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Arak James grew up hating country music.

We’ve been keeping a close eye on Monster Wave for a few years now, reason enough to be excited about the latest release from the North Carolina surf rock quartet.

Stirring up a stew of pounding rhythm & blues, dusty Americana, fuzzed-out rock, and spirited psych, Spencer Kilpatrick & The Sand Gators sound like they recorded The Peach Tape with the windows wide open and the desert heat pouring in, and that’s likely…

Cashell is the electro-indie-surf-pop solo project of Edinburgh-based singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Ryan Cashell.

The Etters have quickly become one of the Netherlands’ hottest export products, even though most people abroad probably won’t understand what all their filthy Dutch words mean.

New band alert!

Longtime friends and Cheersquad label mates Lava Fangs (Jamie Coghill, Wesley Fahey, Andrew Horne, and Stu Manchu, from Melbourne) and Benny J Ward (nowadays residing in the Perth Hills) teamed up for a must-have split 7″ that sounds like musicians having…

Seattle’s Scarves return with Strays Forever, tagged ‘dream punk’, ‘indie rock’, ‘little-brother-core’, and ‘fuzz pop’ on Bandcamp, which piqued my curiosity.

Recently, while checking out each other’s show lists, one of my brothers asked me if I wanted to see C.O.F.F.I.N. on their European tour in December.

Armed with just a guitar and a drum kit, Joe Bombast delivers gloriously rough-edged rock ‘n’ roll, distorted and greasy.

Think of a game show model.

A world hurtling through golden mist?

Those gifted D’Addario brothers of The Lemon Twigs may be an anomaly in the universe, but don’t underestimate the talented bunch that are the Lake brothers.

San Francisco power pop quartet The Morning Line on Burbank quality label Big Stir Records, that sounds like a symbiotic partnership that was inevitable.

I think Oblique Love makes it six full-lengths for Colt Wave since they started in 2021?

After a decade on the road, Fox and Bones pause for a little existential sanity check: Are We Still Having Fun?

Nonchalant may look like a gang of street punks, and they are indeed made up of several Oi!

Based on the cover art you might expect mod-tinged Northern soul, but when you press the Play button, you’ll hear experimental art-punk.

When Dany Laj sings “we heard this song a million times, we need another one to sing to,” we feel seen.

Seasick Steve has never needed much more than a battered guitar, a stomping foot, and that gravelly voice to make himself heard.

Earlier this year, Smug Brothers released a compilation of some of their strongest songs to date.

British singer-songwriter Fred Spence (The Surely Knots) and debuting Danish artist Karoline Soon have settled in Paris, where they make music together as The Tambourines.

Space Jaguar’s 2025 debut album, If You Play Expect To Pay, was Mark Grassick’s love letter to 1993’s guitar (power) pop scene.

Belgian surf rockers Humanga Danga have been digging into the genre’s past since 2018 (we previously wrote about 2022’s animating Watusi Peak EP), but Twangamajig!

Nice Shirt is a new art rock trio, based in Brooklyn by way of Atlanta.

As if we needed another reminder that Australia keeps catapulting great punk bands into the global airwaves, here’s Grand Final from Western Sydney.

We begged for more after hearing Wrong Way b/w Flakin’ Out, The Ific’s debut 7″ that made it onto my 2023 year-end list (followed by the Meet The Ific LP in 2024, only released via streaming services, as far as I know).

There isn’t that much good new soul music, so fans of the genre have every reason to welcome Honeybear, the Band with open arms, as advocates of good new soul music.

The weather forecast: plenty of sunshine, partly cloudy, an unexpectedly fine late-summer day, with a chance of melancholy.

The Curse of You Know Who, the sixteenth album by British singer-songwriter/multi-instrumentalist Vinny Peculiar aka Alan Wilkes, takes a decidedly sideways look at the stories we choose to believe.

On their 2023 debut EP, I described The Naggs as Germany’s answer to the Pale Lips.

After a few notes in opening track The Thing you feel that you are in for an entertaining listen once again.

An all-caps attitude, a warped take on Andy Warhol’s famous banana cover (also a reference to the plantain from the album title), and a sleazy sound that makes zero concessions: Bristol-based troublemakers LEATHERS know exactly how to rattle around in your

After our good friends Jay and Josh already raved about it, it’s time for us to throw another log on the Botox fire.

New Jersey trio Defecting Grey released their new album on Fake Chapter Records this week.

It’s a good week for garage psych fans (more to follow), and in that context we should definitely highlight The Buttons, the vivid music project from Glasgow-based singer-songwriter David Walsh.

To avoid confusion among the hardcore kids: yes, this is a new Unity record.

Hamburg, Germany-based garage psych quartet Blackbird Mantra return with their sophomore full-length album, titled 2AM, following 2020’s High And Dry.

Thee Mightees are a go for the wantlist.

The rock ‘n’ roll-soaked world of Fruited Planes (Portland, Oregon) seems to exist somewhere between a smoggy sunset and a sweaty night at the local juke joint.

After the year-end list-worthy albums Dead Meat (2023) and Cotton Crown (2025), you know what to expect from The Tubs: the music of this Cardiff-raised/London-based sonic circus is jangly and angular, melodic and melancholic, folk-inspired and frenetic.

Keeping in mind that Josephine Network already released a yearlist-worthy LP this year, Hooked, which came out last March on Lolipop Records, I did not anticipate a second album to be released, let alone to have it arrive with so little fanfare.

When I decide to share a release from an artist I’ve written about before, I usually revisit my past write-ups.

Wish Road South is the fourth full-length album by Hollow Hand aka Brighton-based singer-songwriter Max Kinghorn-Mills, but collaborating and touring with others inspired him to come up with a plan B and turn this record into a genuine band effort.

Soft Science has known their way around a shimmering guitar for fifteen years, but the Sand LP finds the Sacramento, California-based quintet turning up the heat without losing their dreamlike glow.

It’s raining outside, but I am having a late-summer party in my home office, blasting the new Jagger Holly LP out of the speakers.

In these crazy times, there’s something wonderfully defiant and comforting about making upbeat music.

Seemingly out of nowhere, a new contender for favorite contemporary budget garage-punk act has entered the chat.

Following a series of Country Bangers, Los Angeles-based neo-psych outfit Caravan 222 split their third full-lengther neatly in two: side A is Rowdy and side B is Pouty.

Tangerang (Indonesia) trio Waxtape have been playing music for eight years, and now finally release their debut album, A Million Stars, a ten-song cassette with all songs sung in English.