Alter Bridge
The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist, Pt. 12 (Updated 12/16/25)
We have entered the final month of 2026! Just a couple more weeks until I unleash my top 50 songs of the year, so let’s see what drops between now and then. There have already been several epic releases in December. Check them out!
- Shovel Monster: “Worms” (ft. Raúl Jimenez and Derek Vandermallie)
- The Sanctity of Crows: “After Christmas”
- Alter Bridge: “Playing Aces”
- Stanley Simmons: “Body Down”
- Silent Theory: “Eyes Everywhere”
- From Ashes to New: “Drag Me”
- Czarina: “Dagger in the Heart”
- SKNN: “Gladiator”
- Veio: “Judas”
- Miss Construction: “Back Again”
- Bryce Savage: “Show Me”
- Kalamity Kills: “Help!”
- Ratboys: “What’s Right?”
- The Franklin Cassettes: “Why Not My Name”
- Vale: “Purgatory Dreams”
- REdEFIND: “Thoughts”
- splinter kid: “Another Christmas Alone”
- Perfect Weather for Humans: “Bowerbird”
- Everyday Dolores: “Wagmi”
- Wolverine: “This World and All Its Dazzling Lights”
- Induction: “Steel and Thunder”
- postdrome: “From Heaven, From Nowhere”
- Benighted: “The Spineless Freak”
- Moon Fever: “Masses”
- Lydia Can’t Breathe: “The Quiet Part”
- vasthearts: “dying to know” (ft. Z3n721)
- Winter in May: “World on Fire”
- Telling Secrets: “DYTIMI?”
- Matti Hoffman: “Dreamstate”
- Sick Century: “Dorian Gray”
- A.A. Williams: “Just a Shadow”
- Sky Caught Fire: “Experience As A Tortured Artist” (ft. Bad Shape)
- Whispers in the Shadow: “Dead of Winter”
- Silver Dose: “Joyride”
- Echoes Divide: “Crashing Out”
- Phantom of Pop: “Cold Frame”
Alter Bridge: What Lies Within U.S. Tour 2026
Hard rockers Alter Bridge have shared spring 2026 dates with Filter and Tim Montana. Sevendust will appear in place of Filter in a couple of cities. The tour is to promote Alter Bridge’s new self-titled album, which will be released January 9, 2026. Tickets are on sale now at alterbridge.com!
- 4/25 – Orlando, FL – House of Blues+
- 4/26 – Atlanta, GA – Coca-Cola Roxy+^
- 4/28 – Houston, TX – Bayou Music Center*+
- 4/29 – Dallas, TX – South Side Ballroom*+
- 5/1 – Tulsa, OK – Skyline Event Center*+
- 5/2 – Omaha, NE – Steelhouse Omaha*+
- 5/5 – Green Bay, WI – EPIC Event Center*+
- 5/6 – Chicago, IL – The Salt Shed*+
- 5/9 – Atlantic City, NJ – Borgata Event Center*
- 5/10 – Boston, MA – Citizens House of Blues*+
- 5/12 – Huntington, NY – The Paramount*+
- 5/13 – Montclair, NJ – The Wellmont Theater*+
- 5/16 – Columbus, OH – Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival 2026
- 5/18 – Mckees Rocks, PA – Roxian Theatre*+
- 5/19 – Detroit, MI – The Fillmore*+
- 5/21 – Nashville, TN – The Pinnacle+^
- 5/22 – Birmingham, AL – Avondale Brewing Company*+
- 5/24 – Tampa, FL – Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino*+
* Filter
^ Sevendust
+ Tim Montana
The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist, Pt. 10 (Updated 10/16/25)
IT’S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!
Sorry, y’all. I just love spooky season!
Anyway, here is the first batch of October releases. Be sure to check out the other installments of The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist; this year has seen some bangers, and we still have two months to go!
