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Gas Station Boner Pills - Welcome to the Shit Show (Boner Boys)

8 June 2025

The Gas Station Boner Pills are known for their comical lyrics, strong rhythmic drive, and wild stage performance. Based in the Dirty South (Atlanta), this party-punk three piece is composed of Misha Tot, Sean Manos, and Sam Wilson. Since their formation in 2022, the band has used their musical and film talents to release over two dozen music videos, 23 singles and 3 EPs. They have toured across the States gathering a passionate following with their wild antics. The Boners have their debut LP set to release Summer of 2025.

Oaken Lee - One Summer Gone (J Flowers / Shackled Ram Records)

7 June 2025

Raised in rural Shropshire and based in Tottenham, North London – the music of Oaken Lee is informed by both places. Acoustic guitars and field recordings, drum machines and distorted bass. Traditional folk storytelling painted with a progressive palette. Oaken Lee’s first full-length offering, ‘Home (is a folk-rock mixtape)’ is coming to Spotify (and tape) – Summer 2025.

Stephen Jacques - Dusty Danny (self-released)

7 June 2025

A true artist and songwriter world-renowned for his prolific, heartfelt alt-rock love songs, Stephen Jacques is one of America’s greatest storytellers and Renaissance men. His body of work was culled from a lifetime of self-made opportunities and life experiences, including those as an engineer, a Hollywood actor, a custom builder, a TV host, and a guitarist. Stephen has released 12 albums to date, two of which were produced by Steve Albini.

Josh McCausland - Pieces From a Forgotten Time (self-released)

7 June 2025

Brooklyn-based composer and producer Josh McCausland returns with Pieces from a Forgotten Time — a cinematic and emotionally rich body of work that blurs the lines between ambient electronica and neo-classical storytelling. Known for his textural approach to music-making and a background steeped in film and photography, McCausland crafts soundscapes that feel like intimate reflections captured through a lens of quiet nostalgia.

Robby Vee and Beej Chaney - Shake It All Up...! (Vee Entertainment/Paramour Records)

6 June 2025

Neo-Rockabilly artist Robby Vee “The Prince Of Twang” was born Robert Velline named after his father Bobby Vee. He is recognized by both the American & Canadian Rockabilly Halls of Fame and in 2022 he was recognized by the IRRMA for an Induction into the Iowa Rock n Roll Hall of Fame. Vee has been performing his unique style of Rock-n- Roll music for years on stages across the globe.

GrayBeat - Special Characters (self-released)

6 June 2025

Special Characters, is a collection of songs written & produced during a critical stage in GrayBeat’s development as an artist & producer. Boasting seven newly remastered tracks and four extended live studio remixes, it is an immersive and adventurous sonic journey that disguises a clever negligence of musical boundaries while showcasing the profound influences of the diverse array of individuals GrayBeat encountered along the way.

Hayden Pedigo - I’ll Be Waving As You Drive Away (Mexican Summer)

6 June 2025

Like his contemporaries and inspirations, Pedigo uses arpeggios and runs to compose tunes, rather than show off – folks looking for hot solos and dizzying displays of guitaristic technique will likely be disappointed.

The Rain Parade - Crashing Dream: Deluxe Edition (Flatiron/Label 51)

6 June 2025

Crashing Dream boasts the same level of craft and heart as the band’s acknowledged classic Emergency Third Rail Power Trip.

Desert Man - Love Kills (Cornbread)

6 June 2025

Desert Man is the new solo endeavor of Grammy-nominated artist and producer Sebastian Gäbel from Gothenburg, Sweden. After 5 tours and a double live album as guitarist with José González and The String Theory, Gäbel returns as Desert Man, his alter ego born during a mind-bending trip into the badlands of Southern California.

Jackie DeShannon – Love Forever: Demo Recordings 1966-68 (Real Gone Music)

4 June 2025

Exploring the back pages of a great pop songwriter.

