ROCK

With “The Concession Stand Blitz,” Lexington’s noise-rock mischief makers Tojo Yamamoto take the glittery chaos of The Sweet’s 1973 glam-rock classic “Ballroom Blitz” and fling it straight into the mayhem of a wrestling concession stand. Released as a limited 7” vinyl, this track is a witty spectacle drenched in fuzz,…

Chaotic Silence has stepped boldly into the spotlight with their debut album Dissonance, released on September 27, 2025. The Indian alternative rock duo has been building anticipation for this 10-track odyssey, and the payoff is striking. Drawing on influences as wide-ranging as Linkin Park, Deftones, Nirvana, and Radiohead, they’ve created…

Purbeck Temple’s The Agoraphobia Files, released on August 18, 2025, is a personal manifesto wrapped in grit, sorrow, and flashes of redemption. Hailing from Hornsea, England, Temple channels years of trauma, health battles, and the isolating weight of agoraphobia into 13 tracks that blur the line between confession and catharsis.…

Ben Konarov’s latest single, “Road To Nowhere,” released on September 9, 2025, emerges from Brisbane, Australia, as a road trip anthem steeped in pop/rock and country hues. Written by Konarov, composed and produced by Gary Cubberley, and voiced by George Alexander, the track pays homage to the timeless storytelling of…

Euphoria lights up the local scene with their new single “Love Me So,” released September 17th. The song was honed in the band’s home studio over a month and winds up feeling spontaneous while carefully designed. These university-age players have paid their dues on stages from The Camden Assembly to…

Rusty Reid, the Texas-born, Pacific Northwest-based indie-folk-pop-country-rock singer-songwriter, has unearthed a piece of buried treasure with his new album The Unreasonables. Written and recorded decades ago but only now seeing the light of day, the record leans less on Reid’s usual philosophical musings and more on raw, unfiltered rock and…

Hudson Valley’s newest sonic explorers, Lodo, make their mark with The Process of Remembering, a debut that thrives on contradiction, with beauty colliding with chaos and serenity breaking into storms. Formed in 2023 from a serendipitous jam session, drummer Wyatt, bassist/singer/synth player Tommy, guitarist/singer/synth player James, and classically trained flautist…

At just 15, Chloe Sofia is carving out her own lane in the crowded pop landscape, balancing youthful honesty with a confidence that is well beyond her years. After her debut single “Pulse” quickly picked up over 14,000 streams on Spotify, she’s back with “The Girl Next Door,” a track…

Melbourne’s rising pop/indie/rock voice Jacqui Beaa has stepped up her game with “Grid Me,” her third single and arguably her boldest yet. Out now on all streaming platforms, the track takes the classic insecurities of modern relationships and spins them into something playful, catchy, and disarmingly real. Beaa, who’s been…

My Life As A Moth arrives with a dark edge on her new single, “Time Thief,” released September 5th, 2025, as the first taste of her forthcoming album The Parade Of The Starlet & The Broken Hearted. Known for blending eccentric inventiveness with emotional candor, the rising singer-songwriter captures the…