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.

    Jacob Giaimo, The Things I Loved

    Jacob Giaimo – Arts District

    Jacob Giaimo has today premiered his new album titled 'Arts Direct'. A varied set of stories set to music in the form of genre bending (overused term, I know) which, I would consider, a...
    Girl Next Door, Darling I Saw The Way You Looked At Me Tonight

    Girl Next Door – Darling I Saw The Way You Looked At Me Tonight

    Girl Next Door (a.k.a. Sarah Carton) has today released her EP titled 'Darling I Saw The Way You Looked At Me Tonight'. A suave mix of club, pop purity, and organized chaos, the diversity...
    'Niños Dioses' sees Crisálida creating an emotional journey through South American identity.

    Crisálida – Niños Dioses

    Crisálida has today released their new album titled 'Niños Dioses'. An album that clearly features hints from the past with a vision for the future, Crisálida takes an interesting turn within the prog-metal genre...
    Natty - The Divine Trinity

    Natty – The Divine Trinity

    Natty has today released his new album titled 'The Divine Trinity'. Roots and Reggae are given yet another talented voice for the mainstream with the retainment of all that is divine and everything that...
    36? - finding love // having autism

    36? – finding love // having autism

    36? have today released their new album titled 'finding love // having autism'. How should I start? This is a hard album to write anything about, to be honest. It's all over and way...
    Holly Would Surrender have released their new EP titled 'Get Off My Lawn!' via SBÄM Records.

    Holly Would Surrender – Get Off My Lawn!

    Holly Would Surrender has today released their new EP titled 'Get Off My Lawn!' via SBÄM Records. Audacity in the audio with a solid fuck the system around the edges, I could see why...
    Nathan Ball has released his new EP titled 'Lost Track of Time' via exclusive license to V2 Records.

    Nathan Ball – Lost Track of Time

    Nathan Ball has released his new EP titled 'Lost Track of Time' via exclusive license to V2 Records. The titled describes the feeling you get while getting engulfed in this short but sweet capture...
    Spooky Mansion

    Spooky Mansion – What About You? + Tour Dates

    Spooky Mansion have today released their new album titled 'What About You?'. A solid set of Americana and AM era radio pop and rock, 'What About You?' is twelve tracks of personality wrapped up...
    The Sheila Devine

    The Sheila Devine – I Am The Darkness, We Are The Light + Tour...

    The Sheila Devine have today released their new album titled 'I Am The Darkness, We Are The Light'. Almost a concept album, there is a continuity within...
    They Might Be Giants have today released their new live album titled 'Beast Of Horns' exclusively through their TMBG Store and at brick-and-mortar record shops.

    They Might Be Giants – Beast Of Horns + Tour Dates

    They Might Be Giants have today released their new live album titled 'Beast Of Horns' exclusively through their TMBG Store and at brick-and-mortar record shops. While only the sampler is available online via most steaming...
    Boy Jr.

    Boy Jr. – I Love Getting Dumped!

    Boy Jr. has today released their new album titled 'I Love Getting Dumped!'. An introvert with an extroverted album, Boy Jr. lays it all out there for everyone to see and take in. Beautifully...
    GEMZ - See The Future

    GEMZ – See The Future

    GEMZ has today released their debut EP titled 'See The Future' via Sonic Ritual Recordings. More than pop and more than electronic; these are songs that pick you up and pull you in. This...
    Cosmopaark has today released their new EP titled 'Backyard'.

    Cosmopaark – Backyard

    Cosmopaark has today released their new EP titled 'Backyard'. I always find myself asking 'what is shoegaze?'. Since I've been doing this, I'm finding, more and more, that it is more than the cover...
    Sam Redmore

    Sam Redmore – Modulate

    Sam Redmore has today released his new album titled 'Modulate' via Jalapeno Records. A brash mix of world sounds, all coming together on a truly integrated dance floor with sounds that surround and energy...
    Matt Caskitt & The Breaks - California Dream Hearse

    Matt Caskitt & The Breaks – California Dream Hearse

    Matt Caskitt & The Breaks has released their new album titled 'California Dream Hearse' digitally and on vinyl via Loud Circles. Hooks taken to the extreme awashed in glorious guitars and anthemic laden with...
    Harry Cloud has premiered his new album titled 'Sexy Tooth Situation', dropping tomorrow (October 2nd) via whitewOrm records.

    Harry Cloud – Sexy Tooth Situation

    Harry Cloud has premiered his new album titled 'Sexy Tooth Situation', dropping tomorrow (October 2nd) via whitewOrm records. Dissonance as an artform and dark delicacy as a guide, Harry Cloud takes those deep subconsciousness places...
    Big Yard

    Big Yard – 54th St. + Q&A

    I predict that the members of Big Yard will soon be gaining huge yards with their infectious blend of rock, pop, smooth jazz, big band, R&B sound and well crafted songs. The members of Big...
    The Quixotics

    The Quixotics – New World State of Mind

    The Quixotics are set to drop their upcoming album titled 'New World State of Mind' on October 22nd. Melody meets mayhem with a collection of tracks that take the guitar grit and mix it...
    cliffdiver - Birdwatching

    cliffdiver – birdwatching + Tour Dates

    cliffdiver has released their new album titled 'birdwatching' via SideOneDummy Records. To me, cliffdiver is the epitome of what a true independent band, or group of artists, is supposed to be. That lucid combination...
    Pearl & The Oysters - Planet Pearl

    Pearl & The Oysters – Planet Pearl + Tour Dates

    Pearl & The Oysters have today released their new album titled 'Planet Pearl' via Stones Throw Records. As if visiting us from a simpler, and some say better time, 'Planet Pearl' has an almost...
    Leah Jane has today released her new EP titled 'Nottingham Drive' via Spooky Action Records.

    Leah Jane – Nottingham Drive

    Leah Jane has today released her new EP titled 'Nottingham Drive'. A vivid mix of cacophony, subtle symphony, and slight soliloquy, from the heart filtered through the mind. Mainstream enough to garner interest while...
    St. Jimi Sebastian Cricket Club

    St. Jimi Sebastian Cricket Club – Into Your Heartbeat

    St. Jimi Sebastian Cricket Club has released their second album titled 'Into Your Heartbeat' via Beluga Records (Vinyl) Brickland Records (Digital). Sounds of early rock and Mersey Sound, St. Jimi Sebastian Cricket Club take...
    the Jesus Lizard have today released their new album titled 'Rack' via Ipecac Recordings.

    the Jesus Lizard – Rack + Tour Dates & New Video

    the Jesus Lizard have today released their new long awaited album titled 'Rack' via Ipecac Recordings. They say that good things come to those who wait, and, well, we've waited 26 years between 'Blue'...
    Dan From Downington

    Dan From Downington – Some KiNd oF nOrmal + Q&A

    'Some Kind of Normal' is not just an LP, but rather, a metaphor: direct but raw, pulling and honest….It’s time to meet Dan From Downington. “My name is DAN FROM DOWNINGTOWN, and I am an...
    No Edits, We All End Up The Same

    No Edits – We All End Up The Same + Q&A

    New directions. New identities. New songs. Restless musicians pursue fresh sounds and new names to brand those sonic explorations. Out of the ashes of Seattle’s Fixtures, No Edits have created an intense, angular batch...