Hello folks! Kelly Doherty here. Just a note to say that we've moved the world of The Alternative Tone to a real life website complete with a shiny new everything. Head over to www.thealternativetone.com to carry on your journey with the site! Thanks to every single one of you who is responsible for 63,000 views that we picked up over the last two years. It makes me so stoked that people would care about all these little bands enough to seek them out with us. Here's to another two years! Kelly, Editor <3
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Who is Enemies and what's your story so far? Enemies is Eoin Whitfield, Lewis Jackson and myself (Mark O'Brien). Almost seven years ago Eoin brought us together to make a live band from one of his bedroom projects. Fast forward to 2014 and we've released two albums, three EPs and have toured parts of Europe, America and Asia that we never imagined we'd even visit, never mind perform in. Safe to say it's all worked out very nicely. How was 2013 for the band? It was definitely a roller coaster year compared to any before it. With the help of some fantastic friends we recorded and released our second album Embark, Embrace . We toured pretty extensively and at the end of it all had a very amicable parting with OisÃn Trench, who'd been drumming with us since the band's formation. There were a lot of euphoric highs and some pretty tough periods too. I don't think we'd change a thing about 2013 though, it was a really valuable learning curve f...
Jake Bellows has announced a bunch of tour dates. Check them out below! Jake Bellows Tour Dates 04.27 - Scottsdale, AZ @ The Rogue Bar 04.28 - Santa Fe, NM @ Duel Brewing 04.29 - Denver, CO @ Hi-Dive 04.30 - Omaha, NE @ The Slowdown 05.24 - Minneapolis, MN @ 7th Street Entry * 05.28 - Salt Lake City, UT @ Urban Lounge * 05.30 - Boise, ID @ Neurolux * 05.31 - Seattle, WA @ The Crocodile * 06.01 - Portland, OR @ The Doug Fir * 06.03 - San Francisco, CA @ Great American Music Hall * 06.04 - Los Angeles, CA @ The Bootleg * 06.06 - San Diego, CA @ The Casbah * 06.07 - Santa Ana, CA @ The Constellation Room * 06.10 - Dallas, TX @ Club Dada * 06.11 - Austin, TX @ Red 7 * 06.13 - Norman, OK @ Opolis * 06.14 - St. Louis, MO @ Firebird * * with Margot & The Nuclear So and So's
The Ataris' So Long Astoria is now available as 'name your price' on Bandcamp! Don't miss out on a pop punk classic! So Long, Astoria by The Ataris
Modest Mouse have announced a handful of tour dates. May 1 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom * 2 Portland, OR - Crystal Ballroom * 9 Charlotte, NC - The Fillmore Charlotte 10 Atlanta, GA - Shaky Knees Music Festival 12 New Orleans, LA - Civic Theatre 14 Miami, FL - The Fillmore Miami Beach at Jackie Gleason Theater 16 Orlando, FL - Beacham Theater 17 Gulf Shores, AL - Hangout Music Festival 19 Richmond, VA - The National 20 Norfolk, VA - The NorVa 21 Bethlehem, PA - ArtsQuest Center 24 Cooperstown, NY - Brewery Ommegang ^ 25 Boston, MA - Boston Calling Music Festival * with Survival Knife ^ with Brand New
Candy Hearts are to release All the Ways You Let Me Down on June 10 through Violently Happy Records.
New England Hardcore act Raindance have announced new spring tour dates, which include stops at Jacksonville, FL's Southeast Beast Fest where they'll play alongside Stick to Your Guns, Terror, Counterparts, Expire, etc.
Sadly, Ohio folk/pop/punkers McCafferty have decided to split up. Read their statement below. Dear Everyone, I'm sorry. It is with great sadness and excitement that I inform you all that McCafferty is coming to an end. I am going to be starting to teach soon, and I am required to get a background check, and I don't believe tha t McCafferty is a professional, respectful representation of myself as a newly trained teacher entering the field of Special Education. Music will always have a place in my heart, but my true passion is teaching. I am leaving the scene of DIY antics to follow my pursuit into adulthood, and I am so happy to have shared my bands music with you all. We truly are the essence of a real DIY band. We came into the scene as a dying star that was doomed to go out in the near future, and that time is now. I have already deleted our twitter/other social media websites but I feel that you all deserve an explanation of what is happening. To all the kids who listen...
The Sound Is Fine 's self titled EP is now available as 'name your price' on Bandcamp. The band are three pieces of indie rockers The Nico Blues, who disbanded last year. Check out the EP below! The Sound is Fine EP by The Sound is Fine
LPs 1. State Lines - For the Boats Their debut LP, Hoffman Manor, was so fantastic that I didn’t think their sophomore effort could come even close to matching it. Thankfully I was dead wrong. Album is far too good to be so unknown. Punky raw Long Island jams. I can’t really say too much more, you should be listening by now. For The Boats by State Lines 2. Old Gray - An Autobiography Easily one of the more anticipated releases of the year in terms of emo/screamo stuff. Production quality is really top notch, emphasizing the screamed vocals as well as the driving drums and guitar. I think this album marks a further departure from the emo/mathy stuff found on their demo. One of the most solid bands in the genre and this album really shows off their strongest qualities. An Autobiography by Old Gray 3. Our Sunday Affairs - Cave Perhaps I’m slightly biased because of my close association with these album, but regardless this is one of...
McCafferty have finally released their debut record BeachBoy as 'name your price'. Check it out below and make sure you give it a download! BeachBoy by McCafferty