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  • Tamar Berk – Stay Close By

    Tamar Berk – Stay Close By

    While preparing to launch “OCD,” her fifth full-length album in five years and the most personal and intense release yet, Tamar Berk decided to treat her listeners with “stay close by,” a fine piece of sonic artistry that vividly showcases what you might expect from the upcoming album. Arriving as the first standalone single in…

  • Freight – The Only Thing I Know

    Freight – The Only Thing I Know

    A hard-working indie rock band, Freight, is back with another fine piece of sonic artistry that will immediately appeal to anyone who appreciates catchy, memorable, engaging music, written and composed straight from the heart. “The Only Thing I Know” is their second piece of work in 2025 and a second standalone single in total, arriving…

  • Hollow Shift – Sun Won’t Die EP

    Hollow Shift – Sun Won’t Die EP

    The scene is experiencing a resurgence in post-punk, goth rock, darkwave, and coldwave music right now, with numerous talented artists and bands emerging from all parts of the globe. While many of them are trying to reinvent the same old wheel, a smaller portion delivers a fresh take on these long-standing music genres, proving that…

  • Modern Refuge – Runaway Dream

    Modern Refuge – Runaway Dream

    On an ever-evolving music scene, many bands are tirelessly and repeatedly exploring the same old sound, invented by so many great acts decades ago. Still, some music outlets are willing to experiment and try new things out in order to deliver songs that will resonate with the listeners on a profound level. Modern Refuge is…

  • Resignation / Family Medicine – Long, Distant Letter EP CS

    Resignation / Family Medicine – Long, Distant Letter EP CS

    There’s something deeply moving about a split EP done right, not as a toss-away collection of unreleased material, but as a document of mutual understanding, sonic kinship, and shared ethos. Long, Distant Letter, the split EP between Resignation (Toledo, Ohio) and Family Medicine (Saint Louis, Missouri), arrives as a conversation across distance and time zones.…

  • “An Anarchy Of Demons” by Charlie Harper (Earth Island Books)

    “An Anarchy Of Demons” by Charlie Harper (Earth Island Books)

    A punk memoir rarely arrives with the peaceful authority of someone who has lived through every twist of the genre’s turbulent decades, yet never sensed the need to mythologize his own story. With An Anarchy of Demons, Charlie Harper, a legendary frontman of the U.K. Subs and one of British punk’s longest-standing torchbearers, offers a…

  • [di: unru:] – Misophonia LP

    [di: unru:] – Misophonia LP

    Misophonia, the 2019 offering from [di: unru:], the German-Finnish trio reshapes the outer edges of post-punk from their Helsinki hideout. It’s an extraction of everything that made the early-to-mid eighties post-punk underground so essential, rewired through the synthwave circuitry, and conducted into a comprehensive collection of songs that pays homage to these longevious styles with…

  • Flangipanis – Fuckin’ Woo LP

    Flangipanis – Fuckin’ Woo LP

    No one writes records like this anymore. Or maybe they do, but not with this much heart, this much piss and vinegar, this much melodic clarity masked in punk rock bruise. Brisbane’s Flangipanis didn’t reinvent the wheel with Fuckin’ Woo, but they sure as hell got it spinning again at a speed that makes your…

  • Stone Arch Rivals – Sitting On The Eastside

    Stone Arch Rivals – Sitting On The Eastside

    There are two types of bands existing on an ever-evolving modern music scene. On one side, we have music outlets repeatedly reinventing the same old wheel, while the other side tries to sound as unique as possible. Stone Arch Rivals, an outstanding American quintet based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, delivers a unique and innovative sound that…

  • Ethan Pacheco – Melody

    Ethan Pacheco – Melody

    The alt-country scene has been thriving in the last couple of years, with many excellent releases arriving from all parts of the globe. However, many artists and bands are trying to reinvent the same old wheel by delivering songs that always resemble something you have heard before. That’s not the case with Ethan Pacheco, an…

  • Old Maps – You Might Be Young But We Know The Chords 10″ (Keep It A Secret Records)

    Old Maps – You Might Be Young But We Know The Chords 10″ (Keep It A Secret Records)

    Only a few modern debut records feel grounded, confident, and articulate like You Might Be Young But We Know The Chords, the new 10-inch by Frankfurt’s Old Maps. Clocking in at just four songs, this fascinating debut shines a quiet, knowing wisdom beneath its youthful haste, such a rare act that sets this trio apart…

  • Spells – Loose Change Vol. 2 (Various Labels)

    Spells – Loose Change Vol. 2 (Various Labels)

    A couple of years ago, Spells released “Loose Change Vol. 2,” a compilation of previously scattered or out-of-print tracks, standing as an archival document of a band that never released a bad tune. Released via an international coalition of independent labels, Keep It A Secret, Motorcycle Potluck, Big Neck, and Shield Recordings, it carries many…