Another quality batch of music this week for AOW. Chicago’s Moontype displays plenty of indie talent on their debut while the soft and intricate vocals of Brooklyn’s Sam Yield will have you getting closer to your speakers. Lastly Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner shines with her solo project Flock Of Dimes. Remember to Discover, Support and … Read more
Artists of the week time and TFN has another unique selection for your ears. C R O W N from France combines industrial beats with Depeche Mode style while the indie rock of Phili’s Spirit Of The Beehive’s new album returns them to great form and lastly a surf compilation that is hard to put … Read more
It is another Bandcamp Friday today so let’s get to business of offering three bands to consider spending some money on today. First up, is the excellent new indie rock from Baltimore’s Proper Nouns, followed by disjointed and angular uniqueness in Brooklyn’s Birthday Ass and lastly some killer rock and punk from Melbourne’s Jackson Reid … Read more
Three bands releasing their third LP is what TFN is focused on today. Expect greatness? Absolutely. London’s Snapped Ankles is back with more post punk, Philadelphia’s Writhing Squares spirals out of control with their synth explosions while The Peacers are back from San Francisco with more psych pop that has a memorable groove. Snapped AnklesLondon, … Read more
TFN is excited today to participate in the Cricketbows roll out of their new record, Raised On Rock And Roll, which is officially out on April 20, 2021. The newest video single from the album is today’s premiere with “Ohio Valley Springtime.” The Dayton, Ohio band is a throwback to the days when classic rock … Read more
Ready for new music? We didn’t travel far for Dayton’s Nineteen Thirteen but the band has a much bigger sound that should be heard outside of the Gem City, Collate out of Portland is worth every minute you give their no wave groove and lastly the thought provoking new record from Hanalei out of Morro … Read more
It is Bandcamp Friday so let’s get to business of finding new music as all three of the albums featured below are officially released today. The synth-driven rock from Columbus, Ohio’s Brain Damage is a great start followed by the Wire like Smirk from LA and lastly all the way from Paris is the instrumental … Read more
TFN knows you like different so here are three artists that have completely separate vibes. Painted Shrines is the duo of Jeremy Earl (Woods) & Glenn Donaldson (Skygreen Leopard) which should grab your attention, The Blips from Birmingham offer all kinds of musical talent while the anarcho-punk of London’s Sarcasm will keep you grounded. Painted … Read more
AOW is back to offer another dose of quality artists that deserve your attention. First up is a returning group to the AOW feature with the excellent lo-fi of Phili’s Von Hayes. Then we get much darker with a space trip of heavy psych melded with grunge from Bristol’s Yo No Se. Lastly, we visit … Read more
TFN is excited today to premiere a new video from Philadelphia’s The Fragiles. The track, “Garden Of Cleaners” is off of their new album, On And On, which was just released last Friday on Living Lost Records. Animated and filmed by main band contributor David Settle, “Garden Of Cleaners” features hand-drawn animations over videos shot … Read more
AOW takes a tour this week that makes a stop in Denmark for the return of Yung, then heads to Austin, Texas for the sophomore album from the pleasant sounds of Sun June and then makes its final landing in Brooklyn, New York for the punk new wave of The Black Black. I think no … Read more
It’s artist of the week time and it is also Bandcamp Friday so start reading and then start buying! Up first is a no brainer where New York and Tokyo meld minds from Ryley Walker and Kikagaku Moyo, followed by the post-punk of Glasgow’s Nightshift and then TFN leaves you with the punk rock of … Read more
How about some new tunes? TFN offers up a new soft voice on the indie scene with Pasadena’s Charley Hickey, shoegazy 80’s synth rock from Manchester’s Saccades and some fantastic lo-fi out of The Fragiles Philadelphia basement! Charley HickeyPasadena, California Twenty-one year old Pasadena-based artist Charlie Hickey has his debut EP, Count The Stairs, set … Read more
AOW keeps rolling this week with three more different artists. Today TFN finds some excellent surf rock from Brazil’s Terremotor, a return of Dallas’ The Deathray Davies after a 16 absence and finally the pure folk from Australia’s Indigo Sparke, which had her record produced by Big Thief’s Adrianne Lenker. As always, make sure you … Read more
AOW is ready to officially kick of 2021 with three completely different artists. This week finds Montreal’s Bell Orchestre making a return after 10 years with a mesmerizing new record, a rising artist out of Phoenix named Danielle Durack and the cool home-recording out of New York from Black Nash. So far 2021 has already … Read more
Well, 2020 has certainly sucked for so many reasons but TFN has found some silver lining in the fantastic music that was released this year. From the surprise album releases to the surge of psych rock entries plus the debut album discoveries, TFN feels our Blazing Top 50 Albums of 2020 will have something new … Read more
TFN Artists Of The Week is one of our favorite features and probably is the one which gets the most attention. In 2020, we featured 125 artists that deserved your ear. We now have reviewed our selection and picked out our Top 25 of those artists just to make sure you didn’t miss them! Honestly, … Read more
The Fire Note would not be possible without the talented writers that share their educated thoughts and true enjoyment of music with our readers. The time and commitment that goes into writing consistently is appreciated by TFN and taken for granted by everyone else! Our official year end Top 50 is coming at the end … Read more
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Dickens himself couldn’t have explained this year any better. With a global pandemic virtually shutting the music industry down artists had to rely solely on non-touring revenue; and the bulk of that for Prog bands these days is physical record and CD sales … Read more
We are wrapping up our AOW feature in 2020 with another ReverbNation’s edition! We launched another 60 day campaign back in September and were once again surprised when TFN was listed on 5 million artist pages that generated almost 293,000 additional interested fans and a bit over 1900 submissions for these 4 spots you see … Read more
AOW is full of great music again! This week showcases the talents of Caleb Cordes and his band Sinai Vessel. Power psych rock is always welcomed and this week it is coming from Belgium’s The WRS. Finally, the excellent four-track recordings from Canada’s Christo Graham. No time like the present to pick up some new … Read more
This week AOW delivers the instrumental post-rock from Liverpool’s A Burial At Sea, while Columbus’ Kneeling In Piss return their 2nd EP of 2020. The last group you will hear today is out of Boston called The Chives and we think it just might be a debut you won’t want to miss. Well, discover, support … Read more
It is new music time and AOW this week brings some spirited post punk from Massachusetts’ Landowner, the perfect music for this weekend with the spooky punk from Dayton, Ohio’s Houseghost and finally the grinding indie emo rock from Montréal’s Gulfer. Nothing has changed here – support these artists if you like what you hear! … Read more
AOW is coming at you this week with some modern jam band vibes from New Jersey’s Garcia Peoples, the classic sounding beats from Mike Doughty’s new project with his Soul Coughing mate Andrew Livingston in Ghost Of Vroom and lastly a snarl and attitude out of Buffalo from Alpha Hopper. Enjoy these three artists below … Read more
How about some artists to check out before the weekend. This week Chicago’s Miranda Winters shows off her solo talents away from her band Melkbelly, we have some great collective soul from Kansas City in The Freedom Affair and to wrap things up moving to the west coast with indie rock from Portland’s Floating Room. … Read more