Category: Music News
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Multihyphenate artist Andrew Sellers and his LA-based collective, Charm School, have released their latest EP, Skadenfreude Ploy. Picking up where their 2025 debut LP Debt Forever left off, the new record offers a crushingly loud, philosophically minded critique of modern life. The EP dives deep into the confounding implications of living in a world dominated…
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Hailing from a small surf town on the Caribbean coast of Costa Rica, high school punk trio Supernal has released their latest single, “Alone Now.” Consisting of Bryn Rodgers (guitar/vox), Jayda Prescod (bass), and Tor Kingsley (drums), the band brings a raw, dissonant edge to their melodic noise. “Alone Now” serves as the second single…
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For those who gravitate toward the edgy and the underground, Swaza6 has delivered a new single, “Wake Up in a Cemetery.” This dark, cinematic, and high-impact track is built for the fringes of alternative music, offering a marvelous blend of indie rock, riot grrrl energy, and heavy metal weight. The song’s aggressive production and haunting…
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Singer-songwriter Garth Adam has officially unveiled his latest masterpiece, “Pocketfull of Tears.” This marvelous indie folk composition is more than just a song; it is a carefully crafted auditory journey that seeks to tackle all the senses. With delicate instrumentation and evocative storytelling, Adam continues to cement his place as a vital voice in the…
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The last time I was at The Key Club in Leeds was pretty much a year ago, that was for what turned out to be my gig of the year, a performance from Laura Jane Grace that just smashed anything else that year, even standing 2 feet from Iggy Pop, yes really. Anyway I’m back, and…
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The Helsinki-based ghost punk and goth garage band Hauntees released their debut album Shadows Forming today. Dark and brooding, the record plays like the soundtrack to a road trip across a desert. Along the way, you stop at smoky saloons and pass abandoned gravestones. The sound carries the bitter dust and shimmering heat of sun-scorched sand dunes. Seasoned with…
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As if spilling right out of some portal from the past, smack into the middle of the 2020’s, BIRDLEGS pairs Jade Puget (AFI), Gary Gutfeld (CORDUROY, HI-FIVES), and Eric Ozenne (THE NERVE AGENTS, UNIT PRIDE) came up together in Northern California’s East Bay, REDEMPTION 87 in the late 1990’s. Now joining up with Ryan Doria (OVEREXPOSURE and PRESSURE…
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TRUCKFIGHTERS have released new single ‘Truce’, out now on Fuzzorama Records, new album ‘MASTERFLOW’ is out on 10th April. They play Camden’s Desertfest on 17th May. “This song was born out of the strange and unsettling times we’re living in. The world feels upside down, moving in a direction that can be hard to understand — and…
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A journey into the raw and visceral origins: from the demo sessions mixed by Steve Albini to the night of the very first secret show on December 20th, 1988. In the heart of Chicago, Geordie and Martin Atkins turned frustration and distance into pure creative energy, recording the now-legendary “Black Cassette” demos at Albini’s house. Distorted,…
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On Saturday April 4th The Punk Rock Museum is celebrating its third anniversary the only way it knows how: with a loud, no-holds-barred parking lot show that will feature Spike and the Gimme Gimmes, Kate Clover, XCOMM, River Ratts and The Whops. In honour of this occasion we were asked to put a few questions to the bands that are playing the…