Modern Alternative Rock

Modern alternative rock is a genre characterized by its moody, atmospheric soundscapes, often featuring lush guitar textures, driving rhythms, and introspective lyrics. Emerging in the 2010s, this style drew inspiration from post-punk, indie rock, and electronic music, with artists incorporating synthesizers, drum machines, and atmospheric production techniques. The genre's popularity peaked around 2015, with many bands achieving mainstream success. Culturally, modern alternative rock resonated with a generation seeking authenticity and emotional depth in their music. Its introspective, often melancholic tone addressed themes of anxiety, relationships, and social disillusionment. Unlike traditional alternative rock, this genre is marked by its eclecticism, blending indie sensibilities with pop hooks and electronic experimentation, creating a distinctive sound that is both brooding and catchy.

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Cyanide
Single - Released November 15, 2024

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Coheed and Cambria
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Deaf Havana
Death From Above 1979
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FEVER 333
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Fitz and The Tantrums
Foreign Air
Foster The People
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Grizfolk
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Highly Suspect
IRONTOM
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Kid Kapichi
Liily
Lonely The Brave
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Moon Taxi
Nothing But Thieves
Our Girl
Palaye Royale
Portugal. The Man
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Rad Horror
Rafferty
Robert DeLong
Royal Blood
Royal Tusk
SOFT PLAY
Saint Agnes
Saint Motel
Sin Shake Sin
Smallpools
Sundara Karma
THE DRIVER ERA
Teenage Wrist
The 1975
The Blue Stones
The Federal Empire
The Luka State
The Pale White
The Revivalists
The Score
The Spiritual Machines
The Struts
The Unlikely Candidates
The Virginmarys
The Voidz
Tigercub
Tom Morello
Twin Atlantic
Two Door Cinema Club
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Vinyl Theatre
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Welshly Arms
X Ambassadors
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Young the Giant
Zayde Wølf
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Cage The Elephant
Foster The People
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Portugal. The Man
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BØRNS
The Score
Young the Giant
Catfish and the Bottlemen
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Death Cab for Cutie
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Royal Blood
GROUPLOVE
K.Flay
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AWOLNATION
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The Wombats
Foals
The Struts
Coheed and Cambria
Highly Suspect
Wolf Alice
Friday Pilots Club
The Revivalists
Cold War Kids
Arrested Youth
THE DRIVER ERA
Bad Suns
MISSIO
WATT
Carolina Liar
Joywave
Des Rocs
SOFT PLAY
Bryce Fox
Dorothy
Silversun Pickups
Dead Poet Society
Badflower
FEVER 333
You Me At Six
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Circa Waves
Zayde Wølf
Adam Jensen
YONAKA
Foreign Air
Reignwolf
The Hunna
Smallpools
Alex Clare
The Blue Stones
DON BROCO
Welshly Arms
HIMALAYAS
Frank Carter & The Rattlesnakes
The Unlikely Candidates
The Voidz
Moon Taxi
The Mowgli's
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Brick + Mortar
Death From Above 1979
Big Data
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Sir Sly
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Deaf Havana
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The Veils
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New Politics
Twin Atlantic
Kid Kapichi
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