There’s a certain kind of rock & roll confidence that doesn’t need to shout to be heard—it just leans back, locks into the groove, and lets history do the talking. On “Hard Enough (On E Street Remix)”, DownTown Mystic taps directly into that lineage,...
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There’s nothing polite about Prognosis Psychosis. From its first barked syllable to its final beer-soaked sneer, the Gold Coast trio The CuckWho’s deliver seven songs of feral, news-cycle punk that feel ripped from a tabloid bin, taped together in a panel shop, and blasted...
There’s a delicious irony baked into “Care,” the latest single from gretchen—a track that insists, repeatedly and with a smirk, that it doesn’t care at all, even as it does everything possible to lodge itself permanently in your head. From the first seconds, the...
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...
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...