The Wheel Workers – Live From The Attic
Too many “live” records these days are polished within an inch of their lives. Autotune this, overdub that—might as well be studio sessions with fake crowd noise slapped on top. But The Wheel Workers? Nah. These Texas fuckin’ rock soldiers went the other way. Way the hell the other way. “Live From The Attic” is exactly what […]
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 […]
Sound Waves # 49
• Weekly Song Recommendations • The Twisted Man coils around the listener with a dark, almost hypnotic pull, blending tension and melody in a way that feels quietly unsettling yet hard to escape. It leaves behind a lingering echo—like a story half-told—that keeps replaying long after the music fades. Socials: Facebook Sensor Noise’s Fire in […]
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 […]
Razed by Rebels – Broken Paradigm
Most albums these days feel like they were cooked up in some sterile lab by people who’ve never been angry a day in their lives. “Broken Paradigm” by Razed by Rebels ain’t that. Not even close. This thing kicks like a mule on fire. Jason Winfield—the mad scientist behind this whole operation—isn’t just some dude with a microphone. The […]
Sound Waves # 48
• Weekly Song Recommendations • Andy Jans-Brown’s “Sunset or Sunrise” surges forward with restless indie-rock energy, wrapping existential questions about love, identity, and self-performance inside a rush of sharp hooks and driving momentum. It feels like standing at the edge of a turning point—uncertain whether the moment signals an ending or a beginning, but compelled […]
ReeToxA – Soliloquy
Look, I’ve been around the block. I’ve heard bands pretend they’ve got something to say when they’ve got nothing but empty riffs and a haircut. Then something like Soliloquy by ReeToxA lands on my desk, and I remember why we do this. Twenty-six tracks. A double album. A European orchestra. A dude who nearly bankrupted himself and […]
Good Carver – The Steps We Have to Take
Look, I’ll be straight with you. When I first saw “indie folk” in the press release for Good Carver‘s debut album “The Steps We Have to Take,” I braced myself for another collection of whisper-quiet coffee shop confessionals. You know the type—songs so delicate they’d shatter if the drummer so much as looked at his […]
Sound Waves # 47
• Weekly Song Recommendations • “Yamaha 237” by Raging Lines charges forward with gritty guitar textures and a restless rhythm that feels both mechanical and alive, pulling the listener into its tightly wound sonic engine. The track balances raw indie energy with meticulous layering, making it an electrifying listen that hums with creativity from the […]
Kentucky Trust Fund – Last Flight
Sacramento’s The Kentucky Trust Fund just dropped a debut full-length that hits like a shot of bourbon chased with a mandolin solo to the gut. Last Flight rocks. Plain and simple. We’re talking 52 minutes across 11 tracks that build, swell, and absolutely detonate when you least expect it. The band—Bill Craig pounding drums and singing, Sarah Houck on vocals/guitar, Mike Martin slinging guitar […]
Sound Waves # 46
• Weekly Song Recommendations • With “Bipolar and Thriving,” Furlough Fridays bottle the chaos of loving on a fault line, gliding through hazy, almost tender passages before detonating into jagged, riff-heavy bursts that feel like emotional whiplash in the best way. It’s gritty yet strangely uplifting — a hook-laced anthem that turns vulnerability into volume […]
Eoin Shannon – Highs & lows
We’ve spun a lot of records over the past year, and plenty of them sound like they were cooked up in some sterile producer’s lab with charts telling artists what notes to hit—and that’s totally fine. But then there’s this album. Eoin Shannon‘s “Highs & lows“ hits different because it lives different. This Irish singer-songwriter isn’t playing. Released August 2025, this […]