Flavor Wave - Sad Songs on the Radio (Free Dive Collective)

4 June 2025

“Sad Songs on the Radio” is Flavor Wave’s newest single, releasing May 30th, 2025. It is yet another release in an exciting ramp-up to their sophomore album, releasing late Summer/early Fall of 2025. “Sad Songs on the Radio” explores themes of relational issues, growing apart, heartbreak, and raw emotions. The song takes listeners on an adventure of sadness and regret, but not in your normal sappy sad song way.

Roscoe Tripp - Tiny Antelopes (Fine Family Records)

4 June 2025

After three years of grinding out extraordinarily tight, live performances, ROSCOE TRIPP built a loyal and growing fanbase hooked on the band’s classic indie rock sound. The five-piece group from DC is just getting started with its first full-length album, Tiny Antelopes, hitting record stores and streaming services May 30, 2025.

The SKB's - The Whale Edge (self-released)

4 June 2025

“The Whale Edge” is a joyous, classic 12-bar rock and roll party anthem guaranteed to get feet tapping and crowds singing along. With powerhouse drumming from Leon Cave (Status Quo), the track channels timeless rock energy into a feel-good, live-band experience. It’s punchy, energetic, and unapologetically fun.

Saint Nick the Lesser - Train Tracks (Sonder Sounds)

4 June 2025

“Train Tracks,” influenced by punk, ska, and anti-folk genres, draws inspiration from artists like Laura Jane Grace, Chuck Regan, Tim Barry, and Frank Turner. The song’s poignant narrative reflects a personal story of companionship and introspection, set against the backdrop of a melancholic yet hopeful journey

Rosetta West - Dora Lee (Gravity)

3 June 2025

Rosetta West has been around since the 1990’s, and their core blues rock music frequently includes elements of psychedelia and world folk music. Their lyrical themes often venture into mysticism and spirituality. Founder and songwriter Joseph Demagore handles vocals and guitar on this release. Herf Guderian plays bass, and Rosetta West veteran Mike Weaver is on drums. Rosetta West has maintained a long, unconventional and fiercely independent underground career.

The Muster Point Project - Believe in Yourself (Francomedia)

3 June 2025

Kevin Franco is the creative force behind TMPP, writing most of the songs, playing bass and guitar and performing all the vocals. For this track, TMPP worked with Marcelo Effori, the talented Montreal-based drummer for the terrific drums and Ukraine-based musician, Oleg Pisarenko for the amazing keyboards and piano.

Duncan Lloyd - Rituals (Reveal Records)

3 June 2025

English songwriter-guitarist Duncan Lloyd presents his new single ‘Rituals’, a unique pop song born of a challenging year. Blending a modern sound with a deeply personal message about habits and healing, all while rotating through a circular, radio-like musical journey, this is the second taste from his new 12-track Unwound album, forthcoming via Reveal Records.

Post Death Soundtrack - IN ALL MY NIGHTMARES I AM ALONE (Self-Released)

2 June 2025

It’s frequently not an easy listen, but it’s a deeply rewarding, cathartic one for anyone who has ever gone through anything similar.

CIRCU5 - Clockwork Tulpa (ST Productions)

1 June 2025

Clockwork Tulpa is CIRCU5’s first album release as a full band, with Tin Spirits frontman Mark Kilminster and drummer Lee Moulding joining founder Steve Tilling. The album comes nearly eight years after CIRCU5’s eponymous 2017 debut. The extended gap was due to Steve contracting Long Covid and committing to projects with ex-members of UK rock band, XTC. “The songs reflect life’s ups and downs during that time. But I learned a valuable lesson: don’t be swayed by the plans of others. Stay true to yourself and your goals.”

Barry J Walsh - Suddenly June (Rufus Records)

1 June 2025

“Suddenly June” is the sound of tar melting on a summer street, a ‘99 ice cream running through your fingers, open tops and summer frocks, flops that flip and skinny dips. Surfs up. It follows hot on the heels of Walsh’s two scorching Powerpop singles from last year, “Rescue Me” and “The Sound”, which burned up the airwaves and frolicked about in a rolling tide of critical acclaim.  

