alternative rock

The traveling mini festival ‘Bands Without Borders’ is coming to clubs at home and around the region! Bands Without Borders isn't just another classic concert tour – it's a one-of-a-kind traveling mini festival that brings together…

Gasos Band are unveiling a fresh original single and video, Bil je to čas, which you can check out below. Gasos Band are a rock outfit from Celje, formed in 2010. The members of the trio are: Marcel (bass and vocals), Filip (guitar)…

Blondie, the legendary American rock icons, will drop a new studio album next year called "High Noon". Check out the first single and video (visualizer) for the track Spectral Eyes below. Spectral Eyes was written for the new Blondie…

Nickelback, everybody's favorite Canadian rockers, have announced the dates for a massive world tour in support of their upcoming eleventh album, “Everything Under The Sun.” The follow-up to 2022's “Get Rollin'” from the Canadian…

A good 100 days before MENT, we're meeting up in Šiška for šMENT – a mini-festival for everyone who can't wait until February. One Friday, two stages and 5 bands await. That corto.alto, a Scottish wunderkind at the crossroads of…

Goran Bare - frontman, vocalist and founder of the Croatian rock band Majke from Vinkovci - has died at the age of 62. The sad news comes on the heels of the band's recent cancellation of their show in Makarska on September 26, 2026,…

What did you do? Are you guilty? Did you lie, forget, run from yourself? And above all – what's left when you end up alone with yourself in the circle of your own actions? Vraževerje raise exactly these questions in "Rja". A dark,…

Inspiration for the new track came from Zlatorog, a creature of Slovenian myth. Zlatorog's Song, recorded with Tit Potecin. ''According to the old legend, a flower blooms where he left his tracks …''. With those words, Orlek open…

Noxire, the long-running alternative rock band from Celje, known for plenty of genre-hopping experiments that take in hard & heavy rock and progressive rock, among other things, are unveiling a new single and video called Adrenaline…

Queens of the Stone Age unveil new single »Where the Goth Girls At?« Check out the new QOTSA video, directed by Cristopher Gruse and Tony Wolski, from their new ninth studio album, out October 30 on Matador Records (below). »Where the…

If you thought you were done with MUSICK, think again! LAIBACH will release MUSICK : ENCORE in November, a follow-up to their current album MUSICK, which The New World called "the most subversive album of the year." MUSICK : ENCORE…

Oasis, led by the famous brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher, have announced a run of 38 shows as part of their new world tour, "Live '27". The tour, teased over the past few weeks with a string of cryptic social media posts, is eagerly…

After a sold-out show at Katedrala in 2023, the legendary British gothic rock band The Mission are heading back to Kino Šiška with a new album. Vital, unpredictable and always brilliant, the band are also celebrating 40 years together and…

Pearl Jam, the Chicago rock icons, are marking the 35th anniversary of their 1991 debut "Ten" with a special concert document, coming out on November 29 as a double vinyl! The live album "Ten Live" was recorded on April 29, 2016 at the…

Priest, the occult Swedish techno-pop sensation, will release a new studio album titled "Altered State Police" on 10/23/2026. The album is coming out via Blue Nine Productions AB. You can already pre-order "Altered State Police". On…

Queens of the Stone Age are unveiling the new single "Insignificant Other" and sharing details of their ninth studio album "Perfecth", due out October 30. Queens of the Stone Age have always had a persistent, one-of-a-kind allure. And…

Nickelback, the multi-platinum Canadian rockers, will release their new studio album “Everything Under The Sun” on October 30, 2026. Below you can check out the album's second single and the video for Leave Me Behind. The band announced…

Mi2 are heading into the fall concert season unplugged, acoustic and totally natural with the Natur(i) tour. With a reworked acoustic repertoire and a whopping 11-piece lineup on stage, they already played in the first half of the year and…

MorrisseyWednesday, 15. 7. 2026, at 9:00 PMLjubljana / Križanke / Slovenia Where did that October of 2015 go, when Stephen Patrick Morrissey - plain and simple, Morrissey - visited Slovenia for the first time? It was Hala Tivoli,…

THE RASMUS ARE COMING BACK TO SLOVENIA IN MARCH 2027 FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 15 YEARS – WITH THEIR NEW ALBUM «WEIRDO» AND ALL THEIR BIGGEST HITS! Following the release of their widely acclaimed new album «WEIRDO» and a packed…

Nickelback, the multi-platinum Canadian rockers, will release a new studio album, "Everything Under The Sun", on October 30, 2026. Check out the first single and video, Rattle The Cage (feat. John 5), below. "This album shows every…

