ROCK

Mangy Mutt comes barreling through with “Old Familiar Game (Radio Edit),” a gritty blues-rock bruiser that sounds like it crawled straight out of a smoky Australian pub at closing time, dragging heartbreak, bad decisions, and stubborn resilience along behind it. The Edgeworth-based project led by multi-instrumentalist Matthew David Bowman thrives…

Italian instrumental rock project Decadent Heroes turns six strings into full-blown storytelling on Climax, a cinematic and emotionally charged record led by guitarist Luigi Chiappini. Chiappini chases something warm and human here, with massive riffs, soaring melodies, ambient textures, and bluesy introspection all injected into an album. Drawing influence from…

UK artist Kwun steps into full focus with debut album Ancient Ageless & True, a globe-spanning, genre-blurring journey that swings from intimate soul to cinematic scale without losing center. The record feels like a lived-in map of emotions as a spiritual diary and rhythmic expedition, where each track opens a…

Los Angeles-based alt-rock artist Elena Deva comes charging in with “My Music Bipolar,” a track that fully lives inside emotional extremes. Built on a foundation of sharp guitars, steady, chest-thumping drums, and tense bass lines, the single hits like a live current running through polished modern rock production. It’s big,…

Seattle’s The Night and The Dirty return with “My Hurt,” a brooding, slow-burning slice of their self-described “Surf Drench” sound. Built by vocalist Kelly McShane, guitarist Jeremiah Robinson, and keyboardist Michael Waller, the trio lean into a shared chemistry, tightly wound and slightly unhinged, like three minds pulling the same…

Berlin’s underground has always had a knack for turning emotional wreckage into art, and TRANSCENDECADENCE tap right into that tradition with “Tiny Stupid Song.” Led by Slovakian singer and composer Victoria Priester, the alternative rock outfit blends post-punk grit, psychedelic unease, and stoner-rock swagger into something, theatrical and painfully human.…

Alternative rock outfit Mosh Pit comes roaring back with “No Returning,” a track that kicks the door in and lets itself be heard. It sits in that gritty intersection of defiance and release, where frustration with social pressure turns into something loud, physical, and almost cathartic. The band leans straight…

There’s something deliberately loud, almost sarcastically timely, about Motihari Brigade dropping their storming version of “Fortunate Son” ahead of their upcoming album Problematic. It doesn’t feel like a nostalgic cover so much as a warning flare shot into an already jittery sky. The band turns a protest classic into something…

There is something beautifully messy simmering beneath “Just a Shadow,” the latest release from The Attached Outsiders. Born out of Eagle Pass, Texas during the isolation of the pandemic, the band has steadily built a reputation for emotionally charged alternative rock that punches you in the chest while still leaving…

London’s The Breakdown have never sounded this sharp, this restless, or this alive. On their third album, Distraction Reaction, the melodic rock quintet shifts its focus outward, trading purely inward reflection for a biting, darkly funny examination of overstimulated modern existence. Across ten tracks, the band dissects digital identity, collapsing…