Mike Shouse (Ft. Tony MacAlpine) – Upon Looking Back
Grab your air guitar, because Mike Shouse (Ft. Tony MacAlpine) just dropped a closing track that’ll make you want to drive your car off a cliff—in the
Cashus King, Big O, Blu, Frannie El, Shari – Streams
Listen up, you leather-jacket-wearing, riff-loving maniacs. I know what you’re thinking: “West Coast Hip Hop? On a ROCK website?” Yeah, I said it. Sit down
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
BLOCK – Firefly
BLOCK just dropped “Firefly,” and this thing hit us right in the chest like a whiskey bottle thrown from the stage. This is the final stand-alone
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
Blindness & Light – Our Man From Fife
Blindness & Light just dropped the title track “Our Man From Fife,” and if this doesn’t squeeze your damn heart, you might wanna check if you’ve
Shweta Harve – Have You Loved Like a Tree?
Yeah, you heard that right. A tree. And it kicks ass. Forget your candy-coated love songs and your flash-in-the-pan romance anthems. Shweta Harve just dropped a track
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
Jared Fullerman – Between Bricks
You think you know Jared Fullerman? You heard that 2023 debut Albatross? Yeah, that one got all the fancy critics nodding their heads. But this right here?
Britney Freud – Feelings For Violence
Dragut Lugalzagosi—yeah, that name alone sounds like a warlord who writes poetry—has birthed something absolutely filthy and beautiful under the name Britney Freud. This debut single
Sungaze – I’m No Longer Afraid of Heights
Listen up, you beautiful folks. Cincinnati’s own six-piece wrecking crew Sungaze just dropped a single that’s gonna live rent-free in your skull for weeks. “I’m No Longer
Microbes – City of Sails
We’ve got something fresh from the bottom of the world. Microbes—yeah, that’s the name, don’t let it gross you out—are a two-man wrecking crew from Auckland,
Mick J. Clark – I Want It More Than You
We’ve got a solo wolf here who doesn’t need a damn band to knock your teeth out. His name is Mick J. Clark, and he’s coming
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
LAKESIDE X – Factory Flowers
If you’ve been sleeping on Prague’s finest purveyors of gloom and groove, LAKESIDE X just kicked the damn door down to wake you up. Three
Shortout Kid – Pet Song
If you’ve been starving for something that actually bites, then March 13, 2026, is the day your ears got saved. That’s when “Pet Song” by Shortout