Black Astronaut doesn’t ease into a room so much as kick the door off its hinges. “Chakra Flow,” the Atlanta-based project’s latest single featuring ai12DIE, is a high-octane verbal barrage that feels purpose-built for massive speakers and packed arenas—music that dares you not to...
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Sir Budd’s “16 Gold” arrives with the kind of low-slung confidence that doesn’t need to announce itself loudly to be felt. After a brief 12 second intro, the Florida-based rapper settles into a groove that’s all bass weight and forward motion, the beat hitting...
Boston-born, Atlanta-based singer and activist Darrell Kelley has never been content to make background music. With his latest single, “Sick of This,” Kelley once again positions himself at the crossroads of pop, R&B, and social conscience—using melody as a megaphone and conviction as his...
Recently it seems that horror aesthetics have gone mainstream and “spooky season” now lasts year-round. That said, few artists commit to the bit — or elevate it — quite like Hounds & Jackals. The multidisciplinary project, helmed by creator and clinician Bruce Ballon (a.k.a....
With “My Bloody Kisses,” Flowers for Juno continue their slow-burn transformation from underground gothic oddities into one of the most intriguing avant-shadows in modern rock. The Benjó James–led project has always thrived in the twilight zone between genres, but this latest single—arriving December 3rd...
On their Halloween 2025 release, Flowers For Juno exhume Wednesday 13’s “Morgue Than Words” and resurrect it as something far moodier, denser, and—ironically—more alive than ever. Where the 2006 original was a tongue-in-cheek horror-punk romp, FFJ twist it into a gothic torch song soaked...
BB STEVENSHoboken(Stryker Records) BB Stevens’ Hoboken is the sound of a restless artist staring down the modern world with both eyes wide open—and a guitar that won’t stop talking back. It’s a record that burns with wit, heart, and a tinge of Jersey streetlight...
In “No Place,” Clay Brown & the Trouble Round Town sound like they’ve hit the 2 a.m. point of a long, soul-baring night — the moment when the bravado fades, the ashtray’s full, and the only thing left is truth. It’s a raw, jangly...
DownTown Mystic returns with a single that reminds us why the rock genre ever mattered in the first place — grit, groove, and a wry grin. “Somebody’s Always Doin’ Something 2 Somebody,” the lead single from the upcoming Mystic Highway EP, finds frontman Robert...
Zoey Tess isn’t here to play nice. On “Knocking at Your Front Door,” the Connecticut-born singer-songwriter turns the volume up on America’s conscience, delivering one of the most unflinching protest songs in recent memory. The track, a fiery lead single from her forthcoming debut...