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Here’s a hub for the newest in alternative music. Sure, the term casts a pretty wide net, but you know the spirit when you hear it. We update this playlist with fresh tracks every week, so if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

Revisit the hits, album cuts, and iconic tracks of the decade. Our editors regularly update this playlist—if you hear something you like, add it to your library.

Depending on your vantage, the 2010s were the decade where alternative went pop, or pop went alternative. As seasoned acts like Coldplay continued to evolve with the times, an emergent breed of alt-rock acts—Imagine Dragons and AWOLNATION among them—retrofitted angsty bluster for a post-EDM universe. At the same time, the likes of Lorde, Halsey, and Billie Eilish forged the model for a new kind of pop star more spiritually in tune with the outsider ethos of alternative music than the upbeat energy of Top 40 radio. However, veteran rockers like Foo Fighters and The Black Keys ensured that loud guitars still had a place in the alt-nation, while a growing cadre of suspender-sporting reactionaries—Mumford & Sons, The Lumineers, Of Monsters and Men—steadfastly rejected the technological advances of the era to embrace the timeless sound of foot-stomping folk.

Roughly a century after someone first thought of plugging a guitar into the mains, shaping head-nodding riffs around a big, sing-along chorus remains a very potent way to make life-affirming music. Home to some of today’s most rousing rock and indie anthems, this playlist is your perfect pre- and post-gig soundtrack—songs you’ll love air-guitaring to in your bedroom, chanting along with at festivals, and belting out with your friends as you find your way home from a big night out. They’re tunes to make memories to, firing up nostalgia for good times with every play. You won’t just find current classics here—there are plenty of tracks by rock and alternative’s fastest-rising stars too. So dig in and find your next favorite guitar heroes. Our editors regularly refresh this playlist. If you hear something you like, add it to your library.

These acts from countries and cultures around East and Southeast Asia run the gamut of modern pop music. Expect cutting-edge tracks with often wildly disparate sounds but connected by common traits of infectious energy, irresistible melody and sonic innovation. Whether they’re taking you to the dance floor or inviting laidback reflection, these are the artists at the vanguard of Asian pop.

That sound you hear? It’s the sound of the future, and we are beyond here for it. Welcome to Glitch, the definitive, neon-drenched alternate universe for playful outsider pop and PC-adjacent music. Here, we celebrate disruption, distortion, and difference. Plug in for the biggest and brightest bops from reigning scene queens including SOPHIE and Charli XCX, plus a download of new rule-breakers whose names you’ll want to drop. Super ironic, always iconic—our editors regularly update this playlist, so if you’re obsessed with a track, add it to your library.