Mike Shouse (Ft. Tony MacAlpine) – Upon Looking Back
Grab your air guitar, because Mike Shouse (Ft. Tony MacAlpine) just dropped a closing track that’ll make you want to drive your car off a cliff—in the best damn way possible. “Upon Looking Back” is the final cut on Shouse’s 2025 instrumental progressive rock album Jaded, released September 5th on Deko Entertainment. And holy hell, this thing is a […]
Cashus King, Big O, Blu, Frannie El, Shari – Streams
Listen up, you leather-jacket-wearing, riff-loving maniacs. I know what you’re thinking: “West Coast Hip Hop? On a ROCK website?” Yeah, I said it. Sit down and shut up for a second because Cashus King, Big O, Blu, Frannie El, & Shari just dropped something called “Streams” that hits harder than a Marshall stack at full fucking volume. […]
Storm Boy – Beast Machine Theory
You know how many “post-hardcore” records land on my desk that sound like some art school kids trying way too hard to be clever? Too damn many. But then something like “Beast Machine Theory” from Olympia’s own Storm Boy shows up and reminds me why I started giving a fuck about this music in the first place. This thing […]
BLOCK – Firefly
BLOCK just dropped “Firefly,” and this thing hit us right in the chest like a whiskey bottle thrown from the stage. This is the final stand-alone single before his new album Love Crash drops in May 2026, and holy hell, it’s a punch with a melody. First, the man has credentials that’ll make any indie-rock snob stand up […]
Blindness & Light – Our Man From Fife
Blindness & Light just dropped the title track “Our Man From Fife,” and if this doesn’t squeeze your damn heart, you might wanna check if you’ve still got one. This is real, and it carries the weight of a man saying goodbye to his old man. Colin M Potter is the singer, songwriter, and guitarist. Helen Reynolds does her […]
Shweta Harve – Have You Loved Like a Tree?
Yeah, you heard that right. A tree. And it kicks ass. Forget your candy-coated love songs and your flash-in-the-pan romance anthems. Shweta Harve just dropped a track that grabs you by the soul and refuses to let go. “Have You Loved Like a Tree?” hit since February 14 – and no, this ain’t your grandma’s Valentine’s ballad. This is […]
Sentinel Events – Comorbidites
Look, I’m gonna level with you right out the gate. “Comorbidites” (yeah, that’s the medical term for having multiple conditions screwing you up at once—clever folks, ain’t they?) is NOT a feel-good record. And thank God for that. Sentinel Events—the Orlando alt-rock crew led by the painfully honest Garrett Janks—just dropped their third collaborative concept album, and […]
Jared Fullerman – Between Bricks
You think you know Jared Fullerman? You heard that 2023 debut Albatross? Yeah, that one got all the fancy critics nodding their heads. But this right here? This is different. This is the guy rolling up his sleeves and saying, “I’m gonna write the hardest damn song of my life, and it’s gonna hurt so good.” “Between […]
Britney Freud – Feelings For Violence
Dragut Lugalzagosi—yeah, that name alone sounds like a warlord who writes poetry—has birthed something absolutely filthy and beautiful under the name Britney Freud. This debut single “Feelings For Violence” is NOT messing around. From the first crunchy seconds, you get hit with “tender crooner noise and catchy limbo punk.” And fuck yeah, that’s exactly what it […]
Sungaze – I’m No Longer Afraid of Heights
Listen up, you beautiful folks. Cincinnati’s own six-piece wrecking crew Sungaze just dropped a single that’s gonna live rent-free in your skull for weeks. “I’m No Longer Afraid of Heights” hits on April 10, and this is the sound of staring at your childhood bedroom ceiling at 2 AM, wondering where the hell the time went. Right […]
Microbes – City of Sails
We’ve got something fresh from the bottom of the world. Microbes—yeah, that’s the name, don’t let it gross you out—are a two-man wrecking crew from Auckland, New Zealand. And they just dropped “City of Sails”. This is an epic, baby. Let’s meet the players. Jacob Connor handles the vocals and guitar. The guy’s got taste: Soundgarden, Tool, INXS, Michael […]
Mick J. Clark – I Want It More Than You
We’ve got a solo wolf here who doesn’t need a damn band to knock your teeth out. His name is Mick J. Clark, and he’s coming out of Croydon, United Kingdom, with a fire in his belly that most young punks forgot they had. The track? “I Want It More Than You.” Mick J. Clark didn’t […]