Smells Like Alt Rock

March was a crazy good month for new music, the March playlist peaked at 73 songs. March was full of drops from familiar names like Foo Fighters, Sevendust, Nickelback, U2, New Found Glory, Young the Giant, Depeche Mode, and so many more. And at the same time, lots of bands we've been following since launching Smells Like Alt Rock like: As It Is, Lansdowne, Kensington, L0L0, Dexter and Moonrocks, and The Haunt - dropped some real bangers too.  The task to cut the playlist down for the end of the month was really hard this time, we got it down to a top 20 with 5 honorable mentions. And in the next week, we will also post the 2026 Q1 playlist - a big thank you to all the bands for the great music, you are making this really difficult and we love it!  The Menzingers grabbed the top spot this month with Nobody's Heroes Top 20 Songs from the Smells Like Alt Rock Blog for March: The Menzingers - Nobody's Heroes Sullvn w/ Dicky Barrett- Raise A Glass Social Distortion - Born To K...

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...