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Tripper – “Puppet”
The dissociation may be peak, but everything you hear is raw to the touch on the latest single from the Baltimore hardcore band.
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Destiny Bond – “Peace as a Punchline”
The lead single from the Denver hardcore punk’s new album, ‘The Love’, isn’t looking to play nice with anyone who may have taken their invitation to coexist without incident for granted.
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Recommended Album: Earl Sweatshirt – ‘Live Laugh Love’
Earl Sweatshirt’s fifth full-length album confirms what we already knew, except now, it’s as clear as day: he’s one of the best in the game.
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Sword II – “Even if it’s Just a Dream”
Our modern day tech dystopia impresses bolder realizations into the Atlanta trio’s next phase on the eerie lead single off their sophomore effort, ‘Electric Hour’.
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Recommended Album: Marissa Nadler – ‘New Radiations’
A definitive stasis of ethereal folk that transports you right into Nadler’s supernatural world where the music can’t be heard without her former ghosts coming back to life.
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Kelly Moran – “Echo In the Field”
The first listen from the experimental pianist’s new album ‘Don’t Trust Mirrors’ endlessly inches you into its beyond, even if it has no end.
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Public Opinion feat. Patrick Kindlon – “Laughing Academy”
Joined by the Drug Church frontman, the Denver hardcore-punks entertain recklessly with no fucks given on the lead single off their new EP.
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Chat Pile & Hayden Pedigo – “Radioactive Dreams”
The first listen from the sons of Oklahoma City’s collaborative album ‘In The Earth Again’ makes a dirt nap feel like a welcome escape from whatever this life in America has become.
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MANEKA – “shallowing” / “dimelo”
The Philly DIY lifer is proving he’s got a lot of gas left in the tank on the early highlights of his new album, ‘bathes and listens’, even when he’s hitting new adulting lows.
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Recommended Album: Jobber – ‘Jobber To The Stars’
The debut album from the Brooklyn rockers ushers in a 2010s DIY indie rock scene revival with more muscularity and bigger personality behind its riffs.
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Sharp Pins – “( I Wanna) Be Your Girl”
The power-pop-meets-C86 brilliance of the Lifeguard guitarist beams with hope in the shadows of its longing desires on the lead single off his sophomore effort, ‘Balloon Balloon Balloon’.
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Recommended Album: Deftones – ‘private music’
More influential than ever, the alt-metal-gaze band’s 10th studio album conquers the art of satiating the highest tiers of arenas in peak stereo clarity form.