Twenty Years Later, Substance Abuse’s Overproof Gets the Reissue Its Cult Reputation Earned
Substance Abuse revisits the cult underground hip-hop album Overproof with a reshaped twentieth-anniversary edition featuring MF DOO...
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Harry Kappen’s ‘Good Samaritans’ Pushes Back Against Performative Compassion
Harry Kappen’s “Good Samaritans” centers the quiet people who help without applause, contrasting genuine service with social-media p...
Ananda Xenia Shakti Turns a Night of Illness Into the Devotional Prayer ‘Devotion’
Ananda Xenia Shakti and Love Power the Band trace “Devotion” to a silent retreat in India and a difficult night transformed through...
Studio D’Lux Walks ‘Thin Ice’ With a Cross-Generational Rock Lineup
Doug Kistner’s Studio D’Lux brings Liberty DeVitto, Keith Howland, Jason Scheff, Tom Scott, Reagan Richards and Ron Nevison together...
The 2026 Independent Music Awards Put the Machinery Behind the Music in the Spotlight
The final 2026 Independent Music Awards nominees recognize artists alongside labels, campaigns, record stores, directors, catalog te...
PravdaFest Packs Four Decades of Chicago Independence Into One Day
PravdaFest gathered a cross-generational independent roster at Fitzgerald’s, turning one day in Berwyn into a living history of Chic...
After a Decade Between Albums, Deer Leap Return on Their Own Terms With ‘Routines’
New Hampshire’s Deer Leap will release the eight-song Routines on September 18, their first full-length since 2016 and a direct retu...
Feral Twin Begins With Oso Oso and a Promise That Every Release Matters
Hop Along drummer Mark Quinlan is launching Feral Twin with Oso Oso’s sixth album, An Exchange of Information, positioning care and...
PISS Turn Vancouver’s Underground Into a Debut Album Built for Resistance
Vancouver noise-punk band PISS will release you made me / skin on linen on October 30 through Sub Pop and Paper Bag Records, carryin...
Four From Faust: Four Founders, Four New Albums, One Living Idea
Bureau B gives four surviving members of Faust’s 1971–74 lineup four separate albums—and turns a shared history into four radically...
Bad Nerves Take Aim at the Algorithm in Breakneck “Network” Video
Bad Nerves release the official video for “Network” ahead of a North American run featuring headline shows, festivals and dates with...
All Things Go Expands 2026 DC and New York Lineups With Remi Wolf, Sierra Ferrell, underscores and Ethel Cain
All Things Go expands its 2026 DC and New York lineups with Remi Wolf, Sierra Ferrell, underscores and Ethel Cain ahead of the Septe...
Jethro Rewinds to ‘VHS’ for a Personal Solo Statement
An Exposed Vocals artist spotlight on Jethro’s VHS, the personal solo statement that moved the Lagos-based artist beyond The Retro....
Shatner’s ‘Enlightenmental’ Still Sounds Future-Facing
An Exposed Vocals album spotlight on Shatner’s Enlightenmental and its sci-fi-tinted Leeds power pop.
Psyvera’s ‘Lovelution’ Blends Psychedelic Pop and R&B
An Exposed Vocals artist spotlight on Psyvera’s dreamy blend of psychedelic pop, R&B, house and world-music color.
Crylord Confront Modern Warfare with Neo-Classical Firepower on “Birds of Steel”
Boguslaw Balcerak’s Crylord announce Birds of Steel, a 12-track power-metal album pairing neo-classical guitar with a stark modern-w...
Phil Vincent Returns with the Melodic Hard-Rock Range of “Passive Aggressive”
Phil Vincent previews Passive Aggressive, an October album spanning heavy guitars, reflective melodic rock and a pair of CD-exclusiv...
Blind Illusion Capture Bay Area Thrash History on “Stage Flight”
Blind Illusion announce Stage Flight: Live At The UC Theatre, a limited vinyl document of their 2025 Berkeley performance with origi...
Tommy Arch Gives Love Two Endings on “Lovehearts” / “The Cold Side of the Bed”
Tommy Arch pairs country-soul warmth with slow-blues heartbreak on a straight-to-tape double A-side recorded at Newcastle’s Polestar...
Karim Panzetta Chooses Honesty Over Comfort on “Not Made for Loving You”
Karim Panzetta blends atmospheric pop and R&B on “Not Made for Loving You,” a breakup song about accepting that honesty can be kinde...
Mystic Tea Party Put Trip-Hop on the Dancefloor with “ANGELITE”
Melbourne duo Mystic Tea Party introduce “ANGELITE,” a self-produced trip-hop and alternative-pop single from their forthcoming debu...
Pam Ross Finds Country-Rock Heat in “Lost in Heaven”
Pam Ross turns a moonlit encounter into a country-rock single on “Lost in Heaven,” blending Americana warmth, Southern-rock energy a...
prettyboyshav Steps Into the Ring for the 16mm “cuckoo” Video
prettyboyshav pairs “cuckoo” with a 16mm boxing film that puts New York’s South Asian creative community at the center of the frame....
Mark Ciani Turns Youth, Memory and Loss Into Indie-Rock Ambition on Utopia
Brooklyn songwriter, producer and multi-instrumentalist Mark Ciani explores youth, memory, loss and the search for connection on his...