If ‘Plastic Hooligans’ was Remain Blank kicking down the door, then ‘The Kitchen Floor/ The Second Time’ is them confidently swaggering into the room. This Bolton four-piece aren’t interested in easing you in- they’d rather shove you headfirst into their world of wired post-punk delirium and sharp-edged indie hooks. ‘TheContinue Reading
The Mortal Prophets- John Beckmann’s ever-evolving experimental vessel- step away from the decadent surrealism of French Summer and into something far more elemental with ‘GUITARWORKS II’. Where that earlier release swirled with European glamour and sly provocation, this 16-track collection is stripped to its bones, letting the spaces between notesContinue Reading
Ten years is a long time to leave a story unfinished- but ‘Rêverie’, The Young Liars’ first release since 2015’s ‘Rue Massena’, feels less like a comeback and more like a resurfacing. The Jakarta indie rock quartet haven’t returned to chase past glories; they’ve returned to inhabit a different tempoContinue Reading
Silk Daisys’ new single ‘It’s A Laugh’ is the kind of bittersweet earworm that hides a bruise beneath a smile. The Atlanta-based dream-pop/post-punk duo- made up of James Abercrombie and Karla Jean Davis- wrap jangling 12-string guitar lines, handclaps, and irresistible hooks around the well-worn “sad clown” archetype, creating somethingContinue Reading
For years in Nashville, Wes Kirkpatrick lived in the shadow of sad songs. Heartbreak and melancholy seeped into everything he wrote- not out of choice, but because it was all that seemed to surface. Eventually, the weight of it all drove him back to the Colorado mountains, searching for space,Continue Reading
In a musical climate where pop often hides in the underground shadows, Dark City Kings refuse to play it cool- instead, they embrace it, magnify it, and send it spinning into the night like a glittering flare. With their double single EP ‘Champions of Tomorrow’s Fun/Atmosphere’, the Black Mountain outfitContinue Reading
With ‘Growing up, growing out’, Saint Nick the Lesser steps into the indie-folk-punk arena with a debut that’s raw memoir, restless exploration, and the sharing of so much heart. The Upland-based songwriter, drawing on over a decade’s worth of material, folds his punk, ska, and anti-folk roots into a recordContinue Reading
Four years after the incendiary ‘#Resist’, London’s political electro-punk agitators Calling All Astronauts return with their most uncompromising statement yet. Noise Against Tyranny, released via their own Supersonic Media, is a ten-track gauntlet of blistering industrial beats, gothic atmospheres, and post-punk bite- an album that’s as furious as it isContinue Reading
If you’ve ever longed for the days when rock was jagged, sweaty, and unapologetically loud, Tijuana Bullfight are about to reignite your obsession. With their latest single ‘Fire’, the Los Angeles trio channel the full-throttle grit of the ’90s alt-rock explosion- not as a throwback, but as a blistering actContinue Reading
Catherine Elms’, ‘Bring In the Wild’, is the kind of album that unravels you from the inside out. This isn’t just a record; it’s a brooding, baroque spiral down into the psychic underworld, where darkness isn’t the enemy- it’s the mirror. Following the gothic grandeur of lead singles ‘Medusa’ andContinue Reading