7 Alternative songs you need to hear right now

Another installment of easy-to-digest ALT morsels
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Al·ter·na·tive - (of one or more things) available as another possibility

Our monthly hunt for new music brings you another installment of easy-to-digest ALT morsels in our '7 Songs' series. Check out 7 new tracks below from Måneskin, Dirty Heads, WILLOW, Badflower, Nessa Barret, Cold War Kids, and Royal & the Serpent.

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Måneskin - I Wanna Be Your Slave

One of our recent Alternative Picks, Italian rockers Måneskin, winners of this year’s Eurovision Song Contest, offer "I Wanna Be Your Slave," from the band’s second album Teatro d’ira: Vol. I.

Dirty Heads (ft. Travis Barker and Aimee Interrupter) - Rage

Off of their new compilation The Best of Dirty Heads, out now via Better Noise Music, Dirty Heads' reggae-infused single, "Rage," features blink-182 drummer Travis Barker (who also produced the track,) as well as Aimee Allen of The Interrupters.

WILLOW (ft. Avril Lavigne and Travis Barker) - Grow

The "full 2008" song that we've been waiting for -- WILLOW's "Grow" collab with Avril Lavigne and Travis Barker is the second single from her incredible pop-punk flavored 2021 release, lately i feel EVERYTHING.

Badflower - Don’t Hate Me

Los Angeles rockers Badflower lean on their self-awareness on the single "Don’t Hate Me,” off of their forthcoming album, THIS IS HOW THE WORLD ENDS, due on shelves and streaming services on September 24. 

Nessa Barrett - i hope ur miserable until ur dead

Singer Nessa Barrett is getting ready to drop her debut EP, Pretty Poison, on September 10, and the rising Alt superstar has unveiled a brand new single and music video for "i hope ur miserable until ur dead."

Cold War Kids - What You Say

Cold War Kids will return with their album New Age Norms 3, the last of the New Age Norms trilogy, on September 24th via AWAL Recordings. "What You Say" is the offering's lead single and one of our past Alternative Picks of the Week.

Royal & The Serpent (Ft. Phem) - girls

Following the breakout success of her single "Overwhelmed" last year, Royal & the Serpent returns with Searching for Nirvana, a new 7-song EP named after the grunge icons and a collab with Phem on "girls".

While you're in the mood for new music, check out Audacy's all-new exclusive stations like ALT Now, ALT New Arrivals, and Kevan Kenney's Music Discovery channel.

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