Archive: 2026

Ghanaian-Australian artist Genesis Owusu has announced his explosive third studio album REDSTAR WU & THE WORLDWIDE SCOURGE, arriving May 15 via OURNESS. Widely regarded as one of Australia’s most inventive contemporary voices, Owusu previews the record with recent singles including the incendiary “PIRATE RADIO,” the Brit rock-leaning “DEATH CULT ZOMBIE,” and the anthemic “STAMPEDE,” the […]

Surfing the Tube is a daily recap of recent must-see YouTube happenings, from music videos and live performances to interviews and everything in between. Death Cab for Cutie – Riptides (Official Music Video) For the first time since 2022’s Asphalt Meadows (and the subsequent acoustic version of the album), Death Cab for Cutie return with […]

On March 16, Joyce Manor brought its eclectic punk tour to the House of Blues in Orlando, Florida, for a night of intense rock, protest, and crowd surfing. Four bands brought different punk flavors to the festivities, starting with Baltimore quintet Combat. Led by singer and guitarist Holden Wolf, Combat played a short, frenetic set […]

Currently based in Chattanooga, Sarah Sargent Pepper (drums) and Ian Lee (vocals, guitars, keys) met in 2011. At that time, Lee had logged an extensive history with rock and punk acts including Bad Oskar, Woolworthy, Not Rebecca, Tom Daily, Electric Airlines (with Ed Roser from Urge Overkill), and Kevin Lee (with Jon Brant from Cheap […]

Fleur Bleu·e’s sophomore album, Question Marked Upon The World, due out this spring via Chicago-based indie, Sunday Records, is an undercover dream-pop investigation into belonging. Spurred on by feelings of cultural alienation and the professional and personal instability of an indie musician’s life, the 11-song album presents a more brazen incarnation of the French duo. […]

The pressures an artist or band faces when releasing a debut album have been discussed in countless articles. Still, when it comes to young shoegaze hopefuls Ringing and their Julia’s War Recordings-released LP Another Cycle in the Cosmic Wash, there are even more layers of stress for the band to deal with. What started as […]

John Hollier hails from Louisiana, and though there are hints of his roots in his sound, it is mostly easy-flowing Americana music.  After all, he and his band, John Hollier & The Reverie, wrote much of and recorded Rainmaker in Nashville. The band name stems from the French word, ‘rever,’ which means ‘’to dream,” a […]

There’s an understated brilliance to Spencer Thomas’ sophomore effort, Cynical Vision. the former Futurebirds member’s writing balances subtle, dry humor with a sweetness that never slips into cloying sentiment, all delivered over a stripped-down soundscape that dips from folk to indie pop. It’s clear from the opening track, “This Is Your Life Now,” an introspective […]

In 1998, when Butthole Surfers prepared to follow up their 1996 breakout Electriclarryland with a new album titled After the Astronaut, their major label abruptly pulled the plug, deeming the record insufficiently “commercial.” It was a baffling expectation to begin with—anyone familiar with the band’s unpredictable catalog would’ve known better than to anticipate another “Pepper,” […]