Smells Like Alt Rock

March has been an excellent month for new alt rock and this week's drops were no exception. Lot of familiar faces making this week's list including Foo Fighters, Muse, Nickelback, The Black Keys, and Seether and we've got some new faces making this week's list too like Cheeky Leash, Nieve Ella, and Heart Attack Man.  Check them out below, or on Spotify March List before we start cutting the monthly March list back. You can also fine all new additions on our Something Like Alt Rock 2026-2030 playlist .  Foo Fighters - Caught In The Echo Muse - Be With You Nickelback - Bones for the Crows The Black Keys - Where There's Smoke, There's Fire Seether - Into the Ground As December Falls - Message Man Death Cab for Cutie - Riptides Alien Ant Farm - Reasons Atreyu - All For You Games We Play - Is This What I'm Made Of Young the Giant - Bitter Fruit Old Mervs - Heavy In The Morning Cheeky Leash - Falling Arkayla - Run Kid Trueblood - Make It Out Footballhead - Weight...

 Sorry all, I was traveling for work down to Kansas, then I was in Minnesota for a Fuel, Lit, Switchfoot concert - and I'm getting caught back up. I'm at least a week behind, so this week's list is going to be a long one, but while March weather has been hit or miss, March new music won't let you down.  Here's the latest: 1. Sevendust - Unbreakable 2. Depeche Mode - Universal Soldier 3. The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - Not Today 4. The Haunt - Ghost 5. Tigers Jaws - Breezer 6. Metric - Time Is A Bomb 7. U2 - American Obituary  8. The Warning - Kerosene 9. Girl Scout - Crumbs 10. Erra - Black Cloud 11. Held. - Constant Tension 12. From Ashes to New - Die for You 13. Prince Daddy & the Hyena - Big-Box Store Heart 14. The Chain Gang of 1974 - Forever Your Star 15. Dogstar - All In Now 16. Lavalove - Never Better 17. Bike Routes, Jake Clemons - Delicate 18. Ruby Fields - Muscle 19. The Pretty Reckless - When I Wake Up 20. The Scratch - Roses n Poses 21. Koyo - What I...

Move over February - March is roaring in like a lion. We're kicking off the new March playlist this weekend with new rock from Social Distortion, Thirty Seconds to Mars, Vertical Horizon, Lansdowne, New Found Glory and so many more. We're also excited to welcome The Menzingers, Des Rocs, Towa Bird, and Brigitte Calls Me Baby to our playlists. Thank you bands for all great new drops!  Check out the music videos below: (Or checkout the March playlist on Spotify) The Menzingers - Nobody's Heroes Social Distortion - Born to Kill Thirty Seconds to Mars - Over My Head Highly Suspect - Yellow Roses The Maine - Quiet Part Loud Towa Bird - Gentleman Des Rocs - When the Love is Gone Pacific Avenue - Tell Me It Ain't Over L0L0 - The Punisher Footballhead - Fall Away Lansdowne - Rescue New Found Glory - Boom Roasted MAY-A - Confessions Brigitte Call Me Baby - I Danced With Another Love In My Dream Worry Club - DRNKNG PRBLM Daydreamers - She Is A Time I'm Living In Vertical Hor...

Summerfest - 3 weeks of big time music shows in Milwaukee this summer. Whole lot of great alt rock coming your way, but in case you are feeling overwhelmed trying to parse the massive line up - we've got you covered - so make sure you catch what you're looking for.  Check out this sample on Spotify filled with the bands listed below.  At first glance June 25-26 and July 2 look like the big alt rock winners - but let's a closer look because there's some must see talent almost everyday.  June 18 Third Eye Blind - live your best semi-charmed kind of life with these guys Taylor Acorn - get your modern day pop-punk fix  June 19 Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - 2025's album X's for Eyes was so good, you'll want to hear it live State Champs - can you have too much pop-punk in a weekend? (Nope!) June 20 Dexter and The Moonrocks - Space grunge cowboys, do dad a favor, take him to see Dexter June 25 - might be just about the best night of music at Summerfest Kaleo Halestorm ...

Two months in, ten months to go. 2026 is flying by. February was a ridiculous strong month for new release and we made some painful cuts including cutting new songs by Foo Fighters and U2. We successfully cutdown a list that was over 50 songs to a top 15 with 10 honorable mentions. As always a huge thank you to all the bands for dropping such fantastic music and making so tough to choose. Here's a look at our favorite new songs from February : Papa Roach claims this month's #1 spot with Wake Up Calling. Papa Roach - Wake Up Calling Sevendust - Is This The Real You? Goldfinger - The Punisher Dermot Kennedy - Funeral Noah Kahan - The Great Divide Eva Under Fire - Murder Scene Dexter and The Moonrocks - Flavorless The Warning - Love to be Loved Bilmuri - Twice Embrace - Road to Nowhere Story of the Year - See Through YUNGBLUD - Suburban Requeim Out In Front - In Another Life The Cab - Locked and Loaded The Maine - Die to Fall Our Unusually Long Honorable Mention List: Sly Withers ...

Just when you thought February couldn't get any better - a bunch of bands on our Alt Rock Rewind and Alt Rock Refresh dropped new music this week. Big names like U2, Foo Fighters, Shinedown and New Found Glory dropped new tracks that we're loving - and Hands Like Houses, Yungblud, As December Falls, and Smash Into Pieces are keeping the seen fresh with new music of their own. Don't worry, that's not all - check out of the new music below or on the February playlist.   Foo Fighters - Your Favorite Toy U2 - Song of the Future  New Found Glory - A Love Song Smash Into Pieces - Hollow Shinedown - Safe and Sound As December Falls - Anymore Hands Like Houses - Flowers Yungblud - Suburban Requiem  Saliva, Veda / Judge and Jury - Running Up That Hill May-A - Am I There The Cab - Locked and Loaded INOHA - Downpour Puddle of Mudd - Rain