Tag: INDIE

  • BLUR: The Great Escape 30th Anniversary Double Colored Vinyl Out December 12th

    BLUR: The Great Escape 30th Anniversary Double Colored Vinyl Out December 12th

    The Great Escape turns 30 this year and to celebrate, this seminal album from one of Britain’s most beloved bands will be available in a very special, brand new Half Speed Mastered Double-Disc Colored Vinyl Edition; out December 12th via Parlophone. The Great Escape (30th Anniversary Edition) features the 15-track standard album (Disc One); as well as…

  • fight me irl. Release Debut Self-Titled Album On Nasty Cut Records

    fight me irl. Release Debut Self-Titled Album On Nasty Cut Records

    Emo isn’t dead – it just hits snooze a few too many times. When it finally rolls out of bed, it sounds like fight me irl., channeling vulnerability and sarcasm into slice-of-life anthems that mix raw aggression with unfiltered honesty. fight me irl. started with Andreas (ex-Hoi-Poi), Rasmus, and Leo (Forever Unclean). Jakob (ex-Regarding Ambiguity)…

  • Ron Gallo Announces New Album “Checkmate” Out October 17th Via Kill Rock Stars; Shares Video For A Title Track

    Ron Gallo Announces New Album “Checkmate” Out October 17th Via Kill Rock Stars; Shares Video For A Title Track

    On the very last day of recording what became the album checkmate, Ron Gallo wrote and recorded the title track. Which, he describes, half-jokingly, as “my first true love song that also happens to be the best love song ever written“. It encapsulates the entire purpose of the album which takes his previous motto, “the world is fucked,…

  • ASH Share Double A-Side Single ‘Fun People’ (feat. Graham Coxon) + ‘Which One Do You Want?’

    ASH Share Double A-Side Single ‘Fun People’ (feat. Graham Coxon) + ‘Which One Do You Want?’

    Ash are today sharing new double A-side single ‘Which One Do You Want?’ / ‘Fun People’ (feat. Graham Coxon). They are the latest pair of songs to emerge from the band’s forthcoming album Ad Astra, which is set for release on October 3rd via Fierce Panda. Occupying two differing ends of the Ash sonic spectrum, from swopping…

  • Alan Mair – Ghost Of You In Me

    Alan Mair – Ghost Of You In Me

    Alan Mair, a legendary musician known for his work with The Only Ones, returns with another fine piece of sonic artistry that will immediately resonate not only with fans of The Only Ones and his solo work but anyone who appreciates cleverly assembled and flawlessly performed music. It’s his first piece of work this year…

  • MatAre – Extinction Burst

    MatAre – Extinction Burst

    Those who continuously follow particular music genres know that the global scene has reached a point where artists and bands are reinventing the same old wheel. Whether exploring various musical influences or simply trying to mimic something the greats invented decades before, they’re becoming a part of cliché. Thankfully, there are musical outlets like MatAre…

  • Frightful Places Returns With A Brand New Emo Anthem “Spirits Are Up!”

    Frightful Places Returns With A Brand New Emo Anthem “Spirits Are Up!”

    After a prolonged hiatus from music, Kevin Tiernan reignited his passion for songwriting, leading to the birth of Frightful Places, a New Haven, Connecticut-based indie-emo  project. Today, Frightful Places’ “Spirits Are Up!” hits digital streaming platforms. Chorus.fm says Frightful Places’ ‘Spirits Are Up!’ is “an optimistic anthem that blends the dreamy essence of shoegaze with the…

  • abandcalledlove. Announce Debut EP; Share New Single “A Liar!”

    abandcalledlove. Announce Debut EP; Share New Single “A Liar!”

    Indie/alternative/pop rock outfit abandcalledlove. will release their highly anticipated debut EP, Thriving Season, on September 26, 2025 via the band’s own imprint, Valiant Sound Co. Leading into the release, the band will drop the infectious first single, “A Liar!”, on August 29 across all digital platforms. Formed in early 2020 by frontman Ryan Chandler Love and guitarist/producer Ian Joshua Riley, abandcalledlove. quickly evolved from a collaborative studio project…

  • Sunbendr Released New Song “Stay All Night”

    Sunbendr Released New Song “Stay All Night”

    Southern California’s genre-defying rock outfit SUNBENDR returns this Friday with their brand-new single, “Stay All Night” — the band’s first proper love song. While love has always lingered at the heart of their catalog, this track is different: a loving tribute wrapped in a post-punk-pop ballad that builds from blissful drift into a soaring, anthemic chorus before closing in a powerful…

  • Sadlands Sign To Wiretap Records; Share New Single “Twin Flame”

    Sadlands Sign To Wiretap Records; Share New Single “Twin Flame”

    Wiretap Records is excited to announce the signing of Sadlands, the Brooklyn-based indie-punk outfit formed by members of Answering Machine, Choke Up, and Ellen and the Degenerates. The band will release their debut full-length album Try To Have A Little Fun later this fall. Today, they’ve shared the record’s first single, “Twin Flame,” now available on all streaming platforms. With shimmering feedback, dueling vocals,…

  • Social Cinema Released Video For New Single “Deadly”

    Social Cinema Released Video For New Single “Deadly”

    Social Cinema are sharing “Deadly”, the latest single from their forthcoming full-length debut, Don’t Get Lost, due out on October 2nd via Midtopia. The song settles into a lean groove that calls to mind the brit/art pop of bands like Blur and Elastica, while Griffin Bush and Mari Cisler’s vocals mingle together on a delightfully unadorned…

  • Retirement Party Released New EP ‘Nothing To Hear Without A Sound’

    Retirement Party Released New EP ‘Nothing To Hear Without A Sound’

    After a brief hiatus and a lineup reset, songwriter Avery Springer returns as Retirement Party with new EP Nothing To Hear Without A Sound, out now.  Tracked at Type One Studios with engineer/producer Simon Small (The Front Bottoms, Pool Kids), the four-song EP kicks off Retirement Party’s “adult chapter”: hook-forward, fuzz-bright indie rock that turns second-guesses into sing-alongs. From the hard-charging EP opener “Sixth…