Wes Kirkpatrick rediscovers his spark on ‘That Kind of Love’
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
Dark City Kings light the night with ‘Champions of Tomorrow’s Fun’ EP
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
Saint Nick the Lesser maps the messy beauty of change on ‘Growing up, growing out’
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
Calling All Astronauts roar back with ‘Noise Against Tyranny’, a defiant soundtrack for a fractured world
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
Tijuana Bullfight spark a ’90s alt-rock revival on scorching new single ‘Fire’
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 summons the storm within on hauntingly heroic ‘Bring In the Wild’
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
Tey De Gennaro weaves history and heart into ‘Lovely Seasons of Love’
Tey De Gennaro’s latest single, ‘Lovely Seasons of Love’, arrives like a letter pressed between the pages of a diary- ornate, and full of quiet revelations. It’s indie pop but carries the weight of something older and more sacred- like a hymn dressed in velvet. The Nashville-based artist leans intoContinue Reading
TV FACE rip through the static on ferocious new single ‘White Noise White Lies’
If your speakers aren’t slightly bleeding after one spin of TV FACE’s new single ‘White Noise White Lies’, you probably didn’t have them loud enough. The Lancaster trio return snarling and sharpened on this blistering slice of post-shoegaze noise punk- equal parts angular precision and unhinged catharsis. Out via CrackedanklesContinue Reading
Rosetta West cast blues rock into the afterlife on ‘God of the Dead’
Rosetta West eschews perfection to chase the unknown. On ‘God of the Dead’, the long-running Illinois outfit burrows deep into the dirt of blues rock tradition only to emerge with something far stranger- an album as ragged, unruly, and captivating as a backwoods sermon under a blood moon. This isn’tContinue Reading
Wotts find grace in the glitch on ‘i’ll see you when the game resets’
With ‘i’ll see you when the game resets’, Ottawa’s indie pop duo Wotts close out their EP FLANK! not with a grand crescendo, but with a gently cracked farewell- a lo-fi postcard from the edge of loss. It’s scrappy, sincere, and strangely soothing, capturing the essence of an emotional resetContinue Reading