Fire Note Staff 
Parquet Courts have announced their new album, Sympathy For Life, out October 22nd on Rough Trade Records, and share the first single/video, “Walking at a Downtown Pace.” On Sympathy For Life, Parquet Courts’ thought-provoking rock is dancing to a new tune. The album finds the Brooklyn band at both their most instinctive and electronic, spinning … Read more
Chicago singer, songwriter and pianist Neal Francis is ATO Records’ newest signing, and he just announced his new album In Plain Sight, due out November 5. After returning home from touring on the back of his 2019 debut album Changes, Francis went through a breakup and found himself living in a church, where he ended … Read more
Two weeks ago, Ty Segall surprise-released Harmonizer, his first new album since 2019, out now digitally via Drag City and physically in October. Today, he presents a music video for one of its standouts, “Feel Good,” and announces a North American tour with the Freedom Band. “Feel Good” is one of Harmonizer’s two songs to … Read more
Astral Swans is Matthew Swann – a human song-maker specializing in abstract narratives of lonerism, frailty, absurdity, and whimsy, all told with darkly comedic empathy, and helpless concern. After three and a half years of tours & covid tour interruptions, Astral Swans is back with his self titled record Astral Swans. For this album Swann … Read more
Trace Mountains, the project of New York’s Dave Benton, has announced his new album, House Of Confusion, with a video for lead single “AMERICA.” The album is out October 22nd via Lame-O Records. “‘AMERICA’ is a road song written from a place of disillusionment & desperation,” says Benton. “My guitarist Jim Hill created this video … Read more
Psych/rock three-piece Solar Eyes are back with their latest captivating single ‘Naked Monkey On A Spaceship’. Solar Eyes quickly follow up on the success of their first double drop release ‘Acid Test’ & ‘Nothing’s For Free’ (Nearly 60,000 views between the two tracks) with the insanely infectious ‘Naked Monkey On A Spaceship’ released on 6th … Read more
The Raging Nathans are a punk rock band from Dayton, Ohio that started in 2009. They released their excellent fourth LP, Waste My Heart, back in June on Rad Girlfriend Records. The band has quickly returned with two bonus tracks from the Waste My Heart sessions and will be releasing them on a new 7″ … Read more
Sungaze is an American Dreamgaze band from Cincinnati, Ohio. Their signature sound lends itself quite equally to the realms of shoegaze, psych rock and dream pop, with an unmistakable western flair reminiscent of some of the popular singer-songwriters of the 60’s. The band centers around the relationship and dynamic of husband and wife duo Ian … Read more
Guided By Voices Announces their latest LP, It’s Not Them, It Couldn’t Be Them, It Is Them which will be out October 22nd via GBV Inc. This hook heavy track is hard to ignore! You can pre-order the album HERE at Rockathon Records. It’s Not Them It Couldn’t Be Them It Is Them TRACKLISTING 1. … Read more
Long considered one of the planet’s most bombastic live acts and foremost purveyors of abrasive melodicism, METZ has spent the majority of their 11-year tenure crisscrossing the globe and bringing their unparalleled energy directly to the people. Determined to connect with their fans and to find a way within the confines of the pandemic to … Read more
Hand Habits, the project of Los Angeles-based musician Meg Duffy (they/them), announces their new sonically adventurous album Fun House with a one-shot V Haddad-directed video for lead single “Aquamarine.” The new album is due 10/22 via Saddle Creek Records. “What originally started as a minimally arranged acoustic ballad, ‘Aquamarine’ evolved into the story of certain … Read more
Tobin Sprout released a fantastic solo album last with Empty Horses. As many know him as a founding member of the indie rock band Guided By Voices, some may not know Tobin the photo-realism painter. The song and video today, “Supersonic Chairman,” is a limited edition 7” single contains two non-LP tracks with a 24-page … Read more
