Melody Prochet gets a new band but keeps her old sound in her appealing fifth album Thirteen years and five albums into her ...

TOPIA stands as a premier regular event for indie and alternative music lovers, taking over the intimate Ruby Room in Shibuya ...

There’s a lot of debate about the definition of alternative music. It describes music contrasting with mainstream genres in instrumentation, lyrical content, and rejection of major record labels and ...

Featuring: Ladytron, Sorry, Sharp Pins, Oneohtrix Point Never, David Byrne, The Notwist, Robber Robber and more of November's ...

If your musical taste is craving something new and refreshing, you might want to add local indie alternative rock band Vortxz to your playlist. The group includes two longtime friend groups who merged ...

Over the course of 20 years, Nacional became a boutique imprint with a finger on the pulse of the Latin music zeitgeist.

Lead vocalists have gotten quieter over the decades, compared with the rest of the band, according to a new study. A leading industry figure says it's part of the "volume wars." Who is he? A ...

After attracting a large audience at its first few Evanston shows, the indie alternative rock band safety scissors looks to expand its presence at Northwestern. The quartet comprises Communication ...

The music world offers a vast menu of styles, including pop, jazz, hip-hop, and classical, but not every sound fits neatly into these categories. While many artists follow familiar patterns, others ...

To celebrate 10 years of indie and alternative news and lifestyle website Louder Than War, musician and writer John Robb is ...

On Saturday, Nashville's independent artists and venues put on an energetic, all-day blitz of citywide shows for the inaugural 615 Indie Live music festival. The festival, which will took place from ...

Guitars, alternative lyrics and enthusiastic cheers fill the room. A pulse from a kick drum echoes through the thick crowd. At first glance, it may seem like a scene from the Paper Tiger on San ...