Something Is Waiting don’t play it safe. The Chicago trio’s idea of a 2025 statement isn’t another studio single or flashy short-form clip — it’s a full-on live album, recorded without overdubs at the Empty Bottle and dropped like a brick through the windshield of our content-saturated… Read More »Track Premiere: Something Is Waiting – “Poster Boys” (Live)
Most bands would be slowing down 25 years into their career, if they were still around at all, but not French veterans Bliss of Flesh. The band, who formed in 1999 before changing their name in 2000, are readying their fifth album, Metempsychosis, for release early next… Read More »Track Premiere: Bliss of Flesh – ‘If Only’
Put You Through the Blasting Hell The Making of Excel’s Split Image Before changing their moniker and becoming Excel, southern Californian dudes Dan Clements and Adam Siegel, along with a rotating rhythm section, were blasting through hardcore punk anthems like “You Don’t Mean a Thing,”… Read More »Excel – Split Image
I’m always a bit skeptical about songs called “Rock & Roll” that aren’t from actual rock bands, but if anyone’s got the attitude to drive this style it’s ITZY. They made their name on a brash energy that felt punky even as it was carefully… Read More »Song Review: ITZY – Rock & Roll
Though ONEWE debuted all the way back in 2019, K-pop is currently experiencing a resurgence of bands and rock music in general. This opens possible inroads that were harder travelled before, though it also means a more stuffed marketplace. Today, they guys are back with… Read More »Song Review: ONEWE – Maze