Uncanny Valley Girls – 2 Vexed 2 Tired
London’s Uncanny Valley Girls have been kicking around the grassroots circuit since 2018, and their new single “2 Vexed 2 Tired” shows exactly why they’ve built a name for themselves. Frontman Michael Bissett leads the charge, backed by a rotating cast of friends who bring the noise. The title is a cheeky wink at the second Fast […]
Milkie – Crystal
Let’s get one thing straight: Milkie isn’t here to play by the rules, and “Crystal” is proof. This Bristol-based songwriter, real name Hannah Millie Phipps, has been pushing out tunes since she was a kid, and you can feel every bit of that history in this track. She grew up as the oldest of eight, surrounded by […]
Fading Signals – Eleven One
No games, no metaphors. Fading Signals wrote a love song, and they’re not sorry about it. “Eleven One” captures that stomach-drop moment when you realize you’re completely gone for someone and there’s no way back. The nerves, the late-night talks, finally spitting out what you feel, and then discovering they’re on the same page. That’s the whole […]
ReeToxA – Double A Side 2 (Akaroa Erica And The Stars)
Let’s talk about a record that hits like a fist to the chest. ReeToxA just dropped “Double A Side 2 (Akaroa Erica And The Stars)“, and this thing is a powerhouse. This is the sound of a man dragging himself out of hell and turning it into music. ReeToxA is the brainchild of Jason Mckee, […]
Sean MacLeod – That’s When the Earth Become a Star
Sean MacLeod has been kicking around the music game for over three decades, going back to his days in the Dublin band Cisco. He’s also a author and filmmaker with a PhD in Music Composition. The guy knows his stuff. Now he’s back with his fifth solo album, “That’s When the Earth Become a Star“, […]
CREEPS – I will follow you
These Czech bruisers have been around since 2004, but they’re not resting on old glory. CREEPS went quiet for a long stretch, then came roaring back in 2026 with “Two Against The World.” Now they’re back again with “I Will Follow You,” and it’s a beast of a different colour. Still guitar-driven, still heavy, but this time […]
Blindness & Light – What Else?
There’s a band out there that doesn’t give a single damn about fitting into a neat little box, and they’ve got a new track called “What Else?” that proves it. This is Blindness & Light—a loose, sprawling collective that stretches from Anglesey to Yorkshire, with a few stragglers in Japan and Argentina. They’re not your typical […]
The Timbre Project – Bass River Sessions
Let’s not beat around the bush. The Timbre Project just dropped “Bass River Sessions“, and it’s a ten-track, 39-minute rock record that feels like a long, honest talk with a buddy who’s seen some things. This isn’t plastic pop. It’s meat-and-potatoes songwriting with grit under its nails. The band is Jaime d’Almeida, David Zimmerman, and […]
I Plead Irony – This Monologue Conversation
I Plead Irony just dropped their third album, “This Monologue Conversation“, and it’s the kind of record that reminds you why rock music still matters. This isn’t some overhyped, flash-in-the-pan garbage. This is a ten-year labour of love from three mates who have been slugging it out together since around 2004. Rauf Jordan on bass […]
Eli Wise – Ghosts and Logic
After nearly a decade away from the game, Bay Area songwriter, composer, and multi-instrumentalist Eli Wise is back, and he’s swinging hard with his new EP “Ghosts and Logic“. This thing is only three tracks and just over ten minutes long, but Eli crammed a lifetime of pain, rebuilding, and pure rock-and-roll defiance into those […]
Grumbeaux – Now Is Near
There’s a documentary about Tim Z. Hernandez, a writer who spent over a decade chasing down the names of passengers who died in a California plane crash. Those folks were written off as “deportees” in newspapers, but Woody Guthrie turned their story into a poem that later became a song covered by Johnny Cash, Joan […]
Lawrence Timoni – Cheap Glass Halo
This one snuck up on me. Lawrence Timoni doesn’t come out swinging with a wall of distortion or a screaming chorus. Instead, he builds “Cheap Glass Halo” from the ground up using claps, snaps, and percussion tapped out on an acoustic guitar. It’s a stripped-back, almost skeletal start that slowly gets fleshed out with vibes, bass, and […]