Premiere Fire Track: Spllit – “Amite River”

TFN is excited today to premiere the latest track from Baton Rouge’s Spllit. “Amite River” is the title track from their forthcoming LP, which is out July 30th on one of our favorite labels – Feel It Records! The band consists of duo Urq and Marance and they really think outside of the box here … Read more

Fire Track: Runnner – “Awash”

Runnner—the project of the now LA-based songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Noah Weinman—has signed to Run For Cover Records, which will release his new album Always Repeating on July 16TH, 2021. A 10-track collection composed of five re-recorded versions of songs that appeared on his 2017 debut, Awash, and last year’s One of One EP, Always Repeating serves as … Read more

Fire Track: Cub Scout Bowling Pins – “Magic Taxi”

Cub Scout Bowling Pins returns with a new track, “Magic Taxi”, off their debut LP Clang Clang Ho which will hit playlists on July 2nd via Rockathon Records. This track follows their excellent Headphone Approved EP, Heaven Beats Iowa that was released in January of this year! According to the ears that have heard it, … Read more

Fire Track: Pet Fox – “Imagine Why”

Boston’s Pet Fox are set to release More Than Anything on May 7th, a new EP and the band’s first together with Exploding In Sound Records. The band, comprised of Theo Hartlett (Ovlov), Morgan Luzzi (Ovlov), and Jesse Weiss (ex-Palehound, Grass Is Green), have self released two full length records and quickly became a go-to … Read more

Fire Track: Squirrel Flower – “I’ll Go Running”

Squirrel Flower, the moniker of Ella Williams, has a new single, “I’ll Go Running,” from her forthcoming album, Planet (i), out June 25th on Polyvinyl Records. In conjunction, she’s pleased to announce she’ll support Soccer Mommy on a fall North American tour later this year. Dates of the tour are below. You can pre-order the … Read more

Fire Track: Cheekface – “We Need A Bigger Dumpster”

Cheekface is an indie rock trio from Los Angeles consisting of guitarist/singing person Greg Katz, bassist/other singing person Amanda Tannen and drummer Mark “Echo” Edwards. It’s a band obviously influenced by the great American talk-singers like Lou Reed, Jonathan Richman and Stephen Malkmus, British post-punk bands like Wire and The Fall, and proto-indie bands like … Read more

Fire Track: Liz Phair – “Spanish Doors”

Liz Phair has announced details of, Soberish, her new album, and first collection of original material in eleven years. Produced by Phair’s longtime collaborator Brad Wood – known for helming Phair’s seminal albums Exile In Guyville, Whip-Smart, and whitechocolatespaceegg – Soberish will be released on June 4th, 2021 via Chrysalis Records. “Spanish Doors”, the album’s … Read more

Fire Track: UV-TV – “Distant Lullaby”

UV-TV are founding members Rose Vastola (guitars / vox), Ian Bernacett (guitars), plus latest recruit Ian Rose (drums). Releasing their debut demo in 2015, the band have released a series of releases including two albums, 2017’s debut full length Glass, and 2019’s follow-up Happy, with their sound evolving with each record they stamp their name … Read more

Fire Track: Guided By Voices – “Trust Them Now”

Guided By Voices new track “Trust Them Now,” is the second single off their upcoming LP Earth Man Blues, due out April 30th on Rockathon Records. The quick moving and seamless flowing song is classic sounding GBV and honestly could be the catchiest single the current lineup has released since 2019’s “The Rally Boys” from … Read more

Fire Track: Beachy Head – “Destroy Us”

In 2019 Christian Savill found himself alone and with a year off from playing guitar for Slowdive. He started writing and demoing songs with no particular plan. From 2001 he had recorded with longtime friend and collaborator Sean Hewson as Monster Movie releasing several albums on Graveface Records. These new ideas felt different in that … Read more

Fire Track: N0V3L – “Group Disease”

N0V3L return with news of their debut full-length, NON-FICTION. The album functions as a treatise on modern existence and the perverse parameters within which it’s experienced. It’s a collection of agile, carefully-constructed post-punk, new wave and funk that’s been zapped and warped by an opioid overdose crisis, mental illness, populism, and the merciless onward march … Read more

