There’s a line in Misery Winter that pretty much explains the whole damn song: “I turn around and walk it again.” And rather than attempting to break that cycle, Noah James Mass wraps it in fuzz and blues-infused energy. Noah James Mass’ Misery Winter is what you might get if The Black Keys, Arctic Monkeys,
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There’s something so fitting about calling an album Slightly Out of Focus when the whole thing feels like it was pulled from the blur between memory and the present. And to think that it took 19 years for Brendan Ranney to release it to the world just makes the album feel more earned and personal.
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St. Paul midsummer heat hits differently when the windows are down and the speakers are screaming at maximum volume. Minnesota outfit Halfway Down tap directly into that sticky summer air on Want You and they make no apologies for pushing every single dial straight into the red. You can hear the ghosts of Warped Tour history haunting
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Plunging headfirst into an unfiltered wall of overdriven guitar cabinets and snapping snare hits, Rumour Den shatter any expectation of safe indie radio polish with ‘All In This Together’. Frontman Steve sent this single early seeking honest feedback on his turn toward an in-your-face performance, and the gamble pays off spectacularly from the very first
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A thunderous snare crack launches Misstify directly into the stratosphere on Wonder What You Say and the momentum never lets up for a single second. Driven by a surging web of distorted rhythm guitars and bright melodic leads, the track hits with the instant wallop of classic early 2000s indie rock while maintaining a razor-sharp modern urgency.
“MAXSIMUL turns raw guitar energy and soaring melodies into a triumphant anthem of self-reinvention.” MAXSIMUL hits the ground running on Out of the Green with an urgent guitar phrase that locks directly into a steady drum groove before the first verse takes off. You hear an immediate spark in the production that feels alive and
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There’s a certain beauty in not immediately knowing what a song is trying to say. And it seems like The House Flies understands that better than most with their latest single, Derelict Crawl. Somewhere between goth rock, shoegaze, and grunge lies the strange little world The House Flies have been building for themselves. The post-punk
Sometimes you have to look back in order to go forward, and this is exactly what Adam James has managed to achieve with his latest single ‘Mad ‘Bout You’. Looking to his influences, Adam’s latest track makes sure not to miss out any element along the way, proving that we’re able to draw on the
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Most artists try to make fear sound as loud as possible. Somehow, Rob Fletcher never felt the need to. As if he trusted the listener to sit with discomfort instead of drowning it out in his latest single, Hells Gate. Hailing from Wonthaggi, Australia, Rob Fletcher approaches alternative rock with an unwavering commitment to complete
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It definitely takes some courage for an artist to make grief this audible while everyone tries to distill it down until it’s easier to digest. And that’s probably why the honesty in 11:11 by Kristy Chmura feels earned and sacred. Kristy Chmura continues to cement her path through intimate lyricism and emotive vocals with her
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