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Kit Major Reclaims Defiance on Miss Ego EP

byAce HartmannJune 12, 2026June 19, 2026

Los Angeles-based artist Kit Major released their new EP, Miss Ego, through Futureless. The project arrived alongside the release of the newest focused track, “Messin’ With Me,” a garage rock single accompanied by a music video. Both, the single and EP were released simultaneously. Kit Major has built her profile as an independent performer operating […]

THE DROWNS ANNOUNCE NEW LP HARSH REALITY & LEAD SINGLE “RELENTLESS”

byAce HartmannJune 12, 2026July 6, 2026

Seattles’ own, The Drowns will release their fourth studio album, Harsh Reality, on September 18 via Pirates Press Records. The announcement arrives alongside the release of the album’s lead single, “Relentless,” now available on major streaming platforms. Produced by punk rock veteran Bill Stevenson of Descendents and Black Flag fame, Harsh Reality was recorded at […]

THE JACK KNIVES INTRODUCE NEW ERA WITH DOUBLE A-SIDE RELEASE

byAce HartmannJune 5, 2026June 19, 2026

The Jack Knives have released a new double A-side single, “La Sirena” and “Late Nights in London,” marking the first official preview of their upcoming album Negative Spaces. The release arrived June 5 via Fumié Records, with Bandcamp supporters receiving early access on June 4. The two-track release serves as the opening statement for the […]

OLD CROW MEDICINE SHOW RETURN WITH NEW ALBUM ‘UNION MADE’

byAce HartmannJune 5, 2026June 19, 2026

Old Crow Medicine Show has released their new album ‘Union Made‘ on June 5, 2026, through Hartland Records via Firebird Music. The 12-track album is the two-time Grammy-winning string band’s latest full-length studio record and arrives as the United States approaches its 250th birthday, reflecting on the people, places, and stories that shape the country’s […]

RAT BOY FULL SPEED AHEAD WITH ‘Sick of it’ before the NEW ALBUM ‘CRASH!’

byAce HartmannMay 27, 2026June 4, 2026

Rat Boy, The Essex outfit have carved out their own lawless corner of alternative music — blending punk, ska, hip-hop, indie rock, hardcore, and streetwise British sarcasm into something uniquely their own. Now, with the arrival of their fourth studio album CRASH!, RAT BOY appear determined to strip everything back to raw instinct, volume, and […]

BRIAN NEWMAN WALKS THE ‘BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS’ WITH ‘SONGS FOR LONELY LOVERS’

byAce HartmannMay 26, 2026June 4, 2026

Brian Newman continues to build his career in the shadows of midnight lounges, underneath the billowing smoke, and through the velvet curtains. For more than twenty-five years, the Grammy-winning trumpeter, vocalist, producer, arranger, and bandleader has quietly become one of modern music’s great preservationists — a musician dedicated not merely to jazz tradition, but to […]

MOLLIE ELIZABETH TURNS CHILDHOOD SHADOWS INTO WHIMSICAL POP ON VIRAL NEW SINGLE “RUN RABBIT”

byAce HartmannMay 20, 2026June 4, 2026

Emerging from the mist-covered woods of the Pacific Northwest with a voice both delicate and haunting, artist Mollie Elizabeth is rapidly becoming one of alternative pop’s most compelling young storytellers. At only twenty-one years old, the singer-songwriter has already carved out a distinct artistic universe — one built from vintage glamour, melancholic confession, eerie fairy-tale […]

HUMMUSVACUUM TURN MIDWEST MELTDOWNS INTO ‘THE ART OF A FAKE LAUGH’

byAce HartmannMay 20, 2026June 4, 2026

From the restless corners of Columbus, Ohio comes HummusVacuum, a band determined to prove that humor and heartbreak can occupy the very same stage. Equal parts self-deprecating punk chaos and emotionally unguarded confession, the group’s upcoming record, The Art of A Fake Laugh, arrives May 22 through Smartpunk Records, delivering eleven tracks of anxious catharsis […]

WESTERN ADDICTION RETURN WITH “PSYCHEDELIC MUNITIONS” ON FAT/HOPELESS RECORDS

byAce HartmannMay 20, 2026June 4, 2026

Western Addiction have occupied a singular place within the American punk underground — a band forged not merely in the scene, but directly inside one of punk rock’s most revered institutions. Emerging from the halls of San Francisco’s legendary Fat Wreck Chords, the group built a reputation for marrying breakneck hardcore with sharp lyrical observation, […]

BRIAN FALLON RELEASES TWO NEW SONGS & A HANDFUL OF LIVE SHOWS

byAce HartmannMay 13, 2026June 4, 2026

There are few voices in modern American rock that carry the same weathered sincerity as Brian Fallon. Whether fronting The Gaslight Anthem or standing alone beneath dim stage lights with only a guitar and a story to tell, Fallon has long built his reputation on songs that feel lived-in—equal parts heartland poetry, punk urgency, and […]