Fire Track: Squid – “Paddling”

Earlier this year, Squid announced the release of their much-anticipated debut album, Bright Green Field, out May 7th via Warp Records. Today, they present a new single, “Paddling,” which follows the release of “Narrator” (feat. Martha Skye Murphy), and announce an online performance as part of the official British Music Embassy SXSW showcase, airing Friday, … Read more

Fire Track: The Reds, Pinks And Purples – “The Record Player & The Damage Done”

The Reds, Pinks & Purples second single from its new LP for Slumberland (on Tough Love in Europe) Uncommon Weather which is out April 9, 2021. “The Record Player and the Damage Done,” is a solid piece of DIY pop that echoes immaculate influences such as The Church, Felt and New Zealand’s Flying Nun label. … Read more

Fire Track: The Mighty Mighty BosstoneS – “I Don’t Believe In Anything”

Ska-punk pioneers The Mighty Mighty BossToneS will release their 11th studio record When God Was Great on May 7 via Hellcat Records. Co-produced by longtime collaborator Ted Hutt (The Gaslight Anthem, Dropkick Murphys) and Rancid frontman Tim Armstrong (Transplants, Jimmy Cliff), When God Was Great is the culmination of their extensive and all-embracing career and … Read more

Fire Track: Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs – “What This City Needs”

Sam Coffey & The Iron Lungs are a power pop band from Toronto. Formed by Coffey, a former mechanic’s apprentice from Kitchener, Ontario, with it’s members collected from various Ontario small towns, they rapidly ingratiated themselves with Toronto’s punk scene. The band released a stream of DIY singles before signing to Oakland punk/garage rock label … Read more

Fire Track: Spoon – “Lines In The Suit – 30 Minutes Old (1999 Home Demo)”

Spoon’s Girls Can Tell ranks very high in TFN list of indie releases. To mark this weeks’ 20th anniversary of Spoon’s third studio album Girls Can Tell, here is the recently re-unearthed rarity, the accurately-named “Lines In The Suit – 30 Minutes Old (1999 Home Demo).” You can read what founder Britt Daniel had to … Read more

Fire Track: Ghost Of Vroom – “I Hear The Ax Swinging”

Ghost of Vroom – the new band comprised of veteran singer-songwriter Mike Doughty (Soul Coughing) and his longtime collaborator, bassist Andrew “Scrap” Livingston – have announced the release of their debut album. Ghost Of Vroom I arrives via Mod y Vi Records on Friday, March 19. “I Hear The Ax Swinging” is their first track … Read more

Fire Track: Mister Goblin – “Hook In The Eye”

Mister Goblin is the solo project of Sam Goblin (formerly of Two Inch Astronaut) and he is set to release his latest album, Four People In An Elevator And One Of Them Is The Devil, on February 19th via Exploding In Sound Records. Today Mister Goblin is sharing their latest single, “Hook In The Eye,” … Read more

Fire Track: Middle Kids – “Cellophane (Brain)”

Middle Kids today released the third single “Cellophane (Brain)” from their forthcoming second album, Today We’re The Greatest. Today We’re The Greatest will be released via Domino Records on March 19, 2021. Multi-instrumentalist Tim Fitz had this to say about “Cellophane (Brain)”: “This feels like a move towards a bold and honest sound. When we … Read more

Fire Track: Floatie – “Catch A Good Worm”

Chicago-based Floatie, Exploding In Sound’s newest signee, announce their debut album, Voyage Out, out March 26th. Alongside the announcement, they present its lead single “Catch a Good Worm.” Sam Bern (they/them), Luc Schutz (he/him), Joe Olson (he/him), and Will Wisniewski (he/him) have been playing shows and making music together for nearly a decade, but it … Read more

Fire Track: Triptides – “Moonlight Reflection”

With a sound oscillating between psychedelic pop and space rock, Triptides’ new album Alter Echoes channels both The Byrds at their most hallucinogenic and Floyd at their most cosmically composed while creating something immediate and new. Triptides is led by multi-instrumentalist Glenn Brigman, and with drummer Brendan Peleo-Lazar and bassist/guitarist Stephen Burns. Triptides’ Alter Echoes … Read more