Morrissey, one of the greatest icons in music, is returning to our region after more than a decade, playing Ljubljana's Križanke on Wednesday, July 15, 2026, the only show in our region. As part of his new European tour, he's presenting…

balans present “vedno več je ljudi, ki se jim v lajv ipi”, a new short, self-contained release made up of four songs from their show at Kino Šiška. On March 27, 2026, the band played at Katedrala, at the first edition of the…

MORRISSEY Live in Concert July 15, 2026 Križanke, Ljubljana For longtime fans and for younger generations discovering his music all over again, July 15, 2026 will be an evening devoted to one of the most influential and instantly…

The ninth edition of Zagreb Beer Fest once again confirmed its status as one of the biggest and best-attended open-air festivals in Croatia. From May 21 to 24, 2026, Zagreb's dr. Franje Tuđmana park turned into a hub of top-notch music,…

Maribor-based alternative rock band Last Brutus is unveiling its debut single “Prison”, officially stepping onto the music scene in its most defined and creatively tight form yet. Last Brutus is an alternative rock band whose roots…

Muse, the famed art and alternative rockers from Devon, England, have dropped a new video for the single Nightshift Superstar, taken from their upcoming new studio album “The Wow! Signal”, due out June 26 on Warner/Helium 3. Muse first…

LAIBACH AND THEIR NEW »MUSICK« PROJECT ARE PREPARING A MONUMENTAL SPECTACLE UNDER THE ISTRIAN SKY ON JULY 25, 2026 AT CAVE ROMANE IN CROATIA Support acts: KOALA VOICE, MRFYSaturday, July 25, 2026Cave Romane,Vinkuran/Medulin…

Billy Idol, the unforgettable rock icon with a whole stack of evergreen hits, is unveiling the video and single John Wayne, with singer Alison Mosshart joining him for a duet. You can check out the video below. The single comes from…

Mi2 summer: from intimate acoustic nights under the stars to the biggest festivals. This summer's concert season for Mi2 is shaping up to be colorful and varied. First and foremost, they're diving into a different, calmer, acoustic side…

Rijeka's cult alternative band Grč has dropped a new live album, Harmonija Spazmofilija, available on all streaming platforms and as a physical LP release in collaboration with Dallas Records. To mark the release, the band is also…

Zagreb prog-indie-rock trio ŽEN have dropped a video for Zgrade, the song that closes out their latest studio album Ciklus (Moonlee Records, 2024) with a bang, and neatly wraps up everything they've done so far too. When a band's been…

Sevendust, the American alternative metal band formed in Atlanta in 1994, dropped their new studio album "One" on May 1, 2026. The record came out via the Austrian label Napalm Records. "One" is the band's fifteenth studio album. To…

The Black Keys dropped their 14th studio album "Peaches!" on May 1, 2026, via Easy Eye Sound! The duo marked the release with a single and video for Fireman Ring the Bell, which you can check out below. Before that, the duo put out…

Hokka, the modern Finnish rockers founded by ex-Blind Channel vocalist Joel Hokka and The Rasmus guitarist Pauli Rantasalmi, dropped their new studio album "Via Miseria IV" on April 24, 2026 via Nuclear Blast Records. They're seeing the…

Sebastian James, a singer-songwriter from Kansas City, has unveiled the second single from his upcoming EP "1992" — the track Sick Of You, which you can check out below. On the new single, James once again teamed up with Jimmy Allen,…

Finger Eleven (F11), Canadian alt-rock veterans, are back with a new music video for their high-energy single The Mountain. Check out the video below. Driven by raw riffs and an anthemic vibe, the single delivers that familiar mix of…

Puscifer released their album “Normal Isn’t” on February 7, 2026, via Puscifer Entertainment/Alchemy Recordings/BMG. You can already stream it on all digital platforms! This batch of new songs is the band's first studio effort in five…

Shane Embury, bassist of British grindcore legends Napalm Death, will release his studio album "Bridge To Resolution" on Dissonance Productions on June 26, 2026. Besides his work with Napalm Death, Embury is best known for playing with…

Foo Fighters have dropped the third single from their upcoming 12th studio album, "Your Favorite Toy". The new track, Caught In The Echo, is the opener on "Your Favorite Toy", the follow-up to 2023's "But Here We Are", which lands April…

When closeness meets honesty, even the sky stops being a limit The new single and video “Ni meja” are out, and with them Imperij once again confirm their recognizable musical and lyrical identity: honest, sensual and full of light at…

