BOY GOLDEN BEST OF OUR POSSIBLE LIVES SIX SHOOTER RECORDS Cowboy hats and colorful shirts can be a deceiving thing for musicians. For a general set of listeners that rely on musical snippets it would immediately indicate that who they have in [...]
THE OLYMPIANS IN SEARCH OF A REVIVAL DAPTONE It’s been a decade since The Olympians, a New York-based R&B/soul instrumental group, released their titular debut album The Olympians. Their new record, In Search of a Revival, is a departure of [...]
SUNDECAY THE BLOOD LIVES AGAIN INDEPENDENT Sundecay’s sound is akin to a slow-forming bruise: a purplish-blue darkness that blooms around the skin until it becomes impossible to ignore. While the Toronto doom outfit has always embodied this [...]
LUCY KRUGER & THE LOST BOYS PALE BLOOM UNIQUE RECORDS Pale Bloom is the seventh album from Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys and their first since 2024’s A Human Home. Pale Bloom, in many ways, picks up where that album left off. It is not a [...]
GENUINE CONNECTION I SWEAR INDEPENDENT Based out of Brooklyn, NY, Genuine Connection have emerged with their debut EP, I Swear. The five-song record comes without the faintest warning of a preceding single giving their release a sense of urgency [...]
SYDNEY ROSS MITCHELL CYNTHIA DISRUPTOR RECORDS Born and raised in Lubbock, Texas (home of Buddy Holly and Natalie Maines of The Chicks), Sydney Ross Mitchell left home to find herself in the music scene of Los Angeles. This EP tells the story of [...]
THE GROWNUP NOISE NO STRAIGHT LINE IN THE UNIVERSE INDEPENDENT The Grownup Noise is an indie rock band that was formed in 2005 by songwriter Paul Hansen (guitar/vocals) and Adam Sankowski (bass/vocals). The group also includes Katie Franich [...]
ALICE COSTELLOE MOVE ON WITH THE YEAR MOSHI MOSHI RECORDS As is the case sometimes with solo debut albums, the key just might lie with that solo tag. It is usually a case of an artist that has already been in a band or has worked undercover, so [...]
PUSCIFER NORMAL ISN’T PUSCIFER ENTERTAINMENT/ALCHEMY RECORDINGS/BMG Puscifer, the innovative alternative rock outfit led by Tool vocalist, Maynard James Keenan which consists of co-singer Carina Round and bassist and guitarist Mat Mitchel, has [...]
LUCY DREAMS VVVVV SONICWAVEARTPOP Lucy Dreams is a ‘trio’ from Vienna. The trio consists of two humans, Zero and One, and the third member is artificial, a musical computer if you will. The three members have been releasing music for a couple of [...]
KMFDM ENEMY METROPOLIS RECORDS German electronic and industrial rock pioneers KMFDM are back, balancing the stylistic blend of their signature sound while invigorating it with their 24th album, ENEMY. Sascha Konietzko and Lucia Cifarelli are [...]
BREN HOLMES A RUSH TO THE START LINE BREN HOLMES MUSIC Dublin-born, but Los Angeles-based singer/songwriter Bren Holmes returns with his second solo album. A Rush To The Start Line follows his solo debut, Everything You Never Wanted, which he [...]
JAGUAR 777 JAGUAR 777 ELEVENTH HOUR RECORDING CO. Jaguar 777 is a Cleveland-based duo consisting of Kacie Marie and Emmett O’Connor. Jaguar 777 is their debut album, and it is an impressive debut. It is more cinematic than it is a standard rock [...]
STEVE POLTZ JOYRIDE RED HOUSE RECORDS JoyRide is the first album from Steve Poltz in nearly four years, with Stardust and Satellites being released in 2024. It is also his 14th album and he shows no sign of retiring. In fact, when one listens [...]
MARTA DEL GRANDI DREAM LIFE FIRE RECORDS Some singer-songwriters stick to all the defined lines, if you could call them that of this broadly-defined genre (and they are quite good at it), while there are not so many of them that try to bring in [...]
KIM MOBERG ALL THAT REALLY MATTERS INDEPENDENT You don’t essentially need to be an innovator that breaks boundaries to come up with good music that could reach quite a number of listeners. As a solo artist, you do need a hefty dose of [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS CBGB – A NEW YORK CITY SOUNDTRACK 1975-1986 CHERRY RED RECORDS This is a music collector’s perfect combination—an extensive compilation (box set, effectively) on one of the best labels around that can handle such a [...]
BLACKWATER HOLYLIGHT NOT HERE NOT GONE SUICIDE SQUEEZE RECORDS Blackwater Holylight is a hard rocking trio, originally from Portland, OR, but now based in Los Angeles. The band consists of Allison “Sunny” Faris (guitars, bass and vocals), Eliese [...]
SOFTCULT WHEN A FLOWER DOESN’T GROW EASY LIFE RECORDS Softcult’s debut album arrives after a run of EPs that never felt disposable but fully realized on their own, Year of the Snake especially pointing toward something larger. Self-produced by [...]
WARREN HAYNES TALES OF ORDINARY MADNESS (2026 REMIX) MEGAFORCE RECORDS Warren Haynes, Grammy Award-winning member of the Allman Brothers and frontman of Gov’t Mule, steps back into the spotlight with a revitalized release of his solo album Tales [...]
JOYCE MANOR I USED TO GO TO THIS BAR EPITAPH RECORDS Joyce Manor’s sixth studio album, I Used To Go To This Bar, arrives in classic Joyce Manor fashion. Coming in at 9 tracks and 19 minutes long, Barry Johnson, Chase Knobbe, and Matt Ebert spend [...]
THE MOLOTOVS WASTED ON YOUTH MARSHALL RECORDS The Molotovs look like being 2026’s ‘chosen’ band, with the hype burning like a petrol fire as Wasted On Youth gets set to come down the pike. So, having finally got hold of it, does it live up to [...]
VARIOUS ARTISTS LOUDER THAN YOU THINK: A LO-FI HISTORY OF GARY YOUNG & PAVEMENT (ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK) INDEPENDENT PROJECT RECORDS In 2023, Gary Young passed away. The original drummer of Pavement has since been the subject of [...]
BUZZCOCKS ATTITUDE ADJUSTMENT CHERRY RED RECORDS Attitude Adjustment, the new album from the Buzzcocks, shows that Steve Diggle and company are very serious about keeping the legendary Buzzcocks name and music alive and kicking. As with the [...]
