The Test Drive (Early Album Previews)

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    TEKE::TEKE

    The Test Drive: TEKE::TEKE – Hagata + Tour Dates

    TEKE::TEKE has released their new album titled 'Hagata' via Kill Rock Stars. Feeling like a sudden rush of blood to the head after blunt force of psychedelic trauma, 'Hagata' is more of a statement...
    Kid Be Kid

    The Test Drive: Kid Be Kid – Truly A Life Goal But No Ice...

    Kid Be Kid has released her new album titled 'Truly A Life Goal But No Ice Cream' via Fun In The Church. Filled with electro-personality and just plain fun to listen altitude with attitude, this...
    JeGong

    The Test Drive: JeGong – The Complex Inbetween

    JeGong has today released their new album titled 'The Complex Inbetween' via Pelagic Records. Artists like these always enthrall me. The get me with that first note because I never know where it's going....
    Dakota 66

    The Test Drive: Dakota 66 – If Not Now, When

    Dakota 66 has today released their debut album titled 'If Not Now, When'. Guitar driven rock harking back to the glory days when alternative was post modern and life was simpler. Each song sums...
    Les Lullies - Mauvaise Foi

    The Test Drive: Les Lullies – Mauvaise Foi

    Les Lullies have released their new album titled 'Mauvaise Foi'. Proper rock sensibilities permeate through every note and chord of 'Mauvaise Foi' as rock goes back to some of it's roots with a solidly...
    Sandra's Wedding

    The Test Drive: Sandra’s Wedding – The Hopeful Boy Replacement Service

    Sandra's Wedding is set to release their new album titled 'The Hopeful Boy Replacement Service' on July 14th. Varied shades of pop and rock mixed with that original flare of chord progressions amid blissful...
    Kongress

    The Test Drive: Kongress – Summer Days

    Kongress is set to drop their new EP titled 'Summer Days' on June 21st. Chaos as music and sonic lucidity via audio warfare, Kongress is serving a plate of mayhem and melody for the...
    American Anymen

    The Test Drive: American Anymen – Rain Falling Up

    American Anymen has today released their new album titled 'Rain Falling Up'. I have had the rare privilege of watching American Anymen during...
    Only Okay

    The Test Drive: Only Okay – Warzone

    Only Okay has premiered his new EP titled 'Warzone'. As part of his goal to release a new EP on the last Friday of every month until 2024,...
    Moka Only

    The Test Drive: Moka Only – In and of Itself

    Moka Only has today released his new album titled 'In and of Itself' via URBNET. Thirty+ years of kick-ass-careering clearly show in this eclectic melting pot of genres and feeling with conviction and not...
    Scenius

    The Test Drive: Scenius – Life Is A Thing

    Scenius are set to release their new album titled 'Life Is A Thing' on May 19th. Ahead of that, however, we get this exclusive preview of each track.
    Steph Amoroso

    The Test Drive: Steph Amoroso – Road to Eden

    Steph Amoroso has today released her new album titled 'Road To Eden'. A retro sounding set of songs is that initial feeling but we also get a quasi-country and alt-rock mix of original music,...
    The Black Delta Movement

    The Test Drive: The Black Delta Movement – Recovery Effects

    The Black Delta Movement has released their new album titled 'Recovery Effects' via Fuzz Club Records. I would say that you could tie this to their influences (see below) but, we get a massive...
    Krooked Tongue

    The Test Drive: Krooked Tongue – Deathproof

    Krooked Tongue have today released their EP 'Deathproof'. Gracious amounts of inspirational guitars cascade over lush soundscapes of rhythm and beat to create a sound of pure originality and serene style from a trio...
    David Wax Museum

    The Test Drive: David Wax Museum – You Must Change Your Life

    David Wax Museum has today released his new album titled 'You Must Change Your Life' via Nine Mile Records. Right off the bat I feel that classic album feeling with this test drive. Those moments...
    Sock

    The Test Drive: Sock – Sock

    Sock has released their new eponymous album via Bubblewrap Collective. High grade lo0fi with a dash of brash and pop mixed in and covered in originality, Sock deliver an album filled with singles bookended...
    Olive Louise

    The Test Drive: Olive Louise – 275 Kings Point Road

    Olive Louise has today released her new EP titled '275 Kings Point Road'. Titled for the place where she grew up, the actual Main House of The Great Gatsby estate, the songs follow Olive's...
    Softswitch

    The Test Drive: Softswitch – Softswitch

    Softswitch is set to drop their new eponymous EP on May 5th. A sonically brilliant and gritty wall of sound that creates a landscape of dominance and a giant f*ck you to the establishment...
    Dude

    The Test Drive: Dude – Autobiograffitti

    Dude has released their latest album titled 'Autobiograffitti'. A mix of classic rock and new originality fit for legacy guitar fanatics and timeless hook enthusiasts. Taking that big rock live feeling and condensing that...
    Swervedriver

    The Test Drive: Swervedriver – Petroleum Spirit Daze

    Swervedriver is set to drop the global release of their debut EP titled 'Petroleum Spirit Daze' on May 26th via Outer Battery Records.
    Lunar Twin

    The Test Drive: Lunar Twin – Aurora

    Lunar Twin has released their new album titled 'Aurora'. Featuring that feeling of being caught in another one's mind while admiring your new surroundings, Lunar Twin deliver a set of songs with their roots...
    Sir-Vere

    The Test Drive: Sir-Vere – Lovescope

    Sir-Vere has released his album titled 'Lovescope'. A solid mix of solid genres wrapped in an originality that is a distinctive as it is descriptive,...
    Helen

    The Test Drive: Helen – Ubiquitous

    Helen has today released her new EP titled 'Ubiquitous'. Delectable soul mixed with cutting edge RnB and future pop, Helen delivers a diverse set of music that swerves between said genres with dedicated delight...
    Super Plage

    The Test Drive: Super Plage – Magie à minuit

    Super Plage has released his new album titled 'Magie à minuit' through Lisbon Lux Records. A fruitful mix and mash of electronic and accessable pop, Super Plage has announced his sound and attributed his...
    Nilka

    The Test Drive: Nilka – Sacred

    Nilka has today released her new EP titled 'Sacred'. Written from personal experiences and sung from the heart of an artist who wears that heart on her sleeve, Nilka embraces her life with a...