Last November, Šesti served up their debut 'Zmeden', and today they're unveiling the boldest track on the album, 'Resnično obrita'. The new single is something of a black sheep on the debut, fighting a battle against shallowness with punk…

Label: Dallas Records (original release Helidon)Vinyl reissue year: 2023Production: Goran Lisica Fox (2009 remaster: Matej Zec and Igor Sušanj)Album length: 38.10 minGenre: Alternative RockRating: 9.0/10 Once upon a time, when the…

The Mahones, 35th Anniversary TourTuesday, 24 February 2026Quantic, Bucharest, Romania "A Tragicomic Experience" Whenever I'm in Bucharest, I meet up with an old friend and former colleague, Victor. He always takes care of the…

Svojat are releasing a new single and video 'Fuga za narod' on Ente Tapes on March 3, 2026. The track is the first taste of the material for the upcoming album, and at the same time the overture to the "concert performance" of the same…

If there's no MENT, there's šMENT.Šiška MENT!Four seasons: we're kicking off with the šspring echo of the 12th edition, with a bunch of acts taking over Kino Šiška for one day.Coming? Šure thing!5 reasons for šMENT:- Porto Morto with a new…

Foo Fighters will release their twelfth studio album, "Your Favorite Toy", on April 24. Along with the album announcement, the band dropped the title track as a single, which you can check out below. The follow-up to 2023's But Here We…

Hokka, the modern Finnish rockers founded by ex-Blind Channel vocalist Joel Hokka and The Rasmus guitarist Pauli Rantasalmi, have dropped a video and single for the track Heart Said No. Check it out below. The new single will appear on…

On the upcoming album MUSICK, Laibach both celebrate and playfully skewer our modern age of warped reality and kitschy AI imitation, through a collection of undeniably infectious pop that surrenders to hyper-driven postmodernity. Order…

Paul Grem have a new song, 'Krik'! With their signature musical stamp and lyrical voice, the track lays bare our reality: a time marked by the fight for dominance and money, where the race for power often drowns out compassion and the end…

Max Cavalera, a central figure of extreme metal, founder and creative force of the classic thrash metal icons Sepultura, and tireless frontman of the groove metallers Soulfly, has shared the sad news on social media that his daughter…

Mi2 have a new song, 'Kaj bi ti govoril, Ivan'. A lament that Mi2 sing to the greatest of Slovenian writers, it carries words that voice the pain of the times we're living in 150 years after his birth. The song 'Kaj bi ti govoril, Ivan'…

“I drink juice from your belly button, Rijeka rock drips from your ear!” Let 3 are dropping the new video for Miele Rosa, off their latest album RKTRD NDRD, and using it to announce their show at an event that fights tooth and nail against…

The Black Keys have revealed the details of their 14th studio album, "Peaches!" The news comes just six months after last year's "No Rain, No Flowers." The album drops on May 1, 2026, via Easy Eye Sound! The duo has also put out the…

Brad Arnold, vocalist of American post-grunge band 3 Doors Down, has died of kidney cancer at the age of 47. Arnold was a founding member of 3 Doors Down and originally the band's drummer, before later taking over as lead vocalist. …

Puscifer have dropped their album "Normal Isn’t". It's out on Puscifer Entertainment/Alchemy Recordings/BMG, and you can already stream it on all digital platforms! This batch of new songs is the band's first studio effort in five…

Smaked dropped their fourth single, Hadabnu III, on all music platforms on Friday, complete with a music video. It's taken from their upcoming third studio album, Rise And Grind. Hadabnu III is the last track in the Hadabnu trilogy,…

RIJEKA – PARIS – TEXAS IIThe sequel to the cult compilation that defined Rijeka's new wave scene, now on a double CD The compilation “Rijeka – Paris – Teksas II” is the follow-up to the 1987 release of the same name, offering…

Release date: 15. 11. 2025Self-releasedProduction: Matic MlakarGenre: Alternative RockRating: 8.0/10 Šesti are a rock band from Slovenska Bistrica. The members first started jamming together 16 years ago under the name Jeti bend…

Release date: November 13, 2025Self-releasedGenre: Alternative rockProduction: Dejan RadičevićAlbum length: approx. 28 minRating: 8.5/10 Delta Riff are a rock trio from Ljubljana that got going in 2023. These young guys, packed with…

Midnight Oil, the Australian new wave and alternative rock outfit, announced on social media that their original drummer and founding member Rob Hirst has died after a tough battle with pancreatic cancer. You can read the original…

MENT Ljubljana 2026: The 12th Edition Is All About Bold Sounds and New Discoveries The music discovery festival and conference MENT Ljubljana has unveiled the music program for its 12th edition, taking place from February 18 to February…

