• Knifeplay – “Is it Snowing, Wherever you are?”

    Knifeplay – “Is it Snowing, Wherever you are?”

    In the grand tradition of Yuletide melancholia and it being the loneliest time of the year, the Philly dreamworkers offer a new indie playlist standard in a sigh fit for the season.

  • The Best Rap Albums of 2022

    The Best Rap Albums of 2022

    2022’s best in the rap game, from the alternative underground scene to those big, artful blockbusters that etch new markers in its culture.

  • Recommended Album: SZA – ‘SOS’

    Recommended Album: SZA – ‘SOS’

    SZA zeroes in on her singular finesse in modernist R&B with hot takes on the holy trinity in ultra-honesty of sex, heartbreak, and esteem on her long-awaited sophomore LP.

  • +Artist Favorites 2022: Kate Meizner of Jobber

    +Artist Favorites 2022: Kate Meizner of Jobber

    The guitarist and vocalist from the Brooklyn indie rock ‘n wrestling enthusiasts shares her favorite music from 2022.

  • Code Orange – “Shatter” (Bray Wyatt Theme)

    Code Orange – “Shatter” (Bray Wyatt Theme)

    The Pittsburg metalcore band reunites with Bray Wyatt for the WWE Superstar’s newest theme music with gears grinding naturally into a cinematic, industrial anthem.

  • The Best Hardcore & Metal Scene Albums of 2022

    The Best Hardcore & Metal Scene Albums of 2022

    The best hardcore and metal scene albums of 2022 punctuate the fact that we are indeed in a golden age of it all.

  • Beauty Pill – “I Don’t Live Today”

    Beauty Pill – “I Don’t Live Today”

    The latest hidden gem to be uncovered off the D.C. punk band’s forthcoming Dischord-era anthology is a “study of a Jimi Hendrix” song, and it shows in the fascinating detail in which the mind of Chad Clark works.

  • The Best Experimental Albums of 2022

    The Best Experimental Albums of 2022

    Whether it can creaks into corners ambient and electronic, or twist rock and contort pop into artful, avant patterns, 2022’s best experimental albums of defy any distinct definition because they are outside of unconventional boundaries.

  • +Artist Favorites 2022: Maneka

    +Artist Favorites 2022: Maneka

    Genre-transcending indie rocker Devin McKnight, b.n.a. MANEKA, shares his favorite music from 2022.

  • Narrow Head – “Gearhead”

    Narrow Head – “Gearhead”

    The Houston heavy rockers embellish the hidden pop in their riff pile-on repping their latest mindset on their second offering from ‘Moments of Clarity’.

  • Pile – “Poisons”

    Pile – “Poisons”

    The Boston noise rockers level the brain with an attempted deconstruction of big rocks that only crumble at the foot, leaving you stumped in place on the second preview off new album, ‘All Fictions’.

  • The Best Alternative Rock Albums of 2022

    The Best Alternative Rock Albums of 2022

    Alternative rock in its modern state encompasses a spectrum of emotional gravitas and amperage that continue to move its dial forward with its best albums of 2022.


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