ROCK

Awakening 1 by Beyond The Rubicon lands like a lightning bolt of melodic conviction for up and coming compelling trilogy of EPs. The duo, Paul Griggs from the UK and Paul Mahieu from the Netherlands, come out swinging with Awakening 1, a three-track sampler. Opening with “Backfire,” the EP wastes…

“Reflection” by London-based Fourmarks is a fever dream on the edge of transcendence, where heartbreak bleeds into hedonism, and the dancefloor becomes church and escape hatch. Released through Apathetic Records, this new single boasts the profundity and electronic euphoria that the band boasts, as it spins darkness into motion and…

SIREN’s latest single, “Nightmare Paradise,” is a bold and electrifying entry in the band’s evolving catalog. It’s got gritty Americana with cinematic rock storytelling in one. Drawing on the mythos of Bonnie and Clyde, the track unspools like a high-octane fugitive film, only it’s driven by heartbreak, delusion, and the…

‘The blistering standout, “Dignity” by [SAMPLE_TEXT], this Anchorage-based trio (Reece Caldwell on vocals/guitar, Tyler Farrell on drums, and Jacob Marsh on bass) dive headfirst into experimental punk, grunge, noise, and raw, lo-fi honesty. This manic release valve is the sound of inner tension thrashing its way out into the cold…

The vibrant, analog-drenched jam “Carriage House” by The All’s Eye is like stumbling into a smoky late-night club where everything grooves just a little deeper than expected. Released on June 26, 2025, the track is a sonic postcard from the legendary Carriage House Studios in Connecticut, where spontaneous magic and…

“Stardust Bear Bazaar, Pt. 2” by New Laconia is a cinematic plunge into a wormhole of sound and storytelling. Ukrainian experimentalist Alex Syniakov has sculpted a piece that blurs the lines between music, theater, and interdimensional mythology. Picking up where Pt. 1 left off, this sequel deepens the tale of…

“Spoke For What I Knew” by Ben Aubergine steps into a time capsule, lined with passion, silvery guitar tones, and decades’ worth of reflection. Written in 1998 and released only recently after being revisited and completed years later, the song takes a snapshot of relational imbalance, emotional misfires, and the…

“Scroll My Life Away” by The Radio Addicts might just be the anthem for a generation growing up with the world in one hand and their phone in the other. At just 14, 14, 12, and 11 years old respectively, Luke, Daniel, Vincent, and Jonathan have delivered a disarmingly raw,…

BARON’S “Doesn’t Really Matter” is part existential spiral, part theatrical fever dream, and all wonderfully unhinged. The French glam-rock duo delivers a late-night monologue set to a kaleidoscope of piano flourishes, flutes, thudding percussion, and the sardonic poetry of someone both deeply bewildered by the world and oddly at peace…

Roots of Blues by Karim Albert Kook & Édouard Bineau is a living, breathing walk through the dusty, sweat-soaked avenues of American music history, told through the lens of two musicians whose cultural journeys mirror the blues’ own restless migration. Across twelve tracks, the duo offers reverent yet reimagined takes…