The conventional wisdom on Martin Gore’s role in Depeche Mode is well-established. Gore is the primary songwriter, backing and occasional lead vocalist, and guitar player. Continue Reading
Classic remakes have been a massive feature of 2019 with Regard’s remake of that classic Jay Sean hit, ‘Ride It’ or Papa Zeus taking on CeCe Continue Reading
Posted: 18th November, 2025 by The Alt Editing Staff It isn’t abnormal for an artist to undergo a fresh identity as a brand new album Continue Reading
Known for producing hit TV shows and films like Operation Repo (183 episodes), Marmaduke (starring Emma Stone and Luke Wilson), and CBS’s upcoming series Einstein, Continue Reading
Posted: 15th September, 2023 by The Editor Inside of my first car, I kept two CD’s – Hum’s You’d Prefer an Astronaut and Death Cab Continue Reading
Posted: 25th May, 2023 by The Editor Synth-pop outfit Twin Princess came blooming and bursting out of Philadelphia with their single “Allston,” released April 14. Continue Reading
Posted: 13th April, 2023 by The Editor Cousins Nate and Mike Kinsella are currently best known for their work with math-emo vets American Football, but Continue Reading
A thumbnail sketch of Britain’s state in 2021 will provide a useful entrée into the quite brilliant new Sleaford Mods album, Spare Ribs. As Cornish Continue Reading
20. Iggy Pop and the Stooges – You Think You’re Bad Man: The Road Tapes ’73 – ’74 [Cherry Red] In 1969, the Stooges were a truth Continue Reading
15. Love Fame Tragedy – Wherever I Go, I Want To Leave [Good Soldier] Matthew “Murph” Murphy of the Wombats somehow finds time to eat and sleep, Continue Reading
Anyone familiar with PopMatters knows that, but for our playful moments (well, even within our playful moments) we put great emphasis on the matters of Continue Reading
Music’s biggest night is almost here! The 2021 Grammy Awards nominees were announced today (November 24.) Beyoncé leads with nine nominations this year, becoming the Continue Reading
Trent Reznor: industrial auteur, Generation X icon, Grammy Award winner, lavishly-praised film composer. When Reznor was toiling late nights to piece together the first Nine Continue Reading
Europe – “The Final Countdown” (Sony, 1986) What better way to start the countdown than with “The Final Countdown”? Originally envisioned as the opening music for Continue Reading
The Clash – “This Is Radio Clash” (1981, Columbia) The Clash released one of the most iconic videos of its time, the straight-ahead performance clip for Continue Reading
In Minsk, the bust of Felix Dzerzhinsky — founder of the KGB — still stands. On the Island of Tears, the deaths of 771 Belarusian Continue Reading
11. The Cranberries – “Stars” (Stars: The Best of 1992-2002, 2002) The Cranberries are one of those bands where people actually know more songs from Continue Reading
Vince Clarke is a songwriter and composer whose four-decade-long contribution to synthpop has defined the genre. Forming Depeche Mode in 1980 with schoolmate Andy Fletcher, Continue Reading
It’s been over two decades since the Deftones broke free of their status as nu-metal/rap-rock avatars with the addition of experimental DJ/keyboardist Frank Delgado in Continue Reading
When Brothertiger’s John Jagos takes a break, he means it. For the Ohio-born, New York-based master of emotional synthpop, his career has already been full Continue Reading
