Timeline

Belle and Sebastian: From Twee Outsiders to Pop Icons

PUBLISHED Mar 19, 2018

Belle and Sebastian's career is the ultimate underdog story. When they formed in Glasgow in the mid-'90s, they were a group of misfits and...

Five Noteworthy Facts You May Not Know About Belle and Sebastian

PUBLISHED Feb 26, 2018

At first glance, Belle and Sebastian seem like a genial bunch. Their music is sensitive and pretty, they're affable on stage and charming i...

When Forever Comes Crashing: A Full History of Converge

PUBLISHED Nov 20, 2017

In their April 2005 issue, Alternative Press published "Bringing It Back: AP's Hardcore Special." Only two of the 16 featured bands are sti...

Five Noteworthy Facts You May Not Know About Converge

PUBLISHED Nov 17, 2017

Converge are in the unique position of being "a high school band that never broke up," as guitarist Kurt Ballou told Berklee College of Mus...

​The World of Wyclef Jean: A Timeline

PUBLISHED Oct 12, 2017

In many ways, Wyclef Jean is the personification of the American dream; he grew up impoverished in his native Haiti and became a multi-mill...

​Tori Amos

Strange Little Girl

PUBLISHED Sep 6, 2017

Thirty years ago, there was a chance – albeit, a small one – that Tori Amos would build a career out of becoming, in her words, a "vapid bi...

Five Noteworthy Facts You May Not Know About Tori Amos

PUBLISHED Aug 31, 2017

On September 8, Tori Amos will release her 15th solo album, Native Invader. In getting to this point, the acclaimed singer-songwriter has f...

​Jeff Tweedy

No Alt-Country for Old Men

PUBLISHED Jul 17, 2017

Though his melancholic lyrics may say otherwise, Jeff Tweedy is a man who can't sit still. Over the last three decades, he pioneered the al...