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Tops Of ’25: VOWWS I’ll fill your house with an army

You ever get an advance for one of your most anticipated releases months in advance, make a boatload of nonsensical observations initially, move onto the next shiny thing in the moment, then have an “OH shit!” moment when you realize that record you’ve had for some time is about to actually arrive??? Us neither. But […]

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Tops Of ’25: Hunting Accidents, Gifts|Choices|Poisons

What if you took all the best opening tracks/instrumental intros from all the greatest Rawk albums ever, huddled them together under one roof, then unleashed it into the world? That’s kind of the vibe we’re getting from Hunting Accidents and their epic new opus Gifts|Choices|Poisons.

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Tops Of ’25: Neverless.am, The Quiet Room

There was a reason we swore that the Neverless.am singles released in 2024 would bookend our local best of playlist (Hear it here if you missed it) and definitely a reason that the record that those tracks (“Can’t Let Go”, “Will I Ever?”) would eventually end up on was one [...]

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Singles! Spirit Hotel, “Perfume”

Maybe it’s the Salem base of operations of it all or the all around dreamy nature of what Spirit Hotel do but something just speaks to us, okay? And maybe something will speak to you as well upon hearing new single “Perfume”.

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Frankie Eris Crafts Subdued, Soulful Alternative On killher

While we get a fair share of new music throughout the year (Okay, a LOT of new music throughout the year) there’s only a small amount that we’d honestly label as a “must hear” or in rarer cases “a diamond in the rough” because in today’s climate it’s really hard [...]

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WARFIELD Goes Full Post-Punk For Glorious Modern Goth Soundtrack Across Deathrock Devotionals

As OG She Wants Revenge fans (Read: since the songs/EP before the debut LP and venturing to TT The Bear’s for their first MA visit just for a support slot set) we have been highly skeptical of what’s come in the lead up to vocalist/guitarist/keyboardist Justin Warfield’s Deathrock Devotionals full-length. [...]

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Singles! MY RUIN, “The Audacity”

The pairing of vocalist extraordinaire Tairrie B and multi-instrumentalist Mick Murphy has been on a legendary run lately. Returning following some time away from the grind in 2020 with the SWTEVL project which culminated in a slew of singles and a massive full-length in late 2023, the Murphy’s are taking [...]

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