Archive: 2025

Like any long-standing music genre, punk rock was destined to evolve, just as it had from the generation before it. Punk, thanks to its DIY ethos, egoless contributors, and tireless thirst for something new they can call their own, has evolved more quickly than other genres, branching into intricate subgenres that highlight different nuances of […]

Craig Taborn/Nels Cline/Marcus Gilmore: Trio of  Bloom (Pyroclastic Records) – The Trio of  Bloom phrase may or may not be an ironic reference to the 1979 alliance of John McLaughlin, Jaco Pastorius and Tony Williams–the short-lived ‘Trio of Doom–but certainly as Ronald Shannon Jackson’s noisy “Nightwhistlers” gives way to the sweet ethereality of “Unreal Light,” […]

Aaron Orbit is an art rock artist from Ventura, California, blending new wave, post-punk, and cinematic textures into an immersive sound. After performing with a range of touring acts and projects, Orbit has carved out a distinct solo identity — a striking mix of atmosphere, melody, and experimentation. His latest singles — “Attention,” “Red Flags,” […]

Salt Lake City-based Indie singer-songwriter Josaleigh Pollett will return on October 28th with “Radio Player,” an electronics-infused and Poltergeist-inspired new single. Here, Pollett is reunited with long-time collaborator Jordan Watko (Crowd Shy) for the first time since Jordan’s relocation to Japan, making this their first recorded output since 2023’s highly acclaimed In the Garden, By […]

Twenty-five years ago this Halloween, three Kalamazoo, Michigan-area college students got together for an impromptu house party-gig that would forever change the course of progressive bluegrass.  Inspired by a handful of informal performances at some bluegrass open mic nights hosted by a Kalamazoo-area rustic Greek bar & restaurant, The Blue Dolphin, Michael Arlen Bont (banjo), […]

Rounding out our Halloween-themed selections this week, for today’s Weirdo Wednesday, we’re ending things on a fittingly campy note courtesy of this amusing clip of Alice Cooper hosting a special Halloween edition of The Muppets back in 1978. And really, is there any rock star more emblematic of the season than “The Godfather of Shock […]

Ratboys have announced Singin’ to an Empty Chair, their new album out February 6th via New West Records, and present a vivacious new single/video, “Anywhere.” Despite its title, the album isn’t defined by what’s missing. Rather, it’s the beginning of an important dialogue with a close loved one vocalist/guitarist Julia Steiner finds herself estranged from. The music on the band’s […]

Danheim is the Nordic Folk and Viking-inspired project of Danish singer/songwriter and Producer Reidar Schæfer Olsen, who has been operating in Electronic and Ambient music for over ten years. Olsen draws on historical and mythological sources for inspiration, and through using organic elements in his music, he builds up an atmosphere of authenticity that spans […]

Summer of Peril is a four-piece alternative rock band based out of Fort Collins, Colorado, founded by Alex Forbes and Matt Lopez after meeting through the Colorado hardcore scene in 2023. Initially a three-piece, the band quickly grew to a four-piece by late 2024 after releasing their debut album, HOMESICK, and currently consists of Alex […]