Do you remember when a little house at the Jersey Shore rocked the music world? The crew at WHTG-FM (106.3) were on the vanguard of the alternative rock movement of the the '80s and '90s, playing ...

Americans dominate the Alternative Songs chart now. But it wasn't always this way. By Kevin Rutherford When Billboard‘s Alternative Songs airplay chart began in 1988, the first No. 1 was “Peek-a-Boo,” ...

Best Alternative Album isn’t just some catch-all category invented to include genre-defying works of exceptional music. It’s a distinct subgenre of rock music that emerged in the late 1970s, but ...

Alternative music has been having a moment – from successful vinyl represses by bands from days gone by, to the announcement of the festival Sick New World which features a line up of alternative ...

At this year's Latin Alternative Music Conference, thousands of people showed up to see Colombian rock star Juanes perform at Central Park's SummerStage – so much so that the show had to be shut down ...

Spotify ist einer der bekanntesten Musik-Streaming-Dienste überhaupt. Doch erst kürzlich erhöhte der Streamingdienst wieder seine monatlichen Beitragskosten. Daher fragen sich nun einige: Gibt es ...

How are alternative music platforms differentiating themselves from mainstream services, and how can they hope to hold their own? What do they tell us about what the future of music could and should ...