Perry Bamonte, guitarist and keyboardist of The Cure, has died at the age of 65. The band announced the news in a statement on their website: "With great sadness we confirm the death of our dear friend and bandmate Perry Bamonte,…

AlphavilleFriday, 5 September 2025, 9:30 PMZagreb / Zagreb Fair (Paviljon 9) / Croatia Some tours and some gigs just catch you completely off guard. Alphaville. Given how thoroughly this German synth-pop and new wave band sank into…

The Sisters Of Mercy / The GodfathersSaturday, 26 July 2025Vinkuran (Medulin, Pula) / Cave Romane / Croatia July 2025! Our region is absolutely packed with concerts! There's a ton of scheduling clashes and tough choices about who to…

Mike Peters, songwriter, vocalist and activist, has died at the age of 66. Mike Peters, the singer of The Alarm, has died at 66. He battled cancer for three decades. In 2019, Peters received an MBE for his services to cancer-related…

Self-releasedRelease date: 12. 11. 2024Production: Peter Penko, Igor Ilić & Borut AntončičAlbum length: 36.04 minGenre: Alternative Rock / Indie Rock / Pop RockRating: 8.0/10 Ember are a Slovenian band from Šentjernej. The…

Midge UreThursday, 24 Oct 2024, 9:20 PM – 10:40 PMZagreb / Tvornica kulture / Croatia Slovene version (for an English version please scroll down the bar): Some concerts you genuinely don't expect in our corner of the world. The…

SiddhartaSunday, 23 June 2024, from 9:30 PM to 10:35 PMPiran / Tartinijev trg / Slovenia There's no better way to cap off a particularly 'intense' June week like this year's than on a Sunday — especially with a plate of…

Performing: Ville Valo (support: Zetra)Date: Thursday, 11 April 2024Location: Ljubljana / Cvetličarna / Slovenia Ville Valo is a Finnish singer-songwriter best known as the central figure of iconic Finnish gothic metal and rock…

Label: Nika RecordsRelease date: February 29, 2024Production: Dejan RadičevičAlbum length: 46.35 minGenre: Alternative Rock / Alternative MetalRating: 9.0/10 Six years after their last (proper) studio album "Nomadi" (2018, RockLine…

Performers: SiddhartaDate: Saturday, November 18, 2023Location: Ljubljana / Arena Stožice / Slovenia Siddharta! In a sold-out Arena Stožice, with a three-and-a-half-hour show delivered at a level that can stand toe to toe with the…

Depeche Mode (support: Hælos)Zagreb / Arena Zagreb / CroatiaSunday, 23 July 2023 This year, Depeche Mode came back with a new studio album — their fifteenth. It's called Memento Mori. A strong achievement! Packed with musical…

The Mission (supp. Wires & Lights)Friday, May 5, 2023Ljubljana / CUK Kino Šiška / Slovenia The Mission, the cult British gothic and post-punk rock outfit, who, with their musical vision upon arriving on the scene in the…

Label: Dallas RecordsRelease date: 11/22/2022Production: Simon JovanovićAlbum length: 50.21 minGenre: Alternative Rock / Art RockRating: 8.5/10 Bogunov are a five-piece with a musical artistry all their own. This is a band with some…

Self-releasedRelease date: 26. 9. 2022Production: Robi BulešičAlbum length: 36.27 minGenre: Alternative Rock / Art RockRating: 9.0/10 NoAir, the alternative rock quartet from Koper, dropped their third studio album “Square” last…

Acts: Clutch (support: Green Lung, Tigercub)Venue: Zagreb / Tvornica kulture / CroatiaDate: Friday, 25 November 2022 It's more than clear that Clutch have been granted full citizenship in Croatia in recent years. Their new and…

Keith Levene, founding member and guitarist of The Clash and Public Image Ltd, has died at the age of 65. Ketih Levene was born in North London in 1957, and while still a teenager he became obsessed with Yes guitarist Steve…

Location: Postojna / Parking lot in front of the municipal building / SloveniaDate: Sunday, September 4, 2022 It was just over nine years ago — August 24, 2013, to be precise — that Avtomobili first performed as part of the annual…

Performing: My Chemical Romance, Barns CourtneyVenue: Budapest / Budapest Park / HungaryDate: Tuesday, 7 June 2022 My Chemical Romance, the defining band of the emo era for so many people in the early 2000s, reclaimed Budapest Park…