- Secrets: “Paralyzed”
- The Red Clay Strays: “People Hatin'”
- Moonscape: “A Place to Call Home”
- Living Dead Girl: “Succubus”
- Dark Remedy: “Someway, Somehow”
- The Edge of Reason: “Drum Show”
- Storm Kingdom: “In the Shadow of Persephone” (ft. Joe Booe)
- Hands Like Houses: “Love & Affection”
- Fright: “Intergalactic”
- Bryce Savage: “Yes Daddy”
- Seas on the Moon: “Edge of Reason” (ft. Thomas Polychuck and Lena Scissorhands)
- Citizen Soldier: “Worth It All”
- ExitWounds: “Death Walk” (ft. Left to Suffer)
- Matt James: “Something to Burn”
- Alter Bridge: “What Lies Within”
- Motif Hive: “Unit”
- Nouveau Arcade: “Sick”
- Wuthering Waves: “Aphelion [Galbrena’s Lullaby]” (ft. Crywolf)
- The Rasmus: “Creatures of Chaos” (ft. Tyler Connolly of Theory of a Deadman)
- Mac Saturn: “Takes Time”
- Wraithlurk: “Secrets After Midnight”
- Cirkus: “One in a Million”
- Unhappily Ever Now: “To the Light”
- Left to Suffer: “This Comfort Won’t Last Here Long”
- Matte Blvck: “Soulless”
- Paper Shrine: “Fasting”
The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist, Pt. 9 (Updated 9/20/25)
Welcome, September, and our first false fall! The temperature was pleasant this past week, especially in the mornings, but we’re back into the upper 80s, low 90s now. I’m so ready for cooler weather.
Anyway, I have begun part 9 of The Mostly Music 2025 Playlist. Here are the songs I’ve found that have been released since September 1st.
- Linx: “One Step”
- Skold: “All the $ in the World”
- Dead Deceased: “Demon Christ”
- NEEDTOBREATHE: “Momma Loves Me” (ft. The Red Clay Strays)
- The Veer Union: “Caught in the Crossfire”
- Storm Kingdom: “Emerald Isle” (ft. Joe Booe)
- Kings of Karma: “Falling to Pieces”
- Young Other: “Sickle”
- Wraithlurk: “One More Lie” (ft. $KIMMY)
- We Cry Wolf: “Easy Way Out”
- Loose Lips: “Lightning Strikes”
- The Truth Music: “Without You” (ft. JD and Dexter Poetic)
- Alter Bridge: “Silent Divide”
- DENIGH: “Meanstreak”
- Blacklist Union: “Dyin’ 4 U”
- Fake City Fire: “Singularity of You”
- Save Oz: “Jaws of Defeat”
- Small Town Titans: “I’m Not Done”
- Swim the Current: “Set It Off”
- Jungle Dream: “La Llorona”
- Cirkus: “Crazy Train” (Ozzy Osbourne cover)
- Seaside Massacre: “First Blood”
- Anemera: “Weight in Pain”
- Die Tired: “Why Won’t You Wake Up?”
- Violet Dawn: “Graveyard Walk”
- Kill the Fall: “Footsteps”
- Fright: “Bloody Dust”
- Have I Weather: “Plates”
- Stain the Canvas: “what are we now ‽”
- Velvet Queen: “Wolves”
- The Adio Sequence: “And You Will Be Rewarded”
Alter Bridge Shares North American Summer Dates For Their Pawns & Kings Tour
This will be the final leg of the Pawns & Kings Tour in North America! Alter Bridge is doing it big with special guests Sevendust, Mammoth WVH, and MJT. Grab your tickets at alterbridge.com.