“Sacrificial Lamb,” is the new single and video from Cincinnati’s The Ophelias. The track is from their upcoming LP Crocus which is out Sept. 24th on Joyful Noise Recordings. You can read what vocalist/guitarist Spencer Peppet had to say about the track and video below. On the track:“Originally, I didn’t want Sacrificial Lamb to be … Read more
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have shared “Catching Smoke,” their most recent video. “Catching Smoke” is one of the standouts from their recently released albums Butterfly 3000. Following the release of the album, the band have been putting out one video every week, from the first track to the last, as they share the … Read more
Ouzo Bazooka are one of the undisputed champions of middle eastern psych rock. The band returns with Dalya, their epic fifth studio album which is out August 27th via Stolen Body Records. Suspiciously smelling like a mix of prohibited substances and powerful homebrewed potions, Dalya manages to effortlessly be a lot of things that, in … Read more
Portland psych-surf quartet The Shivas have just released “If I Could Choose” which is the first single from their forthcoming sixth studio album, Feels So Good // Feels So Bad via Tender Loving Empire on September 24th. “If I Could Choose” focuses on the spirit of radical self-love and acceptance. “It says I would never … Read more
Los Angeles-based, all-female punk band The Linda Lindas have released a new single “Oh!” “’Oh!’ is one of the first songs we collaborated on during the pandemic, masked and distanced on the front porch,” recalls the band. “It started with the main riff and progression Bela brought to the band. Eloise wrote the verses and … Read more
Metallica marks the 30th anniversary of its self-titled fifth album — a/k/a The Black Album — with two releases, both out September 10th on the band’s own Blackened Recordings. First up is the album itself being remastered and treated like royalty and the second release is a 50+ artists tribute album. To commemorate its 30th … Read more
The War On Drugs have announced I Don’t Live Here Anymore, their first studio album in four years, out October 29th on Atlantic Records, and a 2022 North American and European tour (dates below). In conjunction with the announcement, they present its first song/video, “Living Proof.” Over the last 15 years, The War on Drugs … Read more
Chicago-based band Bnny, led by Jess Viscius alongside her twin sister Alexa Viscius, plus best friends Tim Makowski, Matt Pelkey, and Adam Schubert, announce their debut album, Everything, out August 20th on Fire Talk. In conjunction, they present a new single/video, “Ambulance,” which follows the previously released “Time Walk.” Everything may as well be a … Read more
Strand of Oaks’ new album, In Heaven, will be released October 1 and is now available for pre-order. “Galacticana” is the album’s lead track and single. In Heaven is a hopeful reflection on love, loss, and enlightenment. In his eighth studio album as Strand of Oaks and first since moving to Austin, TX, Tim Showalter … Read more
Wavves shares the fourth offering from their forthcoming album Hideaway. “Caviar,” the final single to be released ahead of the album coming out this Friday, is a ballad as indebted to 60’s doo-wop as it is to modern pop rock, and is the kind of song that only Wavves could deliver. Of the new song … Read more
Austin TX duo Hovvdy have announced their new album and Grand Jury debut, True Love, with a video for the album’s title track and lead single. The album was co-produced by Andrew Sarlo (Bon Iver, Big Thief) and recorded at his studio in Los Angeles throughout 2020. It will officially hit your playlist on October … Read more
OFF!, the punk braintrust formed in 2010 by Keith Morris (ex-Black Flag, Circle Jerks) and Dimitri Coats (ex-Burning Brides), have just shared their first new recording in seven years: a cover of Metallica’s “Holier Than Thou” slated for official release on September 10th as part of The Metallica Blacklist, a compilation spanning 53 artists covering … Read more
Toronto’s Ducks Ltd. (fka Ducks Unlimited) announced their debut album Modern Fiction, out October 1st on Carpark Records, and have shared lead single/video “18 Cigarettes.” Ducks Ltd. is a duo that operates with the dynamism of a full band, as Tom McGreevy (vocals, guitar, bass, keyboards) and Evan Lewis (guitar, bass, drum programming) sharpen their … Read more