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The 50 Best Alt-Rock Love Songs
Not all love songs are romantic. Not all love songs are even happy. It all depends on your definition of the term. For every “My Girl” or “Your Song,” there’s at least one track with a nuanced take on the darker, more complicated sides of love — the drama of a long-term relationship, the fear of losing a partner, the void left in love’s wake. Many of those songs fall under the admittedly broad umbrella of “alt-rock.” So to mark Valentine’s Day, we decided to gather 50 of our favorite “love songs” in the genre — both conventional and otherwise. Throughout this list, you’ll find lines about blooming romance and marital bliss. You’ll also find nods to drug addiction and car crashes. There’s something for everyone. – Ryan Reed 50. that dog. – “I’m Gonna See You” You take the good, you tak...
Mike Einziger of Incubus Says He and Skrillex Are “Cranking Out New Music At Furious Pace”
Skrillex‘s fans are riled up after Mike Einziger, co-founder of iconic band Incubus, shared an update on his recent studio sessions with the Grammy Award-winning electronic music producer. Taking to Instagram to rhapsodize about the music they’ve been brewing along with Rex Kudo, Heavy Mellow, and Om’Mas Keith, Einziger couldn’t hold in his excitement. “Most of y’all know that [Skrillex] and I have been working together for many years now in various musical capacities,” he wrote. “Needless to say, COVID has been a crazy time and there’s been an unreasonable amount of pent-up musical energy! A couple weeks ago, [Skrillex], [Rex Kudo], [Om’Mas Keith], & [Heavy Mellow] invited me into their world and we’ve now c...
Incubus Share New Live Version of ‘Agoraphobia’
Nearly 16 years after writing and recording “Agoraphobia,” Incubus is bringing new meaning to “I wanna stay inside” with a quarantine-style live video for the song. The footage from the updated version of the song sees singer Brandon Boyd and guitarist Mike Einziger perform acoustically as black-and-white visuals of Jacques Drouin’s 1975 animation “Mindscape” flash on the screen. The group originally penned the track in a “post 9/11 world,” Boyd says, and singing it now has the same uncomfortable familiarity. “I was lamenting reading the daily news feeds and seeing where things were heading and feeling more and more called to just give in to a sense of hopelessness and just stay inside for the rest of my life,” Boyd says of the song. “By the end of the song I wake up to...
Brandon Boyd Covers Beach House’s ‘Myth’
Classic good news, bad news day for Incubus fans. Bad news: Incubus and 311 aren’t going to hit the road this summer (because you know) they announced on Tuesday morning. However, in the good news column, Incubus did release a new EP last month and told us all about it. But even with that release and being in quarantine hasn’t slowed down singer Brandon Boyd from having some fun while at home. Boyd shared a cover of Beach House’s “Myth” along with a video that was directed by Sarah Hay. “‘Myth’ written by Beach House and covered by Brandon Boyd while in captivity 2020,” a caption for the clip read. This wasn’t the first time Boyd has tackled someone else’s song while in quarantine. A few weeks ago, the Incubus singer covered “Goodbye Moonmen” from Rick & Morty. Check out...
Q&A: Incubus Talk New EP, Conspiracy Theories and This Year’s Darwin Awards
“Have you guys gone down the rabbit hole on any of these conspiracy theories?” His trademark long hair tied up in a bun, Incubus lead singer Brandon Boyd poses a question to the rest of his bandmates on our Zoom call. The rest of the guys — guitarist Mike Einziger, drummer Jose Pasillas, bassist Ben Kenney, and DJ Chris Kilmore — murmur some variation of “yes” or “no.” Pasillas shakes his head, laughing, “I don’t got time for that shit.” “There’s incredible mental gymnastics happening,” Boyd muses at length. “From a psychological perspective, there is some rationale for people pulling disparate elements into one place to come to some form of like a theory, and the fact that we have no centralized response and we don’t know who we’re supposed to trust, and everything’s just so up in the air...
