Our editors' picks for the best Rock & Alternative songs this year. Cover: Paramore 

Rock editors' picks: Best Rock & Alt Songs of 2023

Foo Fighters

But Here We Are

Rescued

Paramore

This Is Why

Running Out Of Time

blink-182

ONE MORE TIME...

ONE MORE TIME

Bring Me The Horizon

LosT

100 gecs

10,000 gecs

Hollywood Baby

Linkin Park

Meteora 20th Anniversary Edition

Lost

Måneskin

RUSH!

BABY SAID

Nothing But Thieves

Dead Club City

Overcome

The Last Dinner Party

Nothing Matters

The Beatles

Now And Then

The Rolling Stones

Angry

Yves Tumor

Praise A Lord Who Chews But Which Does Not Consume; (Or Simply, Hot Between Worlds)

God Is a Circle

Fall Out Boy

So Much (For) Stardust

Love From The Other Side

The Beaches

Blame My Ex

Blame Brett

Lovejoy

Wake Up & It's Over

Call Me What You Like

Queens of the Stone Age

In Times New Roman...

Paper Machete

Blur

The Ballad of Darren

The Narcissist

Depeche Mode

Memento Mori

Ghosts Again

The Hives

The Death Of Randy Fitzsimmons

Bogus Operandi

Bully

Lucky For You

Soccer Mommy

Lose You (feat. Soccer Mommy)

Iggy Pop

EVERY LOSER

Strung Out Johnny

YONAKA

Welcome To My House

By The Time You're Reading This

Royal Blood

Back To The Water Below

Mountains At Midnight

Inhaler

Cuts & Bruises

If You’re Gonna Break My Heart

IDLES

Dancer

LCD Soundsystem

Atomic City

boygenius

the record

Julien Baker

Phoebe Bridgers

Lucy Dacus

Not Strong Enough

Hozier

Unreal Unearth

Francesca

Mammoth WVH

Mammoth II

Another Celebration at the End of the World

Greta Van Fleet

Starcatcher

Meeting The Master

Asking Alexandria

Where Do We Go From Here?

Psycho

Spiritbox

The Fear of Fear

The Void

Pierce The Veil

The Jaws Of Life

Emergency Contact

✝✝✝ (Crosses)

Goodnight, God Bless, I Love U, Delete.

Invisible Hand

Barns Courtney

Young In America

Bleachers

Modern Girl

Portugal. The Man

Chris Black Changed My Life

Unknown Mortal Orchestra

Summer of Luv (feat. Unknown Mortal Orchestra)

White Reaper

Asking For A Ride

Getting into Trouble w/ the Boss

Mannequin Pussy

I Got Heaven

Movements

RUCKUS!

Lead Pipe

Mike Shinoda

Kailee Morgue

In My Head

YUNGBLUD

Lowlife

The Used

Toxic Positivity

Giving Up

All Time Low

Avril Lavigne

Fake As Hell (with Avril Lavigne)

Olivia Rodrigo

GUTS

ballad of a homeschooled girl

KennyHoopla

YOU NEEDED A HIT//

Destroy Boys

Shadow (I'm Breaking Down)

Hot Mulligan

Why Would I Watch

Shhhh! Golf is On

Weathers

Are We Having Fun?

John the Ghost

ALL CAPS (feat. John the Ghost)

Jack Kays

Caffeine

PVRIS

EVERGREEN

GODDESS

Neck Deep

Heartbreak Of The Century

Story Of The Year

Tear Me to Pieces

Jazmin Bean

Favourite Toy

Sum 41

Landmines

You Me At Six

Truth Decay

God Bless the 90's Kids

Tigercub

The Perfume of Decay

Play My Favourite Song

Lenny Kravitz

TK421

TK421 - Single Version

Corinne Bailey Rae

New York Transit Queen

ONE OK ROCK

Make It Out Alive

Normandie

Blood In The Water

Des Rocs

Dream Machine

Never Ending Moment

Ayron Jones

Juanes

Vida Cotidiana

Ojalá

The Warning

MORE

TALK

A Little Bit Happy

The National

First Two Pages of Frankenstein

Tropic Morning News

Two Door Cinema Club

Sure Enough

The Kills

God Games

New York

Briston Maroney

Detonator / The Idea

Body

Brittany Howard

What Now

The Gaslight Anthem

History Books (feat. Bruce Springsteen)

Bruce Springsteen

Blondshell

Salad

ALEXSUCKS

The Gutter

6 Pack and Cigarettes

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