Fire Tracks

There is nothing better than some good old fashioned attitude rock for your Friday. Today’s Friday Fire Track is just that as New Jersey’s RocknRoll Hi-Fives bring a snarl with their single “Hold On.” The band might surprise you as they are made up of sixteen-year-old singer Eilee Centeno, her thirteen-year old brother on drums, … Read more

The Beths have a debut album, Future Me Hates Me, that will be released August 10th on Carpark Records. The Auckland, New Zealand band brings a different level of experience to their upbeat guitar pop as all four members of The Beths studied jazz in college. This gives them many tools and more depth than … Read more

Marquette, Michigan emo-rock band Charmer are bringing a new spotlight to the Midwest movement with their self-titled debut that hits your playlist today via No Sleep Records. After just 2 years, the band has already shared the stage with Pinegrove, Teen Suicide, and Dowsing. The new album was recorded with Jake Ewald of Modern Baseball … Read more

The Get Up Kids are back with a four-song EP titled Kicker. The EP will be released June 8th, 2018 via Polyvinyl in the US and Big Scary Monsters in UK. Today’s Friday Fire Track is the first single from the EP, “Maybe.” One listen is all you need to know the band is back. … Read more

New Zealand’s Wax Chattels are releasing their self-titled LP on May 18th via Flying Nun/Captured Tracks. The band call themselves “guitarless guitar music.” Have we sparked your interest yet? Thought so! Today’s Friday Fire Track, “In My Mouth,” is your first taste of Wax Chattles and their mix of experimental punk like Brainiac blended with … Read more

We are always excited to check out a new Wussy track so “Aliens In Our Midst” makes for a perfect Friday Fire Track. The song is off the Cincinnati groups seventh studio album titled What Heaven Is Like, which will be out May 18th via Damnably in Europe and Shake It! Records in the US! … Read more

Canadian singer-songwriter Michael Rault is back on May 18th with his new album, It’s A New Day, via Wick Records (a Daptone Records subsidiary). You may remember his solid Living Daylight which was out on Burger records in 2015. Today’s Friday Fire Track, “I’ll Be There,” is from that new record and screams classic power … Read more

New music has always raised the temperature around TFN and today’s Friday Fire Track from Vancouver-based Jo Passed is blowing the mercury out the top! The opening screeching guitar work on “MDM” is enough to keep your interest but as the song progresses with its laid-back vocals the consistent riff gets in your head and … Read more

Parquet Courts have just announced their fifth album, Wide Awake!, which will be released on May 18th via Rough Trade. Parquet Courts have been crazy consistent with solid output record after record which includes A. Savage’s excellent solo outing Thawing Dawn. The new record was produced by Brian Burton, better known as Danger Mouse, so … Read more

Let us introduce you to Ampline. Kevin Schmidt, Rick McCarty and Mike Montgomery have been writing, recording and touring as Ampline since 2001. This veteran act just released their fifth full length album, Passion Relapse, on January 26th via SofaBurn Records. You also might recognize Mike Montgomery from another band we enjoy, as he along … Read more

Pale Kids new track, “St. Theresa” is the perfect power pop punk rocker to get your Friday cruising. This track is from their forthcoming release, Hesitater, which is a new three-song EP out March 23 via Father/Daughter Records. Durham, England’s Pale Kids have been releasing an assortment of splits and EPs since 2016 but one … Read more

TFN is always about the cover song. Give us a cover song and we will spin it till it won’t spin no more! Today’s Friday Fire Track is exactly that. Brooklyn-based punks Charly Bliss, which released an outstanding debut record last year in Guppy, take on Nada Surf’s “The Way You Wear Your Head.” The … Read more

Mind Spiders have just released their new album, Furies, today via Dirtnap Records. Today’s Friday Fire Track is the first track on the record and it’s a mover. “Outside” captures Mind Spiders aggressiveness as the track just builds and builds and builds into a phonetic frenzy. The group continues to morph into the Devo of … Read more

We love lo-fi around here at The Fire Note and today’s Friday Fire Track is from one of favorite underground indie heroes Graham Repulski. The Philadelphia artist releases a consistently good batch of songs every year and “Negative Highlight Reel” is one of the first in 2018. The track is from the cassette EP of … Read more

Australia’s Flightless is a record label that’s on a roll. They are home to one of the most talked about bands in the world right now, King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard. Plus their roster of artists continues to drive psychedelic music to new heights. Artist that include The Murlocs, ORB, Pipe Eye, The Babe … Read more

Back in February of 2016 we told you about Brooklyn’s Acid Dad right here in The Friday Fire Track feature. At that time, the psych-punk group was releasing their new EP, Let’s Plan A Robbery, that just got us ready for more. And then we waited! The wait is over as Acid Dad has emerged … Read more

Trouble In Mind has been on a hot streak this year and the label’s 2018 lineup is already looking solid. Today’s Friday Fire Track artist, Olden Yolk, is more proof that they are a label to save some up some hard-earned cash for next year. The New York-based group is led by songwriters, vocalists, and … Read more

“I can’t control myself, I can’t control myself” is the desperate cry of The Soft Moon’s Luis Vasquez’s on today’s Friday Fire Track, “Burn.” It is the intense lead off track from The Soft Moon’s fourth studio record, Criminal, which is due out February 2nd, 2018 via Sacred Bones Records. This track has a rounded … Read more

I still have fond memories of when indie alternative bands were prominent on the airways and 120 minutes showed you all the must hear bands of the week. Fits “Hot Topic,” has a Tripping Daisy, PUSA and The Figgs pop/alt-rock mix that is condensed down to a short but powerful 1:29. It is a fun … Read more