Examples of alt-rock in a Sentence
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Hip-hop star Tyler, The Creator, alt-rock act The Killers, country singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson and pop star Post Malone sit atop the bill for the 2024 Outside Lands festival.
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Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
Deeply unconventional bands such as Boredoms, Jawbox and Shudder to Think got to play with major-label budgets, members of Screaming Trees and Throwing Muses went solo and even actress Milla Jovovich had an alt-rock hit.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Apr. 2024
Saturday's main stage leaned on 90's reunions as the line-up saw Sublime, Blur and No Doubt take the crowd back to the glory days of Los Angeles alt-rock station KROQ.
—USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
Many who bought the multi million-seller had no idea that the singer had died, and that one of the best-selling alt-rock acts of the year no longer existed.
—Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
That slot follows slots for two other veterans of 1990s alt-rock in Blur (scheduled for 7:40 p.m.) and Sublime (6:05 p.m.).
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Few would have predicted that one of the biggest alt-rock breakthroughs of the last decade would be a mostly instrumental trio from Houston with a name that seems dauntingly difficult to pronounce.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
The alt-rock icons are also currently celebrating two milestone anniversaries: the 30th anniversary of Dookie and the 20th anniversary of the fan-favorite record American Idiot.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
The result is a riveting suite of pop operettas mixing R&B melodies with alt-rock riffs, voice-note recordings, phone-notification pings, and anxious ad libs, all stitched together in Gray’s sprawling self-productions.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2024
Jim Harrington, The Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2024
Deeply unconventional bands such as Boredoms, Jawbox and Shudder to Think got to play with major-label budgets, members of Screaming Trees and Throwing Muses went solo and even actress Milla Jovovich had an alt-rock hit.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 21 Apr. 2024
Saturday's main stage leaned on 90's reunions as the line-up saw Sublime, Blur and No Doubt take the crowd back to the glory days of Los Angeles alt-rock station KROQ.
—USA TODAY, 14 Apr. 2024
Many who bought the multi million-seller had no idea that the singer had died, and that one of the best-selling alt-rock acts of the year no longer existed.
—Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 13 Apr. 2024
That slot follows slots for two other veterans of 1990s alt-rock in Blur (scheduled for 7:40 p.m.) and Sublime (6:05 p.m.).
—Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2024
Few would have predicted that one of the biggest alt-rock breakthroughs of the last decade would be a mostly instrumental trio from Houston with a name that seems dauntingly difficult to pronounce.
—Jem Aswad, Variety, 5 Apr. 2024
The alt-rock icons are also currently celebrating two milestone anniversaries: the 30th anniversary of Dookie and the 20th anniversary of the fan-favorite record American Idiot.
—Sadie Bell, Peoplemag, 2 Apr. 2024
The result is a riveting suite of pop operettas mixing R&B melodies with alt-rock riffs, voice-note recordings, phone-notification pings, and anxious ad libs, all stitched together in Gray’s sprawling self-productions.
—Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 29 Mar. 2024
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“Alt-rock.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/alt-rock. Accessed 26 Apr. 2024.
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