• Ratboys – “The Window”

    Ratboys – “The Window”

    If there were ever a love story to aspire to, Ratboys have given us a real one to feel, even when you close your eyes.

  • Koyo – “Anthem”

    Koyo – “Anthem”

    The Long Island post-hardcore band shouts out their hometown scene and put an exclamation point on top of it on the latest from their debut LP, ‘Would You Miss It?’

  • The Armed feat. Julien Baker – “Sport of Form”

    The Armed feat. Julien Baker – “Sport of Form”

    The lead single from ‘Perfect Saviors’ is a departure from the art-core theatrics of what preceded it, yet justifies some arena-scaled palatability.

  • Truth Club – “Blue Eternal”

    Truth Club – “Blue Eternal”

    The Raleigh noise-pop rockers tear apart and reconstruct the timeline.

  • Recommended Album: Militarie Gun – ‘Life Under The Gun’

    Recommended Album: Militarie Gun – ‘Life Under The Gun’

    On the heels of three excellent extended plays, this is where Militarie Gun hinge upon perfecting their tick-tick-boom formula of heavy punk-pop and chonky riffed jams that accentuate the post-pandemic existential vibe.

  • Shady Bug – “favor”

    Shady Bug – “favor”

    It’s hard to see yourself in the mirror when you’re just living a life for others, and the latest highlight from the St. Louis experimental rockers’ new EP is like drowning in the reflection pool.

  • Andrew Leonard – “We Just Want to Be (Let Me Love Pt. 2)’

    Andrew Leonard – “We Just Want to Be (Let Me Love Pt. 2)’

    The NYC disco house siren hits a high, and he won’t be coming down from there until equality isn’t something that’s still being questioned.

  • Activity – “Department of Blood”

    Activity – “Department of Blood”

    The second single from the Brooklyn experimental rockers’ sophomore effort buds ambient and beyond the physical from inception in its capillary pulsations.

  • The Smile – “Bending Hectic”

    The Smile – “Bending Hectic”

    Just when the crash seems inevitable, the Smile delivers a glorious swerve that pulls you the other way in big, spacey, rock theatrics…

  • Faye Webster – “But Not Kiss”

    Faye Webster – “But Not Kiss”

    Stuck in the middle, Webster gets that it’s nice to have somebody, but sometimes you’re better off being at arm’s length, too…

  • Slowdive – “kisses”

    Slowdive – “kisses”

    The latest preview from ‘everything is alive’ surfaces back to earth and rovers over the scene’s modern landscape with the seminal shoegaze band’s own version on it.

  • Sprain – “Man Proposes, God Disposes”

    Sprain – “Man Proposes, God Disposes”

    No gods and no masters under the veil of something omniscient provides this two-part listen from the Los Angeles experimental noise band’s sophomore LP with its grim sprawl on society.


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