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First Listen
Suburban Eyes Continue on Their Immense Journey Into the Unknown with New Single “4AM”

The new supergroup featuring members of Mineral, Boys Life, Christie Front Drive, and more will release their self-titled debut on August 30 via Spartan Records.

July 24, 2024
Reviews
The Early November, “The Early November”

The long-running New Jersey emo project harks back to the desperate, youthful energy of their earliest output with more profundity, introspection, and consideration in their lyrics.

July 23, 2024
Reviews
Matthew Mayfield, “Prizefighter”

The Birmingham-based songwriter’s latest is an intense tug of war between light and dark, which ultimately soundtracks the healing of scars and the gathering of strength.

June 03, 2024
First Listen
MakeWar Share a Preemptive Farewell Letter to NYC with New Single “Goodbye to All That”

The native New Yorkers (for now) will release A Paradoxical Theory of Change, their sophomore album for Fat Wreck Chords, on June 28.

May 29, 2024
Reviews
Andrew Bird, “Sunday Morning Put-On”

Returning to his roots in jazz, the songwriter revisits familiar standards of the genre with a perfect combination of respect and reinvention.

May 24, 2024
Reviews
Beth Gibbons, “Lives Outgrown”

The debut solo album from Portishead’s vocalist poignantly straddles a divide between the bucolic and the experimental, past and the present, youth and older age.

May 24, 2024
Reviews
Hot Water Music, “Vows”

The punk outfit’s hallmarks remain as powerful as ever on their guest-heavy tenth record, which feels less like a swan song than a reassertion of intent.

May 20, 2024
In Conversation
Joe Pernice and Jason Lytle’s Cycle-pathic Tendencies

The Pernice Brothers and Grandaddy songwriters share a profound love of biking, so we got the pair to talk about that. And they did. A lot.

May 03, 2024
First Listen
Be Well Find Clarity on New Singles “A Tap I Can’t Turn Off” and “Without a Compass”

Brian McTernan’s hardcore endeavor shares their first new music since their 2022 Hello Sun EP, with both tracks out now via Equal Vision Records.

May 03, 2024
First Listen
Me First and the Gimme Gimmes Crash a Quinceañera with a Cover of Olivia Rodrigo’s “Good 4 U”

Punk rock’s premiere cover band/trolls will release the full performance under the title Blow It…at Madison’s Quinceañera on June 14 via Fat Wreck Chords.

May 01, 2024
First Look
Yam Haus Power Through Their “Stupid and Famous” EP in Chicago in New “Live at Lincoln Hall” Video

The set took place on November 18 as the Minneapolis-based indie-pop outfit was touring their then-new release.

April 10, 2024
Reviews
Teens in Trouble, “What’s Mine”

Playful but serious, retro but thoroughly modern, Lizzie Killian sets her insecurities to melodies that belie their ’90s-sourced inspiration on her debut album.

April 09, 2024
Reviews
Deaf Club / Fuck Money, “Deaf Club feat. HIRS Collective & Fuck Money Split”

Challenging and confrontational, both hardcore-punk bands on this split EP manage to capture the violence of life on a dying planet while offering hope that all’s not lost.

April 05, 2024
Digital Cover
Jean Dawson: The Art of Being Yourself

In our latest digital cover, which features an exclusive behind-the-scenes video of his recent tour, we explore the many facets of the artist as he continues to tease his fourth LP while expanding his resumé by writing arrangements for Beyoncé, touring with Lil Yachty, and covering Talking Heads for A24’s upcoming tribute album.

April 02, 2024
Reviews
Fears, “Affinity”

Densely textured yet sparsely minimal, Irish songwriter Constance Keane’s second solo album is unrelenting in its intense emotions.

March 25, 2024
Reviews
Carpool, “My Life in Subtitles”

The Rochester emo-pop four-piece gets the balance of tender elegy and post-adolescent reckless abandon perfectly right on all 12 of their sophomore album’s formidable songs.

March 22, 2024
Reviews
The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Glasgow Eyes”

The Scottish duo’s first album in seven years shimmers with a noticeable sense of freedom as the tracklist unspools into a free-for-all collection that’s both challenging and fulfilling.

March 21, 2024
Reviews
Boeckner, “Boeckner!”

Although dominated by his distinctive vocal warbling, Boeckner’s solo debut is far from just Wolf Parade lite as it leans into retro-futuristic takes on Springsteen, Depeche Mode, and other sounds of the ’80s.

March 14, 2024
Reviews
Mother Mother, “Grief Chapter”

A powerful meditation on the real nature of death, their ninth album demonstrates that the Vancouver five-piece hasn’t settled into anything even remotely routine.

February 26, 2024
Reviews
Friko, “Where we’ve been, Where we go from here”

Fueled by the same raw and unfiltered emotional gravitas that haunted Bright Eyes’ early recordings, the Chicago duo’s lush debut draws you into a rich, layered world.

February 23, 2024
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