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FEATURED PLAYLIST
ALT CTRL
ALT CTRL is home to the latest and greatest in alternative music. Here, it’s as much an attitude as a sound—music that keeps things a little left of centre and rough around the edges. This week, Tame Impala’s “Dracula” sends us to the dance floor of a Transylvanian disco, complete with vintage bass riffs, spooky vibes and an evil chuckle that would’ve made Bela Lugosi proud. If that wasn’t sufficiently seasonally appropriate, the lyrics revolve entirely around the world’s most famous vampire (“The shadows, yeah, they keep me pretty like a movie star/Daylight makes me feel like Dracula”). Check back often, as our editors update this playlist regularly—and if you hear something you like, add it to your library.
Tame Impala head to a gothic disco with “Dracula”. - New in Alternative
UPDATED PLAYLIST
New in Alternative
Here’s a hub for the newest in alternative music. Sure, the term casts a pretty wide net, but you know the spirit when you hear it. We update this playlist with fresh tracks every week, so if you hear something you like, add it to your library.
What’s fresh on the margins of the mainstream.
- Asking For A Friend
- Foo Fighters
- Good Ol' Days
- Hayley Williams
- never leave the house
- lovelytheband
- X-Rated
- The Wombats
- Medium Machine
- Sports Team
- Angoon
- Portugal. The Man
- All I Need
- Cannons
- House of Dead Memories
- Sugar
- Holy Roller
- The Format
- Arms (feat. Gigi Perez)
- Blondshell
- Damn
- Del Water Gap
- Fruit Bat
- Of Monsters and Men
- WDID
- Sylvan Esso