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
Schanz – The Sun
SCHANZ burst onto the solo scene with “The Sun,” and man, what a way to make an entrance. You know this guy from his synthpop/electro/wave
Jay Putty – Centerfield (John Fogerty Cover)
Jay Putty just blasted John Fogerty‘s diamond classic “Centerfield” straight out of the park with a cover that’s pure summer adrenaline. Released July 4th, it’s
Softer – Beachball
Los Angeles outfit Softer just dropped what might be the ultimate summer anthem, but hang on – don’t let that title trick you. “Beachball” sounds like a
The Past is The Best – Deep blue
Warsaw’s smashing force The Past is The Best just dropped “Deep Blue” (July 4, 2025), and wow – it’s a raw, thrilling mix of sounds that’ll knock
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
mozworth – The Sky Is Falling
Austin’s mozworth – they’re throwing a lit match into the powder keg with “The Sky Is Falling”. This is a musical cocktail brewed in the white-hot chaos of early 2025 –
Blindness & Light – Your Solitude
Hell yeah! Blindness & Light isn’t some rigid band – they’re a globe-trotting, rule-breaking post-punk collective that’s firing on all cylinders, and “Your Solitude” is
Heyzeus – Little Big House
Heyzeus – UK duo Jessica Drummer (drums) and Jamie Andrew (vocals/guitar) – just released “Little Big House.” This is grunge-funk scraped raw in a shack in Cleveland, Australia. That shack is their temple and
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
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.
WOOF – Wild Heat
WOOF just carved a fresh scar into Chicago’s post-punk underbelly with “Wild Heat”, and it’s not a wound that scabs over easily. Released June 20, 2025, this
DEVIN MØRE – Tell Myself It’s Fine
Florida’s DEVIN MØRE just dropped the anthem for anyone white-knuckling their way through 2025’s confusion. “Tell Myself It’s Fine” is a tightly wound coil of
John Deering – Gotta Get Away
John Deering just released “Gotta Get Away,” hitting the airwaves since June 27th, 2025. Deering’s been cooking right in his own basement, and you can
Sleep Tactics – THE LAUGHING HEARTS (SINGLE)
Philly’shearing it loud. The city’s rock pulse just kicked into overdrive. Sleep Tactics, the fiercely independent brainchild of Dan Smith (songwriter/vocalist/guitarist), explodes back from hiatus with “THE LAUGHING HEARTS“
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?