King in Yellow - Love Supreme (self-released)

31 May 2025

Emerging from the historic heart of the Hudson Valley with a sound that bends darkness into beauty, King in Yellow returns with their evocative new single, “Love Supreme.” The track marks a bold evolution in the band’s sonic journey, blending post-punk grit, ethereal textures, and lyrical mysticism into a sweeping four-minute spell.

Pink Light - Two Dark Birds (VFIB)

31 May 2025

Two Dark Birds is a band from the Catskill Mountains led by songwriter Steve Koester and drummer Jason Mills. They are joined by Josh Roy Brown (lap steel), Tyler Wood (keys), Mark Lerner (bass), and Iris Clementine (vocals). Since 2008, they have released four critically acclaimed albums, as well as the 2022 EP Porous.

Ben Heyworth - Creatures (self-released)

31 May 2025

After a long hiatus, Ben Heyworth is back under his own name with new project, showcasing brand new material. He’s older, wiser, more acoustic and slightly less ginger, but still as melodic and soulful as ever. His songs lean into stories about the people, places and events that have shaped his life in Manchester UK, including the strange cornucopia of residents that live around the creative hotspot (and bakery central) Ancoats marina where he is currently based.

Swans – Birthing (Young God Records)

30 May 2025

After sketching the sonic beginnings while touring, Michael Gira gathered the flock together; Phil Puleo, Kristof Hahn, Dana Schechter, Christopher Pravdica, Larry Mullins, and Norman Westberg. Then the building, shaping, creating, moving began. This is an epic journey into shadows and melodics, noise and anthemic chaos, yearning and ecstasy.

Art Schop - Me, My Lover, Her Lover, Part 1 (self-released)

30 May 2025

The Fifth Hammer, the fifth studio release for songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Martin Walker in the guise of Art Schop, finds him at the full peak of his powers as he works at the intersection of emotional honesty, philosophical inquiry, and vivid storytelling. As always, Walker populates his latest songs with characters that are tactile and evocative, whether it’s Ludwig Wittgenstein or a guy who uses his rejection of Leibniz as an excuse to be a bum.

Keith Jarrett - New Vienna: At the Musikverein, 2016 (ECM)

30 May 2025

Jarrett’s latest album New Vienna holds a certain significance – it’s a return to the city in which he recorded his landmark LP Vienna Concert.

Horror & Opera – The Lost Opera (self-released)

30 May 2025

An immersive, multimedia storytelling event, The Lost Opera by Horror & Opera is a ‘Haunted Box’ project, combining audio drama and an operatic composition with both physical artifacts and digital media. The Lost Opera is the haunting gothic tale of a mysterious opera thought to have been forever lost, as told through the research diary tapes of a passionate Ph.D. student, determined to uncover the truth.

Nils Lassen - Fingerprints (Aenaos Records)

30 May 2025

After two decades of shaping soundscapes and releasing internationally recognized music, Danish artist Nils Lassen emerges with his debut solo album, Fingerprints – a deeply personal, poetic, and sonically ambitious record that marks a new chapter in his artistic journey.

Maven Grace – Surface with a Smile (Helium Records)

29 May 2025

A lush, elegant, uncanny and timeless world unto itself, Maven Grace duo Henry Jack and Mary Home’s second album Surface with a Smile reinvents the notion of what we call dreampop, with stately, widescreen dimensions and narratives that span the vividly enigmatic and the deeply personal.

Circus Mind - The Battle of Brooklyn (Outhouse Music Inc.)

29 May 2025

NYC funk-rock band Circus Mind has released their powerful new single, “The Battle of Brooklyn,” a track that draws a bold and compelling line between America’s first Revolutionary War battle and the modern-day struggles of gentrification in the heart of New York.

Tristan Roberson - One Night In Dallas (Tristan Roberson Music)

29 May 2025

Seventeen-year-old country singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Tristan Roberson is redefining what it means to be a modern country artist with the release of his highly anticipated debut album, One Night in Dallas, available everywhere May 9, 2025. At just 17, Roberson’s musical maturity and genre-defying approach have already positioned him as one of country music’s most exciting new voices.

