Headmaster – Seasons Spring, Vol.4
You ever meet a bloke who runs a school trust by day and cranks out hook-heavy indie rock by night? Neither did I, until Peter Gillett—yeah, the actual CEO and Executive Headteacher of the Hertswood Academy Trust—decided to slap on the headphones and remind everybody that administrators can absolutely ROCK. Headmaster’s “Seasons Vol.4: Spring” ain’t […]
Mortal Prophets – NOT HERE NOT THERE
John Beckmann has pulled a power move. The guy behind Mortal Prophets spent years building a sound that crawled through dark alleys, psychedelic fog, and broken-down romance. And just when you thought you had him figured out? He flips the script. NOT HERE NOT THERE isn’t the record you expected. It’s brighter. Weirder. More restless. And somehow, it hits […]
Sound Waves # 50
• Weekly Song Recommendations • “Shadow in Your Hands” pulls you into a hazy push-and-pull of desire, where every note feels like a step deeper into something you probably shouldn’t trust but can’t resist. The interplay of voices and textured production creates a hypnotic tension that lingers long after the track fades, like a secret […]
art pop – housecAt
You think you know what indie rock sounds like in 2026? You don’t. Not until you’ve had art pop punch you square in the jaw with “housecAt”. This Austin-based duo—brothers Max and Miles Grossenbacher—built this thing in Airbnbs, bedrooms, and God knows where else, using nothing but iPhones and MacBook mics. And you know what? It sounds glorious. Let’s get this straight. Max […]
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 […]