ROCK

Filip Dahl returns with “Flying High,” and it feels like a seasoned musician reminding you exactly why he never lost his touch. The Norwegian composer and multi-instrumentalist has been around the block, from his early days in rock bands to running studios and stepping away for a while, so when…

karkinoma’s façades arrive as a slow-burning, introspective excavation of identity. Crafted entirely solo in a home studio in rural France, the album reflects years of personal upheaval, burnout, departure from city life, and the uneasy process of rebuilding from scratch. Drawing from an eclectic palette of electronic, orchestral, and alternative…

Fanny Alexandra’s “Innocence for Fire” simmers, coils, and then strikes when you least expect it. Sitting comfortably in the darker corners of alternative rock, the track leans into cinematic tension and emotional rawness, building an intimate and explosive soundscape. It pulls you in slowly, letting the weight of vulnerability, inner…

Petrichor aren’t here to play nice—and “The Richest Witches of the West” makes that crystal clear from the first hit. The DC-based teen garage punk outfit channels the city’s legacy of sharp-edged, socially conscious rebellion, they take that DNA and crank it into something urgent, chaotic, and unmistakably their own.…

Two Whatevers build entire thought systems out of it. On Punk Deluxe, the Chicago-based duo of Eben Hewitt and Alison Brown blur the lines between philosophy, storytelling, and genre, crafting a brainy and instinctive album. With Eben’s background in playwriting and Alison’s grounding in philosophy, their collaboration turns into something…

Liam Naughton eases back into the spotlight with “I Want To Go Out Tonight,” a track that feels like a quiet confession dressed up as a late-night escape plan. The Irish-born, Perth-based songwriter leans into a fresh chapter here, one shaped by independence, self-built production chops, and a renewed emotional…

LAWIJT. is a one-man band in its purest, most unfiltered form. It exists to bring you back to a time when music was raw emotion and imperfectly human. If you’re looking for a quick fix of hot and tasty music: have some LAWIJT! For breakfast, dinner, or anywhere in between.…

There’s no neat little label that fits Storm Boy, and honestly, that’s the point. Hailing from Olympia’s DIY circuit, the four-piece, Chas Roberts, Jeremy Anderson, Charli Beaumont, and Kuba Bednarek, lean into chaos, collaboration, and that sweat-drenched live energy that turns shows into shared release. Their 2026 full-length Beast Machine…

There’s a lived-in, almost literary charm to Greg Roensch’s Down at the Polystereophonic Dive Bar, an album that feels less like a playlist and more like a place you wander into and stay awhile. A songwriter with roots in poetry and flash fiction, Roensch builds songs the way a storyteller…

There’s something undeniably electric about a project that taps into rock history while still kicking dust into the present, and DownTown Mystic’s On E Street Remix EP does exactly that. Built around a rare collaboration with the legendary rhythm section of the E Street Band, this six-track release retools it…