Micheal Fordays – The Odds Of Magic
Los Angeles lifer Micheal Fordays just dropped “The Odds Of Magic” – nine tracks of pure rock fury that’ll knock you sideways. Fresh off 2023’s The Mind and Echoes, Fordays didn’t rest. He plunged back into the trenches with producer/co-conspirator Dave Klein and came out swinging with something that doesn’t just follow up his last work – it blows it […]
Will Sims – Do You Feel Alive?
Baltimore’s own sonic warrior, Will Sims, detonates an emotional bomb with “Do You Feel Alive?”. This 7-track, 28-minute juggernaut is what happens when an artist claws through a decade of life’s sucker punches and comes out the other side, battered but blazing, with songs that have so much energy and unflinching honesty. Recorded at Deep End Studio […]
Sound Waves #23
• Weekly Song Recommendations • “Memo For A Friend” by dearborn is a delicate ache wrapped in quiet melodies, capturing the kind of love that lingers without asking for anything in return. It’s a gentle, beautifully restrained reflection on connection, where every note feels like a whispered truth you’re lucky to overhear. Socials: Youtube […]
Mold! – III
Miami’s MOLD! is setting off a bomb loaded with garage-rock grime, post-punk stress, and wah-wah garnishes on their third studio LP, “III”. Out on July 17, 2025, on Community Records (Release #113), this is your front-row seat to a metaphysical pit, delivered with energy and a fierce bilingual voice that grabs you by the collar. […]
Oaken Lee – Home (is a folk-rock mixtape)
Coming straight outta Tottenham after grinding for a decade and taking a few years off, Oaken Lee (that’s Jake, for the record – a Shropshire lad turned North London fixture) has dropped something genuinely special. “Home (is a folk-rock mixtape)” is his whole mission, his vibe, and one hell of a song collection that rocks with heart, […]
Sound Waves #22
• Weekly Song Recommendations • “Because Sometimes I Forget” by Dirty Dancing drifts like a hazy memory, as if soundtracking a dream you half-remember. Its raw intimacy and subdued urgency linger long after the final note fades, quietly demanding a second listen. Socials: Instagram . Facebook “Everything is Temporary” by The Valery Trails captures a […]
Brood22 – just past the exit with the truck stop
Hitting play on Brood22‘s new EP, “just past the exit with the truck stop”, is like flicking on your high beams on a pitch-black desert highway. It cuts through the void between Tucson’s heat haze and Portland’s perpetual drizzle. This ain’t music you hear; it’s a landscape you inhabit. A desolate, beautiful, fucked-up stretch of sonic highway where […]
Blunt Blade – Forgiveness
Blunt Blade’s second album, “Forgiveness,” is one album that’d make you forget neat genre boxes – this album spits on them. Who is Blunt Blade? Blunt Blade is the band. The guy’s been musically obsessed since he was a kid – piano by 7, guitar by 15, bass and drums by 16 – and every single layer […]
Sound Waves #21
• Weekly Song Recommendations • “All For Numb” surges with raw emotion and snarling edge, blending jagged riffs with a defiant, almost sneering vocal energy that never lets up. Jeremy Serwer delivers a punch of grit and attitude, crafting a sound that feels both lived-in and recklessly alive. Socials: Instagram “Χε Χε (Te-hee)” zips through […]
Super Tuesday – Through The Static
Move over, algorithms and drum machines. Clear the decks for something real. Alex Kisch, operating under the banner Super Tuesday, has just dropped his fourth full-length, Through the Static, and it’s a breath of fresh, guitar-scented air. Landing on June 20th, this album feels timeless, a potent reminder of why we need seasoned songwriters with dirt under […]
Art Schop – The Fifth Hammer
Art Schop just dropped “The Fifth Hammer,” and it’s a jackhammer wrapped in a rock ‘n’ roll skin. Martin G. Walker’s fifth studio opus is a 44-minute thesis on cosmic dissonance, delivered with the swag of a pub philosopher and the sonic heft of a band tearing down walls. And yeah, he’s the band. Mostly. Walker ain’t your average basement […]
Dream Bodies – Circle of Light
Steven Fleet is not playing dress-up in the graveyard of post-punk past – with Dream Bodies, he’s exhuming the corpse of darkwave and breathing lightning into its lungs. His debut EP, ‘Circle of Light’, is a five-track séance, a meticulously crafted descent into a sonic underworld where distortion bleeds into dreamscapes and every synth swell feels like a shiver up a […]