Para Lia - Neverland (self-released)

29 May 2025

With their new single “Neverland”, German indie rockers Para Lia deliver an intense guitar-driven psychedelic rock statement full of sonic depth and critical acuity. Inspired by the spirit of the Grateful Dead and interwoven with a dense, atmospheric soundscape, a song unfolds that not only shakes things up musically, but also in terms of content.

NBP Human - The Fundaments (self-released)

29 May 2025

With the release of “The Fundaments” on 24th Apr 2025, NBP Human invites listeners to rediscover the fundamental aspects of life and pursue their dreams with unwavering belief in their inner child. The track serves as a powerful rock song that captivates with its energetic guitar riffs, dynamic composition, and heartfelt lyrics.

True North - No Exit Wound (self-released)

28 May 2025

True North is the new music collaboration from songwriter/musician, Tones Thorburn, following on from his previous projects, Stormporter and Late Model European. “No Exit Wound” is a passionate debut that captures a powerful mix of resilience and introspection. Driven by soulful, mixed-gender vocals, the track delivers a groove-laden sound infused with emotional intensity, leaving listeners immersed in its evocative mystery.

Vanderwolf - Fuckwitt McGee (Another Record Label)

28 May 2025

With a title as unforgettable as its message, “Fuckwitt McGee” arrives as the fourth installment in Vanderwolf’s six-song Singles Club, a bold monthly release series unraveling the absurdities of modern life through sharp wit, musical dexterity, and fearless storytelling

Logan Taylor - Tequila Sunrise (LT Music)

28 May 2025

Rising singer-songwriter Logan Taylor continues to carve her place in the modern pop-rock landscape with the release of her new single, “Tequila Sunrise”—a warm, rhythm-driven track that fuses nostalgic storytelling with cinematic production. Following the success of her emotionally raw debut “White Wolf” and the critically praised “Some Other Woman” and “Anna” ( approaching 1 million combined streams across Spotify), Taylor’s fourth release further showcases her gift for vivid lyricism and genre-spanning soundscapes.

The Tidal Water - Matchsticks (Prorigg)

28 May 2025

Tidal Water is the brainchild of Martin Hovden, a passionate vocalist, songwriter, and producer from Oslo, Norway. Martin, the primary visionary and financial backer, infuses his deep societal concerns and personal experiences into Tidal Water’s music. His background in project management and event production enables him to bring a unique blend of powerful rock music to life, enhanced by the collaboration of talented friends from his musical journey.

Arve Henriksen/Trygve Seim/Anders Jormin/Markku Ounaskari - Arcanum (ECM)

28 May 2025

A program of improvisations and composed pieces that hearkens back to the freewheeling early days of Scandinavian jazz.

Aggressive Soccer Moms - Crossroads (Pipaluckbolaget)

28 May 2025

“Crossroads” is a real post-punk banger. Even though these three guys are over 60 years old, they are open to new influences and they have modernized their music, time and time again. And after, in recent years, being guitar-based, you will notice a shift towards building the foundation with a heavy bass guitar. That’s how it sounds now. Next year it might sound completely different.

Attrition – A Permanent View? Black Maria Remixed (Two Gods)

27 May 2025

Attrition is a pioneer in what has become known as darkwave. Formed in 1980 in Coventry, England, influenced by a mix of punk ideology and experimental art aesthetics, they emerged as part of the early ’80’s UK Industrial scene alongside contemporaries Coil, Test Department, Legendary Pink Dots, In The Nursery, Portion Control et al. Founder Martin Bowes has steered the band through a 42 year career, fuelled by a succession of critically acclaimed albums, selling over 100,000 to date.

Mortal Prophets - French Summer (Lux Astralis Music)

27 May 2025

Leave it to John Beckmann to board a TGV from Paris to Nice and disembark with one of the most intoxicating albums of the year. French Summer – an 18-track, lushly cinematic collaboration between Beckmann’s genre-defying project The Mortal Prophets and vocalist Anas de Nerval (yes, a direct descendant of the Symbolist poet who once walked a lobster through the streets of Paris)-is part fever dream, part film score, and part avant-garde Euro-disco sance.

