to our end of the year list and awards! Every year, this list is a celebration of all the great music that we have heard this year, and a good catchup list for any gems that you might have ...

It’s summer, it’s a million degrees, and it’s exactly halfway through 2025. You know what that means: it’s time for The Alt’s mid-year list! Rather than the traditional list of our favorite albums of ...

As a year, 2020 has been bad, and not bad like it didn’t live up to our expectations, bad like it was the worst pandemic in US history with spiraling unemployment, live music shut down, and our awful ...

Review: Turnover – ‘Down on Earth’ Posted: 1st June, 2026 by The Alt Editing Staff The Alternative is ad-free and 100% supported by our readers. If you’d like to help us produce more content and ...