Anna Zanes

3 weeks ago | altpress.com | Anna Zanes

LA-based Provoker have carved a space for themselves in the modern post-punk landscape. Their synth-pop-informed sound is woven through with rich narratives, their songs telling stories that feel as much an auditory experience as they do visual. While other artists focus on diversity in sound, redefining themselves album to album, Provoker have been shaping a signature sound and presence across their discography — though it’s anything but cookie-cutter.

1 month ago | altpress.com | Anna Zanes

“Heaven Is a Place On Earth” is more than Belinda Carlisle’s massive 1987 hit, or a key change that’ll go down in history. According to Sedona, the stage name of Rachel Stewart, it’s a theology that can be applied to life in 2025 — one that fuses whimsical otherworldliness with pragmatism and psychology. “Being a human is the closest we get to heaven. It's not something that comes after,” says the Los Angeles-based artist, who is also a part of the beloved collective Drugdealer.

1 month ago | altpress.com | Anna Zanes

People were palpably buzzing at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg as they waited for Corbin to take the stage. After eight years spent offstage, and three since the artist (formerly known as Spooky Black) had released new music, this April, Corbin reemerged with a new album, Crisis Kid, which sees him shift from the dark side into an almost ’80s new-wave realm.

1 month ago | l8r.it | Anna Zanes

People were palpably buzzing at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg as they waited for Corbin to take the stage. After eight years spent offstage, and three since the artist (formerly known as Spooky Black) had released new music, this April, Corbin reemerged with a new album, Crisis Kid, which sees him shift from the dark side into an almost ’80s new-wave realm.

1 month ago | l8r.it | Anna Zanes

Preorder your copy of Linkin Park’s FROM ZERO deluxe edition in the AP Shop. It was September of 2024 when Mike Shinoda stood onstage at Warner Brothers Studios and announced the return of Linkin Park. The crowd was buzzing, and the internet — avidly watching via livestream around the globe — had a lot to say. It’s their unique, dynamic fusion of heavy rock and hip-hop as much as the harrowing, and hopeful, lyricism of Linkin Park that’s held fans captive for decades.