Dave Clark - I Called For You (Slightly Deranged)

27 May 2025

Northern-born, East London-based singer-songwriter Dave Clark returns with his most powerful single yet: “I called for you”—a driven, emotionally charged indie track that confronts rising intolerance and the dangers of repeating history. Following his well-received debut Reciprocation in 2024, Clark continues to build a loyal following with his soulful vocals, intricate guitar work, and a knack for storytelling that balances the personal with the political. “I called for you” is no exception. It’s a sonic wake-up call, layered with meaning and carried by a cinematic, tension-laced production that demands attention.

Jesse Kinch - Born Ready (Timeless Rider Records)

27 May 2025

“Born Ready” is a deeply personal and autobiographical track that reflects Jesse Kinch’s musical journey with a message of determination and passion. The song encapsulates the essence of living one’s dream with focus and dedication, resonating with listeners worldwide. With a guitar lead that drives the track forward and a heartbeat drum, “Born Ready” embodies the spirit of an artist born to create, perform, and produce music.

Proyecto Escapulario – Algo En La Sangre (self-released)

27 May 2025

Algo En La Sangre explores traditional Latin music influences such as bolero, son, guajira, tambito, danzón, cumbia and others, while Alex Maniki ’s background in gothic, darkwave, and alternative rock music still shows through. This is especially true on the sombre, processional epic, ‘No Somos Nada’ (‘We Are Nothing’), with its video enshrouded by the solemn and imposing iconography of Catholicism and condemnation; or the exotic folk mysticism of ‘Si No Hay Misterios’ (‘If There Are No Mysteries’), which laments the demystification of the natural world, and features an experimental mix of Latin, Egyptian, and Tibetan percussion.

Yes To All - Into The Vacuum (Yes to All Label)

27 May 2025

“The styles new wave, postpunk and indie come together in the sound of Yes to All and you could place the band under the broad label alternative. Musical melancholy, but without getting stuck in times of yore. The band also shows a contemporary sound.”

Marcus Anthony Mack - Unconquerable Soul (Made By Maam)

27 May 2025

Composer, pianist, and singer/songwriter Marcus Anthony Mack releases his latest single “Unconquerable Soul,” taken from his upcoming album Whatever Gods, due for release on June 6th. The track is a deeply emotive and cinematic piece that blurs the lines between post-classical composition and ambient storytelling.

Elephant Moon – Where Were You (self-released)

27 May 2025

Written in a small flat in Bruce Grove, North London, recorded on the Southern coast of Funen and mixed in rural Jutland, the song is shaped by movement, longing, and memory. The refrain “Where were you” returns like a faded photograph, while the chorus quietly offers its own kind of hope: “Tomorrow is a ticket we travel on.” Listeners have name-checked Nick Drake, Bill Callahan, Mazzy Star, and Mojave 3*— and one listener called it “not enough sunlight and too much *Skip Spence

Licorice Chamber – Sentience EP (self-released)

26 May 2025

Based between Tacoma and Seattle, Washington, darkwave / gothic pop four-piece Licorice Chamber began in 2021 as the solo project of renowned US gothic chanteuse, Layla Reyna, formerly of Strap On Halo. Licorice Chamber has since gone on to release two EPs, -The Taste of Falling_ (2022) and Sentience (2024), and toured extensively throughout the Pacific Northwest and US West Coast. Praised by the likes of Post-punk.com (USA), Sonic Seducer (Germany), White Light // White Heat (Italy) and more, Licorice Chamber is a regular favourite with goth DJs, radio, livestreams and podcasts worldwide.

Ryan Edward Kotler - Waiting for Dawn (Coast to Coast)

26 May 2025

Ryan Edward Kotler writes songs that are grounded in real experiences. His work explores the themes of losing people, finding new beginnings, making mistakes, and holding onto those rare moments when everything falls into place. His music moves freely through the world of contemporary Americana, touching on elements of folk, blues, country, and classic rock, depending on where each song naturally wants to go.