Christian rock finds a fresh new voice in Reynosa, Mexico, where eight musicians came together earlier this year to form Él es Jesús. Their debut, Vol. 1 Side A or Vol. 1: A New Sound of Faith and Hope, released on September 12, carries the weight of years of careful…
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Scottish alt-rock trio Closer return with “Glimpses,” their long-awaited record dropping September 19th. Known since the early 2000s for their stormy riffs and chest-thumping live shows, Closer have walked through fire, setbacks, reinventions, and a bruising industry grind, to arrive here. Frontman David Wason describes the album as “fragments of…
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HMRC returns with their newest single, “Flat Circle,” turning towards darker, more existential territory. Known for their gritty rock edge and biting social commentary, the band now leans into something heavier, where singer Lloyd Holmes bares despair and empathy in a way that feels unflinching. Recorded intensely, the song plunges…
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Southwest Michigan’s Vineyard Chicks, the sister trio of Kayla, Trie, and Bunkie, step into new emotional territory with their latest single, “Power in the Pain,” released on August 29, 2025. With their energetic live sets and classic rock covers, the band began carving out their own path in 2024 with…
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Amsterdam’s genre-bending band Lemon return with their ninth #lemon12 single of the year, “Maybe It’s You,” released September 17, 2025. Known for coining their own “Nedchester” sound, a Dutch spin on the Madchester wave, the group once again fuses indie rock swagger with a groove-heavy undercurrent that nods to baggy…
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FHMY, a solo experimental musician from Cairo, drops the LP The World You Grew Up In No Longer Exists, a bracingly intimate record that folds math rock, post-rock, emo, shoegaze, and IDM into a single statement. Rooted in childhood samples, with anime chimes, gaming motifs, and dusty film snippets, the…
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After two decades away from the stage, Nathan Mazur returns under the banner of Nathan’s Patience with his new EP, The Thoughts We Can’t Tell, released September 2, 2025. A former frontman of Detroit pop-punk outfit Nowadays and touring guitarist with Never Heard of It, Mazur has come full circle,…
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Sehore’s second album Husfikbur, released in 2025 under MusicHunters Records, builds on the playful experimentation of Ladencia, which won a Silver Medal at the Global Music Awards. But here, the Spanish outfit dives deeper into kitsch aesthetics, layering humor with philosophy, consonance with dissonance, and familiar genres twisted inside out.…
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Blues Corner has quickly made a name for itself as a project rooted in authenticity, born from the long-standing friendship between Phil Roman and Seb Oroval. After Roman’s return to France in 2021 and a decisive shift from a corporate career to a musical one, the duo carved out a…
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Marianne Nowottny has long toyed with the persona of Marzanna, but this year she gives it full flesh with Marzanna, her first cover album. Known for her singular phrasing and a voice that can sway between smoky depths and fragile wisps, Nowottny has always dabbled in reimagining the canon, performing…