So, here are 26 Black or Black-led indie-rock and Afro-punk acts whose ... Clay (Joshua Karpeh) from Cleveland broke through on alternative radio in 2018 with "Cold War," a track sampled by ...

Today, we are witnessing a flourishing Black indie music scene that draws inspiration ... show Law & Order SVU and slaying the heavy metal/alternative world as far back as 1991 with his metal ...

Kurt Cobain cited Pixies as a key inspiration, fretting he may even have ripped them off. The late-'80s indie band is still ...

Black Sheep, was released in March of 2024. This Brooklyn-based rapper and entrepreneur founded Pynk Gorilla Entertainment, an indie music label, management, and development group specifically ...

alternative and indie rock history from its early days in the late 1970s, from The Damned and the Exploited, to 1980s pioneers like Black Flag and The Dead Milkmen to multi-genre artists like ...

Willow Smith has recalled how she received pushback over her decision to make alternative music ... with the record’s pop-punk and indie rock style proving to be a departure from her early ...

But the alt space — both in music and fashion — has often felt unwelcoming to Black creatives. Despite pioneering alternative Black artists such as Sister Rosetta Tharpe, who fused gospel with ...

From now until the end of September, Boston’s concert venues will host some of the biggest names in alternative and indie music such as Kings of Leon, beabadoobee, the Wallows, and more.