ROCK

SCHANZ is an alternative rock project. Or indie rock. Or maybe a little gothic rock. There’s certainly a bit of punk in there too. The idea of starting my own project came about in 2024 because I had a lot of song and lyric ideas running through my head. And…

Adam Wedd’s new EP MERCHANT MAN flips through the pages of a travel-stained diary full of late-night thoughts, open-road musings, and intimate stories, all set to an alt-rock soundtrack. From the get-go, with the high-octane opener “PEDAL to the METAL – apex version,” Wedd steers the listener into his world…

Alternative rock band Mosh Pit just lit a fire under modern worship culture with their blistering new single “LCD,” a track as raw as it is unrelenting. Clocking in with all the fury of a late-night breakdown, the song, right out of the gate, hits with distorted, grinding guitar fuzz…

With Last Days, Danish-born, Vietnam-based artist Marshmallow Tinderbox unleashes a gripping, genre-warped exploration of sorrow, rage, and resistance. Recorded entirely in his home studio between December 2024 and May 2025, this 10-track alt-rock album gets political and emotional with unflinching commentary on a collapsing world. The album’s haunting opener, “The…

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…