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
Ty SegallHarmonizerDrag City Records [2021] Nothing like a surprise album from Ty Segall to shake up your Tuesday as he dropped Harmonizer on world this week without any notice. The record represents his first solo LP since First Taste which was released two years ago. The album was co-produced by Cooper Crain and features Ty … 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
Guardian SinglesGuardian SinglesTrouble In Mind Records [2021] Guardian Singles hail from Auckland, New Zealand, and their self-titled debut was sadly overlooked last year with its small local indie release from Moral Support Records. Well, thanks to Trouble In Mind Records their excellent post-punk mover has now received a world wide release. The band was actually … 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
Psychic FlowersFor The UndertowLiving Lost / RIP Records [2021] Philadelphia’s Psychic Flowers are not slowing down after releasing two new albums last year (Gloves To Grand Air and Freedom Of Failure). For The Undertow is the groups fourth overall album and already is my favorite of their releases with its blow-out power-pop song structure that … 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
Durand Jones & The IndicationsPrivate SpaceDead Oceans/Colemine Records [2021] Durand Jones & The Indications is easily one of the first bands I would point someone to if they wanted to hear some quality modern day retro soul. The Indiana five-piece has quickly rose to the top of my list since their 2016 self-titled debut and … 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
Son Volt Electro MelodierTransmit Sound/Thirty Tigers [2021] There was a time back in the day, when Uncle Tupelo, the band often credited with kick-starting the alternative country craze, would close their shows with encore covers of Neil Young rocker “Cortez the Killer” or maybe “Cinnamon Girl,” Jay Farrar playing lead guitar through his worn SG. … Read more
TFN has been covering Leeroy Stagger since 2009 and we jumped at the chance to premiere his new video/single for “Does Anybody Live Here?” Stagger is a solid talent that hails from Victoria B.C Canada and has toured and played with artists such as Steve Earle, Jason Isbell, and Drive By Truckers to just name … Read more
Los Lobos Native SonsNew West Records [2021] When a band that’s been around just two years short of half a century puts out an album of covers, you might be tempted to think they were creatively running on fumes, about to run out of gas. But when Los Lobos creates an album celebrating the … 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
Night BeatsOutlaw R&BFuzz Club Records [2021] I am always about an artist stretching out their musical vision as they progress through a career but sometimes getting back to your roots is good for your soul. That is the way I feel about Danny Lee Blackwell and his Night Beats vehicle on their fifth full-length, Outlaw … 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
Mudhoney Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge (30th Anniversary Deluxe Edition)Sub Pop Records [2021] Mudhoney, a band name that just screams Seattle “grunge,” formed in 1988 after the demise of the band Green River, setting free Mark Arm and Steve Turner as well as two guys who went on to join Pearl Jam, Stone Gossard and … 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
StuckChicago, Illinois With the release of Content That Makes You Feel Good, Chicago quartet Stuck wants to remind you of everything dismal, and they want to get you riled up about it. Following their full length debut, Change Is Bad (Born Yesterday Records), the band continued writing songs that dig into the social unrest of … 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
WavvesHideawayFat Possum Records [2021] It is hard to believe that Wavves broke out over a decade ago with the release of their third record, King Of The Beach, on Fat Possum Records. Since that time, Nathan Williams and the band has been to the major labels, released music on his own Ghost Ramp and now … 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
Hiss Golden Messenger Quietly Blowing ItMerge Records [2021] On the current single from his new album, “Sanctuary,” singer/songwriter MC Taylor, a.k.a. Hiss Golden Messenger, gets that the world is a mess right now. “Feeling bad, feeling blue,” he sings, acknowledging that “I know it feels like hell now/‘Til we get to the otherside,” he wants … 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
Vanishing Shores MapsSelf-Released [2021] Cleveland, Ohio band Vanishing Shores delivers the kind of high energy, anthemic rock on their debut full-length release Maps, that aspires to fill arenas with big guitar sounds, floating synths, and big, power pop sing along choruses. This 8-song album is set-up like an opening set you might hear, delivered by … Read more