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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.

Premiering the first track off Ever Elsewhere's debut self-titled EP. They're a Ontario band influenced by Jimmy Eat World, Transit, and The Dangerous Summer so if those are your jams you definitely ...

Every October, we recommend our favorite scary movies, so you can watch too! We have built up over 100 reviews of our favorites, all organized by scariness 1 to 5. Check out our picks and find your ...

Some California hardcore from Personal Damage, a moody and apocalyptic PINK MEXICO track, and a new single from alt metal rising stars Money were some of our favorites this week. Be sure to check out ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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In a year of disappointing blockbuster pop records, the top dog has just come in to show them how it’s done. Taylor Swift’s twelfth studio album, her fifth this decade, is the year’s most ...