alt rock

BottleRock Napa 2024 featured band Tors release new song, Happy Enough

February 8, 2024

Every year BottleRock Napa Festival serves up a lineup that is not to be missed. From legendary headliners to up and coming new bands, your craving for killer music will be satisfied. Today we would like to introduce to our first BottleRock Napa Featured Artist for 2024, Tors. Tors is a trio from the UK and they have just released a new song, Happy Enough. They say the song is a personal one and it truly captured my heart. It is an alternative track that holds such raw emotion as we all are searching for happiness and the answers to what we really need. Check out the track on the links HERE  or below:     We can’t wait to catch them play at BottleRock and they will be playing on Sunday May, 26th. We will update you with set times and stages when it gets released. They do have a couple other tour dates in the US.   Meanwhile head over to their social media sites and stay up to date on their latest [Read More]

Music News

Maggie Rogers releases title track/video from upcoming new album, Don’t Forget Me

February 8, 2024

  GRAMMY® Award-nominated songwriter/producer/performer Maggie Rogers is set to release her third studio album, Don’t Forget Me on April 12th via Capital Records. Maggie has been one of our favorite vocalists since the first time we heard her perform at Outside Lands in 2017. She has risen to the top since then and there is no stopping her.  Maggie comments on her new album, I wanted to make an album that sounded like a Sunday afternoon,” explains Rogers in the letter below, which tells the story of the making of Don’t Forget Me. “Worn in denim. A drive in your favorite car. No make up, but the right amount of lipstick. Something classic. The mohair throw and bottle of Whiskey in Joan Didion’s motel room. An old corvette. Vintage, but not overly Americana. I wanted to make an album to belt at full volume alone in your car, a trusted friend who could ride shotgun and be there when you needed her.”      Today Maggie released the title track along with a video which was filmed in Super 8 in Maine and [Read More]

New Music

Skate punk band Totally Slow release new single/video off upcoming LP

February 8, 2024

  Skate punk band Totally Slow are gearing up for the release of their fourth LP, Future Burns and are releasing the single and video for the title track. Their music carries a nostalgic nod to 90s garage bands and skater surf punk, all the while wrapped in killer guitars for an updated melodic sound. Check out the video here:   Described by guitarist and vocalist Scott Hicks as “an existential field trip through the tortured mind of an omnipotent autocrat drowning under the weight of anxiety and obsolete tech,“ the song serves as a sneak peek into their upcoming second LP with Ohio’s Refresh Records. The upcoming album was recorded at The Sandwich Shoppe with Scotty Sandwich. Features collaborations with Noelle from Shehehe and Sam from Man or Astroman. Mastered by Mike Westbrook. Check out tour dates: April 6 – Chapel Hill NC with Teen Mortgage & Death Lens May 4 – Greensboro NC LP Release Party at Flat Iron with Shehehe May 16 – Richmond VA at Banditos with Night!Night! And Talk Me Off May 17 – Washington DC [Read More]

Alternative Rock

Normandie release new record “Dopamine Clinic” this Friday

February 7, 2024

Stockholm trio, Normandie, announced their new album ‘Dopamine’ last September. Now the wait is over, the record will finally be released this Friday, February 9th 2024 via Easy Life Records. Set in a not-too-distant and – crucially – not-at-all-unrealistic future, Normandie’s fourth album, ‘Dopamine’, finds the band asking two unsettling questions: what if we pushed our brains and bodies far beyond their limits? And what if we already are? On their follow-up to 2021’s ‘Dark & Beautiful Secrets’, Philip, Håkan (Almbladh – guitar) and Anton (Franzon – drums) tackle the overstimulation of modern life head-on, and answer some hefty questions with some even bigger songs to produce a devastating, clinical example of everything a modern rock band should be. “The whole album is about the chase for different highs and natural chemicals: oxytocin, serotonin, dopamine, endorphins, adrenaline…” starts Philip. “What if dopamine had to be clinically provided because we’ve burned through our receptors?” “Making this album futuristic and dystopian came very naturally when we started discussing the current state of the world. We’re all on [Read More]

New Music

Alkaline Trio share new video for “Break” – new album out NOW!

January 27, 2024

The legendary Alkaline Trio shared another new video yesterday for the single “Break”, just in time for the release of their new record “Blood, Hair And Eyeballs“, which was finally released yesterday via Rise Records. In the course of last week the band around singer Matt Skiba presented their latest single “Bad Time” live at Jimmy Kimmel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0hQLVroxWo “Blood, Hair And Eyeballs” was recorded and produced by Grammy-award-winning producer Cameron Webb at Studio 606 in Northridge, California. It presents Alkaline Trio, which reduced their sound to the skin and bone of their distinctive sonic spirit and brought this dark essence into so far unknown territory. “Blood, Hair And Eyeballs” is not only a dark glowing example of the characteristic mix of ironic-lyrical wit and the bittersweet melodic sensibility of the trio, but also the confluence of endings and beginnings – it’s the first album the band released via the new label Rise Records, but also the last, where long-time band member Derek Grant can be heard, who was part of the band since their classic [Read More]

New Music

Buster shuffle share new video for “Hold Back The Rebels”

January 27, 2024

After the 2022-hit album “Go Steady” London Ska-Pop-punks Buster Shuffle return to the stage and bring a brand-new Buster-hymn with them called “Hold Back The Rebels”. When Jet moved at the end of lockdown, he noticed he had a truly unusual neighbor. In the neighbor’s garden lived a turkey, a very very loud bird (day and night). This noisy meleagridinae (feel free to google it) spoiled a lot of tea times in the garden. Something had to be done, so Jet prepared his beloved cat and his dog (the rebels) for an “attack over the fence”. When his wife found out about it, she intervened last minute and ordered him to hold the rebels back. During the production of the 7-inch-single and the tour no turkeys’ have been and will be harmed. The neighborhood dispute was solved peacefully. Only 500 pieces of “Hold Back The Rebels”, on the b-side there’ll also be a brand-new song “Them Like Thunder”, will be pressed on 7-inch-green vinyl and can only be bought at Buster Shuffle live shows and [Read More]

Music News

Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts release rockin new single

January 25, 2024

Tuk Smith & The Restless Hearts are sure to capture your attention with the release of their latest single, Take The Long Way. Check out the news below: “Take the Long Way” is a spirited sing-along rock anthem. It draws inspiration from Smith’s turbulent experience of not only being kicked off the 2021 Motley Crue Stadium tour, but also being dropped from both his label and booking agent amid the COVID era. The track encapsulates the classic self-sabotage meets redemption tale. In true Tuk Smith style, you’re hooked from the first riff. However, “Take the Long Way” is a different beast compared to previous songs; while there are plenty of killer tunes in the back catalogue, this new track exudes a different kind of freshness and eagerness to please. Comparisons to Springsteen and Petty are inevitable when listening to Tuk Smith, but he undoubtedly possesses a toe-tapping quality unlike any other. With this track pumping, you can easily envision yourself in a Dodge Ram, tapping your hands on the steering wheel while driving down the highway and just as easily envision yourself in a suit, humming along while entering an office on the 75th floor. That’s the allure of Tuk; [Read More]