The Test Drive (Early Album Previews)

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'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...
Woven Talon is set to drop their new album titled 'Bao Somwa' on August 23rd.

Woven Talon – Bao Somwa

Woven Talon is set to drop their new album titled 'Bao Somwa' on August 23rd. A beautifully crafted and, at times, guttural with a global feel and inner self style set of emotions, ...
Hifi Sean & David McAlmont have today released their new album titled 'Daylight' via Plastique Recordings.

Hifi Sean & David McAlmont – Daylight

Hifi Sean & David McAlmont have today released their new album titled 'Daylight' via Plastique Recordings. Electronic pop art in sonic form, 'Daylight' is a hook filled magnum opus that takes the listener for...