ROCK

“Walking in the City” finds composer and musician Mark J Soler transforming the simple act of movement into a reflective musical journey. Released as a single from his three-track EP Walks, the instrumental piece centers on the idea of the “inner life,” exploring how everyday experiences can spark deeper thought…

San Francisco’s own waldon.grooves bends music, stretches it, and lets it simmer until it drips with character. A guitarist and multi-instrumentalist with a knack for blending psychedelia, deep surf, blues grit, funk bounce, jazz looseness, and free-flow jam energy, he cooks up nostalgic and freshly spiked soundscapes. There’s always that…

Born in the sweat and feedback of London’s underground gig circuit in 2024, Boxing Club is a four-piece forged from forum ads, friends of friends, and a shared appetite for confrontation. Straddling the Glasgow–London divide, they’ve built a reputation for intense live shows that don’t so much entertain as exorcize.…

Something is reassuring about an artist circling back to what first lit the spark. London’s Nigel Brown has done exactly that with While Away, released on 2nd January 2026. After spending time composing instrumental production music, he felt the itch to return to songwriting, the old friend he discovered at…

KC Johns delivers infectious country-rock with dynamic vocals and undeniable determination. Born in Memphis, Tennessee and raised in Hernando, Mississippi, she was immersed in music early on and inspired by artists like Led Zeppelin, Stevie Nicks, and Sheryl Crow. In 2017, Johns moved to Nashville, performing on Broadway stages before…

Released on February 16, 2026, “Hype” puts Decadent Heroes and, more specifically, Italian guitarist Luigi Chiappini, right in the driver’s seat with an instrumental rock track that lives up to its title. Chiappini, based in Pescara and already known for his work across several rock projects, clearly knows his way…

Dave Curl’s “Zueri” carries a long memory. Written from a scene he witnessed in Zürich three decades ago and only now fully brought to life, the track is personal and sharply observant. Curl, an independent singer-songwriter with English-Australian roots and a Swiss upbringing, has always leaned toward emotional storytelling, but…

Released on February 21, 2026, “This Gun” finds Rosso Tierney going for the jugular with a metal track that is heavy on impact but even heavier on feeling. Drawing from the grit and punch of modern rock and metal while keeping his own cinematic, emotionally driven voice intact, Tierney digs…

BLUES CORNER was never meant to be a nostalgia act. Born from the enduring friendship between Phil Roman and Seb Oroval, the Paris-based project returns to the roots of Blues not to imitate it, but to live inside it. With “All That We Are”released on February 20th, 2026, the duo…

I.D.K.’s return doesn’t tiptoe in; it kicks the door open. “Nark 5” hits with that sharp-edged punk urgency the North Jersey band built their name on, but this time there’s a cinematic pulse running underneath the distortion. Hailing from Cliffside Park, New Jersey, and releasing their first original material since…