Featured Releases
essential new releases we put at the top of the list.
July 29th, 2022Phony, the creative indie/emo/gaze bedroom pop project of Neil Berthier, formerly of Donovan Wolfington and current touring guitarist in Joyce Manor, is gearing up to release his upcomign full length titled "At Some Point You Stop" via his own label, Phony Industries on July 29th, 2022. About Phony and the upcoming release: A lot has changed for Neil Berthier since he put out his last record as PHONY in 2020. After losing his father to dementia, moving from Boston to Los Angeles, joining ...
August 5th, 2022Mt. Crushmore Records and New Jersey-based rock band Mercy Union are excited to announce the Friday, August 5 release of White Tiger, the trio’s second full-length studio album (pre-order). Inspired by memories of frontman Jared Hart’s formative years and the connection to late-nineties/early-aughts radio rock his older sister would blast in her car, the songs on White Tiger not only capture the spirit and essence of those years and the powerful magic of its music, but are bursting at the seams ...
August 12th, 2022Brooklyn, NY post-punk/indie rockers Pilot to Gunner are gearing up to release their J. Robbins produced fourth studio LP titled "Hail Hallucinator" on August 12, 2022 via Arctic Rodeo. The album will mark their first LP in 10 years. Said about the new LP, Hail Hallucinator is Pilot To Gunner’s fourth record and may only exist because the members of the band were locked indoors during the pandemic. Scott Padden and Patrick Hegarty are, as always, holding it down on vocals and guitars and are jo...
August 19th, 2022Today, Silversun Pickups announce Physical Thrills, their Butch Vig-produced sixth album, which will be released on August 19th via their label, New Machine Recordings. Brian Aubert of the band shares about the album: “This record is alive. It sits somewhere in between a collection of songs and an imaginary friend. A friend that from March of 2020 to April of 2021 would not only introduce itself to me but keep me company through that time of intense isolation. A friend that would remind me that ...
August 19th, 2022Following on from the success and rich promise of their debut LP ‘This Is Not The End’ in 2019, Oslo’s Spielbergs return triumphantly with their 12 song follow up LP titled ‘Vestli’, set for release on August 19, 2022 via Big Scary Monsters. The new record sees the band stir that huge melting pot of anthemic heart-on-sleeve indie/punk rock, with their own frenetic, 1000mph energy and intense heaviness – soaring and heartfelt but weighty and dark. The result is something that sits within th...
August 26th, 2022Montreal, Quebec's melodic post-hardcore band SPITE HOUSE have announced their debut 10 track self-titled LP out August 26th on digital streaming and 12″ via New Morality Zine. The LP will follow up their 3 song Afraid EP released earlier this year. Their sound harkens back to the post-hardcore of the mid/late 90s in bands like Seaweed, Quicksand, Texas is the Reason and Hot Water Music only with more gruff and hardcore leanings. They'd also fit right in with more recent bands like Drug Church, ...
August 26th, 2022Baltimore, MD's The Dangerous Summer have announced details surrounding their new, upcoming album ‘Coming Home’ out August 26 via Rude Records. Coming Home’ ushers in a new era for The Dangerous Summer. They’ve shaken the snow globe a bit, adding longtime touring guitarist Withenshaw (ex-Every Avenue) as an official member alongside Zawacki, as well. They recorded with Will Beasley (Turnstile, Asking Alexandria, Emarosa), a protégé of producer Paul Leavitt (All Time Low, Yellowcard, The Us...
August 26th, 2022Baltimore/D.C. post-hardcore band Pianos Become The Teeth have announced their new album "Drift" set for release August 26th via Epitaph Records. The fifth studio album is a follow up to 2018's "Wait For Love" and will feature 10 new tracks of their atmospheric brooding yet melodic post-rock, including the previously released singles 'Genevieve', 'Skiv' and 'Buckley' which can all be streamed below. ...
August 26th, 2022Minneapolis, MN twinkly emo-pop punk rockers return with a new self titled and self released LP, dropping August 26, 2022. The album features 10 brand new tracks of their classic sing-along fist in the air emo-punk anthems, with theri trade mark mathy rhythms and technical guitar noodling, sure to please fans of old and new. Check out the three previously released singles from the forthcoming LP below. ...
August 26th, 2022Ann Arbor, MI and Portland, OR indie/emo rock band No Better are gearing up to release their sophomore LP titled "The Colors and All" on August 26, 2020 via No Sleep Records. The band fits perfectly along side much of the emo revival stuff that's been coming out as of late, and their new album should be no exception. Chock full of pop hooks, sincere emotion and sweet melodies, No Better's sophomore LP shows continued signs of maturity and progress in their singwriting abilities, and would not be...
August 30th, 2022Los Angeles, CA shoegazing fuzz pop alt-rockers Milly are gearing up to release their Dangerbird Records debut full length LP titled "Eternal Ring" set for release on August 30, 2022. The album was produced by Corey Coffman and features 9 new tracks, including the previously released first single "Illuminate" and newly released single "Nullify". Although a fairly new project and with 2 outstanding Eps already under their belt, Milly perfectly melds together elements of classic shoegaze, slowcore...
