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

byAce Hartmann
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 pure physical energy. Due out June 26 via Hellcat Records, CRASH! is less a polished studio record than a controlled detonation. Across eighteen tracks, the band channel the sweat-soaked chaos of their recent touring years into a collection that feels loud, immediate, and gloriously unstable.…
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BRIAN NEWMAN WALKS THE ‘BOULEVARD OF BROKEN DREAMS’ WITH ‘SONGS FOR LONELY LOVERS’

byAce Hartmann
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 the atmosphere, elegance, and emotional depth that once defined American nightlife itself. Now, Newman returns with Songs for Lonely Lovers, a sprawling twenty-song collection arriving June 12, 2026 via Joy Machine Records. Rooted in classic torch songs, jazz standards, and after-hours orchestral melancholy, the album…
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MOLLIE ELIZABETH TURNS CHILDHOOD SHADOWS INTO WHIMSICAL POP ON VIRAL NEW SINGLE “RUN RABBIT”

byAce Hartmann
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 imagery, and emotionally raw songwriting. Now, with the release of her latest single “Run Rabbit,” issued through Neon Gold Records and Futures Music, Mollie Elizabeth further deepens that world while introducing a darker emotional undercurrent beneath its whimsical exterior. Produced by Josh Murty and already…
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HUMMUSVACUUM TURN MIDWEST MELTDOWNS INTO ‘THE ART OF A FAKE LAUGH’

byAce Hartmann
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 wrapped in breakneck riffs, singalong hooks, and tongue-in-cheek absurdity. At a time when modern emo often leans heavily toward introspection and polished melancholy, HummusVacuum crash through the door with something far messier — and far more human. Their songs bounce between emotional collapse and comedic…
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WESTERN ADDICTION RETURN WITH “PSYCHEDELIC MUNITIONS” ON FAT/HOPELESS RECORDS

byAce Hartmann
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, channeling frustration, empathy, and social commentary into compact bursts of sonic violence. Now, after years of relative silence, the Bay Area veterans have returned with their first new music since 2020. The new single, “Let’s Keep the Circle Small,” arrived as both a statement of…
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BRIAN FALLON RELEASES TWO NEW SONGS & A HANDFUL OF LIVE SHOWS

byAce Hartmann
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 late-night confession. Now, the New Jersey songwriter has returned with not one but two new singles: “Better Before” and “Not Bad for New Jersey,” a pair of tracks released simultaneously in characteristic Fallon fashion—with equal doses of sincerity and self-deprecating humor. Announcing the songs directly…
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