In January, Dehd announced their new album Poetry and shared “Mood Ring.” Today, the Chicago indie rock trio is back with the sweet serenade “Light On.” “This song is like a candle in the window, a light guiding someone back home if they were trying to find it,” Jason Balla said about the track. He […]
Portland’s Project Pabst Promises Big Thief, Billy Idol, & More For 2024
For the first time since 2017, Project Pabst will be back at Portland’s Tom McCall Waterfront Park this summer, and they’ve assembled a nice lineup for their grand return. On July 27 and 28, the fest will assemble headliners Big Thief and Billy Idol plus a mix of performers including T-Pain, Soccer Mommy, Jeff Rosenstock, […]
Porij – “Unpredictable”
The Manchester dance-pop quartet Porij announced their debut album Teething in January and shared its quite pleasant “My Only Love.” Previously they teased the album with the more distinctively clubby lead single “You Should Know Me.” Today the band is back with “Unpredictable,” a light and airy track inspired by UK garage. Lead singer Egg […]
Grieving – “Puritans (The Weight)”
The longstanding UK rock band Grieving will finally release their debut album Everything Goes Right, All At Once this month. After dropping lead single “Tarpaulin” back in January, today they’re teasing the LP with a new advance track called “Puritans (The Weight).” Grieving rightly situate themselves at the intersection of “classic Dischord, early emo, and […]
Stand Still – “Mysticism”
Right now, tons of bands from the hardcore world are messing around with the pop-punk and emo sounds of the ’00s. Those bands might be approaching those sounds from a hardcore direction, but they’re steeped in the nasal, melodic, vulnerable styles of their youth. This past weekend, I watched Long Island’s Koyo headline an extremely […]
Sinai Vessel – “How”
In October, Sinai Vessel shared “Birthday” to preview the next album, followed by January’s “Attack” as a Mediafire download. Today, the Asheville musician is announcing his signing to Keeled Scales and releasing “How.” “‘How’ was the first tune I wrote for the new record that made me feel like I was cooking with gas,” Caleb […]
Watch Suede’s Brett Anderson Cover Echo & The Bunnymen’s “The Killing Moon” With Paraorchestra & Charles Hazlewood
Bristol, UK’s Paraorchestra combines disabled and non-disabled musicians into a unique symphonic unit. Today they shared a noteworthy new track from their star-studded upcoming album Death Songbook. It’s a cover of Echo & The Bunnymen’s iconic new wave track “The Killing Moon” sung by Suede’s Brett Anderson, with conductor and Paraorchestra founder Charles Hazlewood on […]
Buckcherry, Tommy Tutone, & Rudy Sarzo Celebrate Sheer Mag Album Release On Cameo
The excellent new Sheer Mag album Playing Favorites, their first for Third Man Records, is out today. The band is celebrating by posting Cameo messages from some of their rock ‘n’ roll heroes congratulating them on the new record. Sheer Mag’s Instagram account currently features three such messages: one from hard rock bassist for hire […]
Watch Jason Isbell Turn Fox News’ Biden Headlines Into Song
Jason Isbell made his latest visit to The Daily Show last week, and it seems that interview and performance were not the end of his current involvement with the program. For a video posted to Instagram, Isbell has built a nice little tune out of recent Fox News chyrons about President Joe Biden, such as […]
Stream Mini Trees’ Sleek, Catchy, Emotionally Charged Burn Out EP
Mini Trees, musical project of LA’s Lexi Vega, tend to operate on the intimate side of indie-pop — hence the self-applied “living room pop” label in their Bandcamp bio. But for new EP Burn Out, Vega takes Mini Trees somewhere bigger and brighter. Without compromising the songwriting at the core of the band, the new […]