Alternative August 2025

Twenty One Pilots started their fall tour a few weeks ago, so excited and honestly might go to NYCs or another stop lol. Papa Roach is starting in a few weeks and I am going! Turnstile is touring then doing an international run as well! Sombr has a tour coming up and then going international but also did a popup show in chinatown for his new album a few weeks ago lol. Green Day  is finishing up a south American run then doing a couple festivals, very jealous even though I have seen them before. Djo is touring as well as doing a few festivals. Foo Fighters is finishing up international shows. A Day to Remember is doing a run with Yellow Card and they are amazing live you, have to catch them. Good Charlotte is doing festivals. Sleep Theory is touring with Nevertel. The Lumineers has been on a huge run, them and Mumford have killed it. And Ramona Flowers is not touring. 

The Black Keys have been touring doing open pavilion shows. Wet Leg has a sold out tour, need to check them out. Three Days Grace is on the road with Badflower. Muse is finishing up in Asia. Almost Monday is with the Band Camino. Awolnation must have finished up their tour for 2025 and are doing a ship tour 2026. Rome formerly with Sublime is doing his own thing. Matt Maeson finishing his tour too I need to check him out. 

Wolf Alice is touring! Besides their popup shows and festivals, they are touring with the Jonas brothers, The All American Rejects. All time Low is doing festival sand their own tour with Mayday Parade. holy throwback, love. Verve Pipe is doing shows through the year. Smashing Pumpkins is on an asian tour. The Chili Peppers are not touring :( Mumford and Sons is on a fall tour then heading over to Europe. Beck is not touring. The Last Dinner Party is doing festivals the rest of the year! King Falcon is doing a lil tour, don't know much about them but check them out! Sublime is doing a few festivals and one offers to cap off the summer. 

TWENTY ONE PILOTS	The Contract	117
TURNSTILE	Never Enough	117
PAPA ROACH	Even If It Kills Me	117
SOMBR	Back To Friends	111
GREEN DAY	One Eyed Bastard	94
FOO FIGHTERS	Today's Song	92
DJO	Basic Being Basic	89
YELLOWCARD	Better Days	88
SLEEP THEORY	Gravity	87
GOOD CHARLOTTE	Rejects	87
LUMINEERS	A**hole (First We Ever Met)	79
SUBLIME	Ensenada	78
THE BLACK KEYS	No Rain, No Flowers	77
RAMONA FLOWERS	Human	75
BADFLOWER	Paws	74
WET LEG	catch these fists	72
MUSE	Unravelling	69
ALMOST MONDAY	jupiter f/Jordana	69
THREE DAYS GRACE	Apologies	62
SOMBR	undressed	57
AWOLNATION	Barbarian	55
ROME	Slow & Easy f/Dirty Heads	52
MATT MAESON	Downstairs	52
WOLF ALICE	Bloom Baby Bloom	49
NIRVANA	Smells Like Teen Spirit	49
ALL-AMERICAN REJECTS	Easy Come, Easy Go	45
SMASHING PUMPKINS	1979	43
ALL TIME LOW	The Weather	43
VERVE PIPE	The Freshmen	42
RED HOT CHILI PEPPERS	Under The Bridge	41
MUMFORD & SONS	Caroline	41
BECK	Where It's At	40
THE LAST DINNER PARTY	This is The Killer Speaking	39
SUBLIME	Wrong Way	39
OFFSPRING	Why Don't You Get A Job?	39
LIVE	All Over You	39
KING FALCON	Plastic Crown	39
JAMES AND THE COLD GUN	Above The Lake	39
BALU BRIGADA	Backseat	39
THIRD EYE BLIND	Semi-Charmed Life	38

 What I love is that all the top played songs are 2025. Out of the top 20 there were only four songs from 2024 , Sombr's song, Jupiter by Almost Monday, and Barbarians Awolnation and Green Day's One Eye Bastard. All the new songs down below. Now there are more new songs on the Spotify playlists New Alt and Alt Now but radio has to be where the artists make money right? besides like touring and such? love the new music!

  

Honorable mention since it seems like an old song but great vibes almost like summer vibes, there really hasn't been a song of the summer it feels, Rufus Du Sol maybe or Jon summit or something....idk

 

Also these are the songs nominated for the VMAs ...for Alternative and Rock...

Best Alternative
Gigi Perez - Sailor Song
Imagine Dragons - Wake Up
Lola Young - Messy
MGK & Jelly Roll - Lonely Road
Sombr - Back to Friends
The Marías - Back to Me

****Djo, Black Keys, wet leg, Awolnation's Barbarians, Dexter and the Moonrocks, and Almost Monday, Cage the Elephants, rolemodel

****actualy Sombr is gunna probably win cuz they are performing....but also Jelly is as well so who knows lol

Best Rock
Coldplay - All My Love
Evanescence - Afterlife (From the Netflix Series “Devil May Cry”)
Green Day - One Eyed Bastard
Lenny Kravitz - Honey
Linkin Park - The Emptiness Machine
Twenty One Pilots - The Contract

***Id maybe switch Coldplay and Lenny Kravitz with Sleep Token Emergence and maybe Papa Roach Even if it Kills Me? day seeker and sleep theory both need to be on the radio more Three Days Grace, Apologies is a great song too, Shinedown Three Six Five was everywhere too. Bad Omens Specter is awesome.