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My current music collection has a lot of Lots of college alt-rock (basically anything off of The Singles soundtrack).—Liza Lentini, SPIN, 29 May 2026 The beloved Filipino alt-rock band spawned a comic-book series that was featured at San Diego Comic-Con in 2024.—Althea Legaspi, Rolling Stone, 27 May 2026 Sandbox, their first album in more than 14 years, is a swaggering reminder of that 2000s alt-rock dominance, all the more authentic with the passing of time.—Air Mail, 16 May 2026 An alt-rock pairing of Spoon (from Texas, active since the early ‘90s) and The Beths (from New Zealand), June 21 at College Street Music Hall.—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 30 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for alt-rock