The Test Drive (Early Album Previews)

    Album and EP premieres and same day releases from independent artists around the world. Jammerzine is a complete news service for the underground and independent music scene. Independent News for the Underground. Powered by Jammer Direct.

    JEEN

    The Test Drive: JEEN – Dog Byte

    JEEN today releases her new album 'Dog Byte'. An album that starts with that certain infectiousness and style that screams originality, JEEN is an artist that sticks in your brain and wraps around your rhythm.
    Cedarsmoke

    The Test Drive: Cedarsmoke – Into The Wild World

    Cedarsmoke have officially premiered their new album titled 'Into The Wild World', dropping this Friday (October 22nd).
    K Mak

    The Test Drive: K Mak – K Mak

    K Mak has released her new eponymously titled album. A vivid blend of alt-classical, electro, noise, and pop, K Mak has a bright imagination when it comes to the collective sound of music and genre bending talent of a true virtuoso with sonically mesmerizing hooks and a scored vision of a concept.
    Alphanaut

    The Test Drive: Alphanaut – On Some Planets This Is Pop

    Alphanaut has officially premiered the new album titled 'On Some Planets This Is Pop'. And about f*cking time too! I have been waiting for this album ever since I first saw the video for 'Virtual Love' back in July.
    Plain Mister Smith

    The Test Drive: Plain Mister Smith – The Plain Mister Smith EP

    Plain Mister Smith has today released his new eponymously titled EP. A totally originally styled mash of alt-tracks, this EP delves deeper into the mind of an almost anonymously artist living outside the box and inside his own imagination.
    Business - A Weekend At Finn's

    The Test Drive: Business. – A Weekend At Finn’s

    Jammerzine has premiered the new sophomore EP from Business titled 'A Weekend At Finn's'. A trio of virtuosos from the Gold Coast, Business are all business when it comes to their sound and conjured up a collection of five tracks that will make new fans and take the band to the next level.
    Atmosphere - Word?

    The Test Drive: Atmosphere – Word?

    Atmosphere has released their new album titled 'Word?'. The waiting is over with the new album that was hinted throughout the summer with a set of maxi-singles and videos that culminated in millions of...
    Bronze Nazareth

    The Test Drive: Bronze Nazareth – Ekphrasis

    Bronze Nazareth has released his new album titled 'Ekphrasis'. A solid mix of old school mixtape and modern lyricism, Bronze takes the title word to it's purest definition and creates a landscape of lucid lyrics and powerful reflections to a pure form of beat poetry done in memorable ways.
    Shower Curtain - Something Instead

    The Test Drive: Shower Curtain – Something Instead

    Shower Curtain has today released the new EP titled 'Something Instead'. Part lo-fi and part dream pop, with melody and hooks throughout, Shower Curtain, a.k.a. Victoria Winter, gives that signature sound a bit of the feels with her quiet way and contemplative introversion endearing itself into our record collection.
    Grant Pavol

    The Test Drive: Grant Pavol – Reflections

    Grant Pavol has today just released his new album titled 'Reflections'. An almost cosmic concept level journey set to audio, 'Reflections' lives up to it's title from an artist with a vision and sense of self and his surroundings.
    Wyse - Anomalies

    The Test Drive: Wyse – Anomalies

    Wyse has released her new EP titled 'Anomalies'. Music with emotion and lyrics filled with motion, Wyse delivers a set of songs genre-neutral with the sass of a rock star blissfully unaware of the rules of the music industry. 'Anomalies' is fun.
    Foamboy - My Sober Daydream

    The Test Drive: Foamboy – My Sober Daydream

    Foamboy have just released their new album titled 'My Sober Daydream'. Electric fuzz in the buzz that is the electric bliss of this sonic daydream fashion the goal of soul with a set of songs meant for the masses.
    Vanic - Here & Now

    The Test Drive: Vanic – Here & Now

    Vanic has released his new album titled 'Here & Now'. Immersed in a world all it's own, 'Here & Now' delves into the mind of creative exploration and originality via a lucid set of tracks that span the gambit of emotion through motion with distinctive sounds in every track and explosive hooks in every corner.
    Jiexi Zhao - Ìnkè

    The Test Drive: Jiexi Zhao – Ìnkè

    Jiexi Zhao has released his new EP titled 'Ìnkè'. I have to start this off by saying Jiexi has a magnificent voice! A lucid combination of accomplished showman with a wide range and a...
    Goodbye Honolulu

    The Test Drive: Goodbye Honolulu – Goodbye Honolulu

    Goodbye Honolulu have today released their awaited album titled, well, 'Goodbye Honolulu'! That quirkiness and relevant personality that is the GH is alive and well on this eponymous album while that retro to the...
    Derosnec

    The Test Drive: Derosnec – Three Lives

    DEROSNEC is set to drop her new album titled 'Three Lives' tomorrow. Ahead of this, we have a glimpse of what is to come with this Test Drive feature.
    Down Again

    The Test Drive: Down Again – Bury the Bones

    Down Again have released their five-song EP titled 'Bury The Bones'. Part hardcore and slightly nu-core, 'Bury the Bones' delves into the heart of heavy with melodic tracks and angelic screams with a tightness...
    Oliver Rodley - Sweet Green Tea

    The Test Drive: Oliver Rodley – Sweet Green Tea

    Oliver Rodley has today released his new album titled 'Sweet Green Tea'. Lo-Fi meets top-shelf with this collection of tracks steeped with the evolution of said genre with added touches of originality and out-of-the-box song-ginuity on a level usually reserved for musical masterminds.
    Wide Room - Hadron

    The Test Drive: Wide Room – Hadron

    Wide Room has released their new album titled 'Hadron'. Coming off as a concept on that initial listen, I find that there is more here. This is a virtuosic symphony of music that is...
    Tom Moran - Roommate of a Friend of Mine

    The Test Drive: Tom Moran – Roommate of a Friend of Mine

    Tom Moran has today released his new album titled 'Roommate of a Friend of Mine'. That subtle feeling of Americana is alive and well with a new breath of fresh air courtesy of Tom.
    Infamous Stiffs

    The Test Drive: Infamous Stiffs – Kill For The Sound

    Infamous Stiffs have released their new album titled 'Kill For The Sound'. Recorded to sound like a giant middle finger to the establishment (choose one, it will fit), KFTS takes the balls-out approach to songwriting with themes of rebellion and sounds of anarchy that haven't been heard in years.
    The Super Moons

    The Test Drive: The Super Moons – Real Life Heroes

    The Super Moons have released their new album titled 'Real Life Heroes'. A solid set of tracks with a hint of mid '90s alternative with that brilliant meld of instruments and the sonic space...
    Zach James Douglas

    The Test Drive: Zach James Douglas – 6X3

    Zach James Douglas has today released his new EP titled '6X3'. Music made for the stage and electro-fused with fusion n' feels, '6X3' has that certain feeling running throughout of unabashed creativity and sonic originality.
    Wildflower

    The Test Drive: Wildflower – The Ocean Rose

    Wildflower has today released their new album titled 'The Ocean Rose'. Starting off like a welcomed hello from an old friend, 'The Ocean Rose' is one of those heartwarming albums filled with familiar sounding songs on that first listen and a diverse set of Americana roots
    Space Summit

    The Test Drive: Space Summit – Life This Way

    Space Summit officially releases their new album 'Life This Way' today (September 10th). Long overdue, in my opinion, because I have literally waited months for this to come out for multiple reasons. Marty Willson-Piper is one of my guitar heroes, for one.