Performing: Dan DVenue: Cerknica / Parkirišče Trikotnik / SloveniaDate: Friday, 10 June 2022 Dan D on a Friday in Cerknica! Even there, paths cross eventually — and a visit to Cerknica doesn't have to mean a Lordi concert, even…

Talking to young people is always something special. They often surprise you with how breezily they state their views and convictions on the world's most complicated questions, which in an instant become a lot simpler, if not downright…

Label: Dallas RecordsRelease date: June 2021Compilation length: approx. 240 min (3CD)Genre: Alternative Rock (Punk Rock / New-Wave / Post Punk / Art Rock / Synth-Pop)Rating: 9.5/10 It was 1976. Nobody questioned anything, nobody…

Label: KUD Horse ControlRelease date: July 19, 2021Production: EdenonAlbum length: 32.33 minGenre: Art Rock / Alternative Rock / Alternative MetalRating: 9.0/10 Edenon are a band from the Styrian side of Slovenia, though the Savinja…

Label: Sintetic ProductionRelease date: June 7, 2021Production: Lilith CageAlbum length: 61.42 minGenre: Post Punk/New Wave/Alternative RockRating: 9.0/10 Lilith Cage are a quintet of seasoned musicians who've seen just about…

Label: Dallas RecordsRelease date: June 29, 2021Compilation length: 140.48 minGenre: Alternative RockRating: 10/10 Grad are a band from Rijeka and one of the flagbearers of the famous alternative rock movement known as the Rijeka…

Label: Moonlee RecordsRelease date: June 4, 2021Production: Uroš MilkićAlbum length: 52.12 minGenre: Indie Rock / Alter Pop / Art RockRating: 9.5/10 “Pozivi u stranu” is the studio debut from Belgrade alternative rock quartet…

Label: Moonlee RecordsRelease date: June 18, 2021Production: Uroš MilkićAlbum length: 32.58 minGenre: Alternative Rock / Post Punk / IndieRating: 9.0/10 Lelee are yet another seriously interesting and offbeat alternative rock…

Label: PivecRelease date: June 18, 2021Production: Jernej KržičAlbum length: 51.42 minGenre: Art RockRating: 9.5/10Buy the album! If we're counting right, "Kužne pesmi" is the ninth album from Katalena, by now rather legendary…

Label: Moonlee RecordsRelease date: December 4, 2020Production: Uroš Milkić (co-producers: Nikola Mijušković & Boško Mijušković)EP length: 17.15 minGenre: Alternative Rock / Noise Rock / Stoner Rock / Post PunkRating: 8.5/10 …

Label: Warner Music GroupRelease date: 4. 12. 2020Production: BlackfieldAlbum length: 30.18 minGenre: Art Rock / Pop / Alternative RockRating: 7.0/10 Blackfield is a project born from the collaboration between Israeli pop star and…

Label: Moonlee RecordsRelease date: 11/20/2020Production: Milan BjelicaAlbum length: 22.15 minGenre: Alternative RockRating: 9.0/10 Repetitor are Serbian alternative rockers who, in no time at all, have become something of a cult…

Self-releasedRelease date: 31. 1. 2020Production: Matej GobecAlbum length: 28.37 minGenre: Rock/Alternative Rock/Pop RockRating: 8.0/10 Klon are yet another new homegrown rock outfit, this one hailing from the Savinja corner of…

Label: Dallas RecordsRelease date: 9/23/2020Production: Bogunov, Jurij Toni, Eki Alilovski & Sandi TrojnerAlbum length: 55.04 minGenre: Art RockRating: 9.5/10 Bogunov, a band that's been around since 2002 or so – at least that's…

"It's not yet clear whether this is the album of their artistic zenith. Kyros are still developing by leaps and bounds, and "Celexa Dreams" is a definitive, mature step up from its predecessor "Vox Humana", on which Kyros had already…

"SickBreed have what it takes to climb one day, among the new "alt-whatever" rock outfits in the traditionally colorful expanse of the Slovenian alternative rock underground, into the pick of the more exciting acts on the domestic scene."

Older fans won't be interested in this album in the slightest. But then, In Flames aren't a young band anymore that has to pay the bills by playing small halls. Despite all the criticism, In Flames somehow hung on. It more than obviously…

"Teaming up with Josh Evans in search of new artistic challenges paid off for Pearl Jam. With a refreshed sound, the band tried out a bunch of new ideas, especially working in sonic structures they'd never used before, and "grew up"."

"The album "22" boldly smashes the usual templates too. In a tense theater of dark vistas, the kind Ščapec's inner world lays bare in a "brave new mad world," it rattles and shocks the listener. In the feelings it creates, a hopeless…