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May 22, 2026

Boston rockers THE MAGIC CITY turn Boston and London into one imagined city on their debut album

Sam Vane by Cait Grace
May 22, 2026

Grunge rocker Sam Vane refuses to let shoegaze swallow the vocal on “islander”

OCHRE
May 22, 2026

OCHRE’s β€œTrouble In The Eye Of The Beholder.” bends post-hardcore into self-interrogation

BLACK MANTRA by Matthieu Joubert
May 22, 2026

BLACK MANTRA bend hardcore, punk, and reggae into β€œSlow Motion Apocalypse”

SINNER SELF live at Destroy Fest vol. 4
May 21, 2026

Deathcore act SINNER SELF comment on Slovakia’s underground, share “Malignant”

Celvro Dog, by Ida Muren Olsen
May 21, 2026

Fjord noir act VELCRO DOG returns with a major-key experiment wrapped in depressive lyrics on “The Gonzo Futurist Manifesto”

Winded, by Alexander Leary
May 20, 2026

Winded preview heavier LP3 with “Double Memoir”, shot solo during a Miami lunar eclipse

Undergust
May 20, 2026

UNDERGUST return after eight years with a crust/grind shift in “Collapsing In Silence”

TRIP VILLAIN, by Robby Grodin
May 19, 2026

Industrial nu metallers TRIP VILLAIN turn β€œDose” into a 50/50 dance/metal overload

SADFACE
May 19, 2026

Dark ambient act SADFACE returns with cinematic score “Unsolved: KD-1” for Polish true crime documentary

mangualde
May 19, 2026

Blackened crust screamo beast MANGUALDE turn humiliation and wrath into a blackened debut with “A Festa”

HONEY VHS
May 19, 2026

Brooklyn’s HONEY VHS swaddle their folk-rock in analog warmth on “With Pulp”

Mr. Charisma
May 19, 2026

Evil in This World – True Detective inspired project MR. CHARISMA turns philosophical pessimism into four songs in minor and Dorian scales

Elephant Jake
May 19, 2026

Indie pop punk rockers ELEPHANT JAKE walk through “’98”, shaped by Masayoshi Takanaka and the loss of two grandfathers

Chris Broach band - by Sonja Broach
May 19, 2026

Chris Broach (BRAID) pulls from Orwell on “Ministry of Truth,” from new solo EP “Reality Sufferer”

ATOMIK CLOCKS
May 18, 2026

ATOMIK CLOCKS split bass, drums, sax, and synth into two different experimental machines

Seek Validation Loop
May 18, 2026

Italy’s SEEK VALIDATION LOOP send “Dead Letter”, a cold new wave about dead chats and rebuilt hearts

Tangled In Wires
May 18, 2026

Sydney’s TANGLED IN WIRES turn childhood trauma into a continuous story on β€œAll That’s Left”

Body Stuff by Jackie Roman
May 18, 2026

Caterwaul 2026: Rye Coalition playing their first show since 2011, six bands interview, and Rainer Fronz from a hospital room

JAGUERO
May 18, 2026

JAGUERO on the displacement, burnout and defiance running through “Make Me Feel Alive Again”

OBJECT FICTION by Tim Thielen
May 18, 2026

OBJECT FICTION map Austin’s heavy shoegaze corner, from Whisper and Late Wife to gallery shows and smoke shop gigs

Bottom Feeder
May 18, 2026

BOTTOM FEEDER talk debut EP “I”, bringing early-2000s metalcore back home, and Calgary’s all-ages scene rebuild

The Chronicles of Manimal and Samara 2026
May 16, 2026

London progressive duo THE CHRONICLES OF MANIMAL AND SAMARA channel AI rage into “Misantropi”

SPARTA by John Carluccio
May 16, 2026

SPARTA talk “Cut A Silhouette,” and feeling like a band again

DEAD TO FALL
May 15, 2026

DEAD TO FALL revisit the 2001 demo that landed them on Victory, first vinyl pressing out now!

Boston's Robo Pumpkin release their debut LP "The Autumn Here"
May 15, 2026

ROBO PUMPKIN’s indie emo debut “The Autumn Here” arrives without a single guitar on the record

WRANG
May 15, 2026

Introducing: Belgian hardcore quartet WRVNG – “Spectacle of Fear” single dropped!

Lou+Lou+Louie
May 15, 2026

Nebraska emo band LOU LOU LOUIE! discuss small emo scene, four-hour round trips, and “Social Smoking”

March Dove live
May 15, 2026

Polish grungegaze quartet MARCH DOVE on Jungian shadows, Japanese shoegaze, and the One Piece scenes hiding in their songs

Gab De La Vega by Brano Vartovnik
May 15, 2026

Gab De La Vega returns to Canada for a month of solo shows

Comprehending by Alec Erlingmark
May 15, 2026

Instrumental math rockers COMPREHENDING step outside Sweden for the first time with FOR EXAMPLE JOHN this summer

maneating orchid
May 14, 2026

Indian mathcore machine MANEATING ORCHID pull Bad Brains, Gorguts and a Zorn-style swing section into “Cosmic Shroud”

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