Singer-songwriter Merrill Miller released his debut single recently. Passionate and raw, the song is about loneliness and self-imposed isolation, where one yearns to be understood but fear of rejection keeps you quiet. It’s been easy for many to feel such a way in the last two years, and Merrill Miller turned those feelings into a solidarity tune with those struggling.
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Singer-songwriter Shell Bells appeared at Angelo’s Piano Lounge on Tuesday night to kick off her weekly residency there. She plays a mix of covers and originals, bringing her guitar and looping pedals in addition to auxiliary instruments such as elephant bells, sound bowls, and kazoo. “It’s like a portal to 1972,” Bells said about Angelo’s. Shell Bells has been performing
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Nicholas Schubert, known for both being the keyboardist for GGOOLLDD and brains behind shoegaze project BLOOD, released a new synthwave tune under his own name recently. It’s about sparking a connection with someone, eager to share your love with them. With added saxophone from Nate Treddenick and Jake Crowe, the song has a magnetizing romance that feels like a story
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Hip hop artist Eli $tones released a new album this past week. $tones has never been one to keep shit in, and he continues his streak of brutal honesty and emotional vulnerability with tracks about getting left in the dark, giving it all he’s got, losing himself to pressure, and even a loving ode to his mother. His eyes are
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Stoner-prog metal band Emissary dropped a new single this week. Fearsome growls and cumbersome riffage give this song a menacing feel, like we’re climbing a mountain of Hell. It’s an ideal one to do some weightlifting to. This along with Emissary’s recent single “Only Memories” are likely the sign of something bigger to come from them soon, so stay tuned!
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Mathcore band Encarsia teamed up with Richmond, Virginia’s Apostles of Eris for a split tape out on Zegema Beach Records. With unrelenting riffage and shrieking mayhem, these six songs feel like bravery through harrowing pain, incorporating elements of prog rock to evoke a sense of difficult conquest. If you like technical rock with a fierce and brutal edge, look no
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The Lucky 13s are an out-of-the-box band on the rise with their new track, ‘We Can Come Together’, which speaks candidly about love and finding our way back to those who matter in our life. The overture is startling, and the blues funk flavour immediately sweeps us away from modern life’s difficulties. Jamie Johnson appears swiftly, and his voice has
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Garage punks Lack of Reason dropped a new single last week. If you need to put a tune on and throw some fragile objects on the ground to shatter, look no further. This song is full of fiery punk attitude and has a fiercely catchy hook about destroying everything in sight. Lack of Reason jam out for one of those
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Country-Americana band Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel pour whiskey and spread their wings with their latest single. Necci personifies a bird picking at the dead, gathering in numbers and circling high. It’s a jam about tearing things up with your friends wherever you go, unfazed by the unfamiliar. Ryan Necci and the Buffalo Gospel are unstoppable in their debauchery
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Dark ambient project Illuminated Void is out with a new album – and it’s a single 38-minute track that feels like an entire realm. Occult-tinged movements of neoclassical and desolate folk-psychedelia dwell between the ethereal and the abyssal, effectively traversing peaks and valleys of mood. It’s a record designed to bridge fantasy of imagination with realistic wonder, which it accomplishes
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By Bryon Cherry American progress is a term that conjures up some pretty immediate thoughts for many people around the world both good and not so good. American Progress though is a Milwaukee based punk band that is still defining exactly what they are to the world. In October of 2021 they released their debut three song EP, “Unprocessed” as
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If ever you were to hit the lab and crank out an album, the best way to do it is as Arnab Sengupta did on his latest release, Leap of Faith.
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J’Moris’ latest release, Moris Better: Loveless Confessions, is a true concept album.
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Dreamy synthwave project BVSMV’s latest EP is out on Triplicate Records. Embark on the scenic beauty of Bryan Kraft’s latest body of ethereal electronica. Valleys, mountains, forests and prisms are traversed with utmost awe. BVSMV has consistently put out wondrous tunes of hypnagogic quality, and “Kodachrome Forests” is the latest iteration of such.
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Experimental noise project Restraint Malfunction brought us a new track this week. Many of Restraint Malfunction’s pieces have a “fiery” quality to them, and this one exemplifies that in full force. Over twelve and a half minutes, a searing cut of devilish oblivion is explored. Get a feel for apocalyptic noise set ablaze with Restraint Malfunction’s “Heat Magnet.”
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Experimental percussionist Jon Mueller’s latest composition consists of several performances in one. Recorded in the Buckland Museum of Witchcraft and Magic (Cleveland, OH), Mueller uses repetitive drum patterns whose rapid pulsing swells into choir-like phenomena encircling the entire room. It’s an ensnaring exercise from Jon Mueller and a welcome addition to his catalog of envelope-pushing rhythm.
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Artic Baba hit the ground running with their new single, ‘Mr. Crazy’. It is available to stream now on all major streaming platforms. The guitars rip their way through the speakers with genuine charm! There is no energy lost on this track, and the original power from the studio maintains its position in the mix. The overture is everything we
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Trap rap artist Dres released a single this week and it’s pretty straightforward – dude is getting paid and he’s making the right plays. Bouncing back from the darkness, Dres pays no mind to the haters making up stories; they’re only after his money. With an irresistible trap flavor and playful demeanor, Dres once again brings the flashy flex hit
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Indie folk artist Eric Ash follows up his beautifully positive song “All I Can See” with a titular EP. It continues similar sentiments of looking inward, having one another to lean on, and not being too hard on yourself. We’re all doing our best to navigate happiness and fulfillment while constantly swamped by hustle culture when really there’s so much
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Garage-psych rockers Shadows Taller Than Souls dropped an EP a few months back. There’s grooves, trippy imagery, and hellish riffage over three tracks. Encompassing themes of emptiness and doom, Shadows Taller Than Souls get swallowed whole running from underworld giants and treacherous desert storms with “Doom Punk EP.” Note the discombobulating coda of “Crystalline Perceptions” in particular. We hope to
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Hip hop artist Dubb Saq keeps them coming with his new single “Levitating.” He’s feeling on top of everything with this woman by his side; he wants to see the world with her and plow through the haters together. She inspires him to go harder and has him feeling like he’s floating every time she catches his eye. Dubb Saq
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Singer-songwriter Matt Froelich’s latest single is about innovating your soul. Over a gentle electric melody, Froelich sings about taking time for himself and learning who his true friends are. He’s transforming, slowly but surely, into the best version of himself. It’s a heartwarming, uplifting one that reminds everyone that we’re all a work in progress. We hope to hear more
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Punk rockers Cutters are getting their name out there with debut single “New Grenada.” Inspired by the film “Over the Edge,” it’s an exciting tune about rebellious youth. There’s a rabble-rousing touch to the song, akin the guys in the coming-of-age movie that go up against authority. We can feel the enthusiasm from Cutters to get more music out soon
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Pittsburgh space rockers Zombi came to X-Ray Arcade Sunday night, enlisting local support from desert-surf punk rockers Devils Teeth and experimental electronic artist Nicholas Elert. Nicholas Elert is a composer and multi-instrumentalist whose music has encompassed the realms of ambient, drone, and dark electronica. His set Sunday was entirely new material. 2020 was a substantial year for Elert, with two
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There’s a new pop rock star in town and her name’s Tonilynn Boettcher. Her video and song “Rock That Life” is out now and is a bright touch of positivity added to your day. Boettcher sings about ruling the world from the stage with guitar in hand, inviting all to join her. She’s found in various bars with fellow rockers,
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