- 8/1 – Buffalo, NY – Outer Harbor Event Complex^
- 8/2 – Asbury Park, NJ – Stone Pony Summer Stage^
- 8/4 – Charlestown, WV – The Event Center at Hollywood Casino*^
- 8/5 – Grantville, PA – Hollywood Casino at Penn National Race Course^
- 8/7 – Richmond, VA – Virginia Credit Union Live!^
- 8/8 – Cleveland, OH – Jacobs Pavilion at Nautica^
- 8/10 – Quebec City, QC – Quebec City Old Port Agora^
- 8/12 – Ledyard, CT – Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resorts Casino^
- 8/13 – Johnstown, PA – 1st Summit Arena^
- 8/16 – Springfield, IL – Illinois State Fair#^
- 8/17 – Fayetteville, AR – JJ’s Live*^
- 8/19 – Corpus Christi, TX – Concrete Street Amphitheater^
- 8/20 – San Antonio, TX – Boeing Center at Tech Port^
- 8/22 – Memphis, TN – Orpheum Theatre*
- 8/23 – Cincinnati, OH – The Andrew J. Brady Music Center*
- 8/25 – Grand Rapids, MI – GLC Live at 20 Monroe*
- 8/26 – Milwaukee, WI – The Rave/Eagles Club*
- 8/28 – Fargo, ND – Fargo Brewing Company*
- 8/29 – Minneapolis, MN – The Fillmore*
- 8/31 – Council Bluffs, IA – Stir Concert Cove: Harrah’s Council Bluffs Casino & Hotel*
^ No MJT
# No Sevendust
* No Mammoth WVH
Welcome to Rockville 2023
May 18-21, 2023, at Daytona International Speedway
For passes, camping information, and more, visit welcometorockville.com!
A Whole Lotta Good, But Also Some Bad
Hello, all! I hope this post finds you well. I just wanted to jump on here and give y’all an update on things.
I have four interviews in progress, though one seems to have stalled out because of circumstances beyond his control. I’m really looking forward to sharing them, Carbonstone’s in particular. I have also been receiving emails from various promoters requesting that I share singles and tour dates for bands they represent. I was followed on Facebook by Paul Crosby Management, which is cool (and if you’d like to follow too, here’s the link 😉).
I have almost finished yet another book for my Goodreads reading challenge, so keep an eye out for my next update post about that.
As for the bad news, I had to miss the Alter Bridge show in Nashville because I was too sick to go. I went to my doctor yesterday and he put me on an antibiotic and a medicine meant to break up congestion and help keep my lungs clear. I was gutted to skip the concert, but there is a bright side. I should be well in time to enjoy my brother’s visit this weekend! And we may have missed Alter Bridge, but I’m taking Mom to her first Shinedown show in April so… I guess we’ll recover. Haha.
Thank you to everyone who even acknowledges this blog. Drop a comment if you’d like, telling me something good – or bad – that has happened lately, or just how you’re doing today!
Cheers!
Alter Bridge Unveils Official Video for “Holiday”
This is one of my favorite tracks from Pawns & Kings!
My Top 30 Songs of 2022
There were some bangers released this year! This list doesn’t even begin to encompass all the great songs released over the past twelve months, I’m sure, but these were 30 of the tracks, in no particular order, that stood out to me and were in heavy rotation on my playlists.
Alter Bridge: “Sin After Sin”
Kissing Candice: “South Circle”
Kissing Candice: “see/\saw”
Mac Saturn: “Diamonds”
Call of Sirens: “Kenopsia”
The Funeral Portrait: “Voodoo Doll”
Dark Divine: “Circles”
Lovely Machine: “Picture Frame”
The Veer Union: “Just Pretend (Acoustic)”
Awesome Ray Ray: “Last Desperado”
Silent Theory: “So Far, So Good”
CARBONSTONE: “Scream”
MONOWHALES: “CTRL^^^”
Dark Summer: “In My Heart”
Devils Envy: “Lone Wolf”
Amerakin Overdose: “Agastopia”
A Killer’s Confession: “The Boys”
Modern Mimes: “Down and Dead”
Saliva: “Crows”
Stone Horses: “When I Get Paid”
Shallow Side: “The Worst Kind”
Psyclon Nine: “Money and Sex and Death”
Stone Harvest: “All The Lies”
Death Valley High: “Pretty Graves”
Nickelback: “High Time”
Self Deception: “Psycho”
Stain the Canvas: “Puppet”
Adelitas Way/New Medicine: “Up”
Bad Omens: “Like a Villain”
Shinedown: “The Saints of Violence and Innuendo”
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