2025 is coming to a close, so we’ve gone back through the last 12 months to take a look at all the major rock, metal, punk and alternative releases that we missed.
Tag: alt-pop
Another stylish but functionally empty nu-gen release, just like the rest—joy.
Stardom is already well in reach for Luvcat, who produces an alt-pop cabaret that supersedes almost everyone else, both in her field and outside of it.
Luvcat emerges as a fully-formed superstar on her debut, an indie album overloaded with glamour, sleaze, sauce and some of the best pop songs of the year.
Once again, Deaf Havana’s processing of honesty and openness through alt-rock makes for an uncomfortable listen, but this time, maybe not in the usual way.
VOILÀ’s headline tour arrives in Manchester, where they already carry all the presence of pop-rock superstars.
G Flip’s biggest, most bombastic album suitably comes with all the hallmarks of an alt-pop artist rocketing towards stardom.
Leaning into disco-pop is a good look for The Aces, though it’s a shame a whole album of it couldn’t stick the landing better.
mgk’s newest jump in genre takes him to heartland-pop earnestness, yielding something much more believable and even a bit better.
As Anthony Anzaldo branches out from his work in Ceremony to creator-minded synthpop, it comes with startlingly little to enjoy.