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Singles! ALIENBLAZE, “Romantically Dead (Live)”

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Sumerian Records is quickly becoming one of our “go to” labels when it comes to new music. Artists like Bones UK was always a favorite of ours, Poppy consistently slays, and we (gasp) only recently discovered Bad Omens and, in particular, the glory that is The Death of Peace of Mind (Easily making it onto our ‘Tops of ’22’ list). Which brings us to ALIENBLAZE who has released a slew of poignant Trip-Hop meets Grunge singles with one of the more recent songs, “Romantically Dead”, seeing an “official” live release recently.

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Singles! Lux Lyall, “Draw Blood”

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There’s a lot right with the latest single from Lux Lyall. Actually, what we meant is that all is right with the latest single from Lux Lyall. One of those “Where have I heard that before?” songs that’s just inherently timeless, “Draw Blood” is a mix of feels that combines the Gothic Pop of artists like PJ Harvey and Chelsea Wolfe with the Electro Western side of Wall Of Voodoo and the dark Americana of Tom Petty or Alannah Myles.

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Singles! Vicious Blonde, “Dreams Come True”

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A relentless rollickin’ Rawk fest from start to finish, the newest single from Melbourne’s Vicious Blonde is some of the best barely two minutes you’ll have the privilege of listening to in 2022 from a quartet that’s just getting started rocking your socks off.

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Singles! The Endorphins, “Myopic Dystopia”

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Art Credit: Matt Bass Media

Y’all are digging Boston’s The Endorphins so far, right? Well, if you ain’t then you should change that status toot suite! For the rest of us, latest single “Myopic Dystopia” is an even more gnarly continuation of “Voyager Of A Daydream” as we march forward to the new full-length, Nothing Is Real, on November 11th. And unlike that aforementioned previous single, though, which leaned a little more towards Alt Rawk, “Myopic Dystopia” is this kind of all around rad ruckus that’s calculated and determined and hella anthemic.

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Singles! Senseless Optimism, “Done”

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Artwork by Pete Pagan

Wow, what a breath of fresh air the newest single from Lowell’s Senseless Optimism is. But wait, what? ANOTHER artist out of Lowell filling up our headspace on RNRF?!?! Looks like it! And we’re all going to have to accept that Lowell is quickly turning into the next hot hub for some of Massachusetts’ best new emerging artists.

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Singles! Tysk Tysk Task, “Ocean Now”

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After covering the brilliant “Colors” single by Lowell’s own Tysk Tysk Task, we somehow managed to drop the ball and completely miss the equally brilliant “Rosegold” released in late July (Check it out here)… but we’ll be damned if we miss out again! Well, a little at least seeing as we missed the release of “Ocean Now” by a week or two. Hey, we’re trying!

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Singles! Eldridge Rodriguez, “Scars in the Vein”

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Eldridge Rodriguez is one of those artists that you either love… or ya love? Right?!?! Like, how can you say you love music if you don’t get one of the undisputed greats?!?! It makes no sense. And we might be biased because our home base is around their home base but we’re pretty sure that if we were on the West Coast or in another country we’d still love what Eldridge Rodriguez do so very well on the regular.

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Singles! dropbear, “Bystander”

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Tapping into the Alt-Rawk fuzz of the ’90’s, Boston’s dropbear exude an enchanting kind of aura on debut single, “Bystander”, which is similarly endearing to fans of that era of music while also standing tall as an enduring track all its’ own serving as the perfect introduction to the quintet ahead of their first EP arriving in July.

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Premiere! No More Blue Tomorrows, “Chaperone”

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In the grand tradition of U2’s “Where The Streets Have No Name” video treatment and many a guerilla rooftop concert moment caught on tape a la The Beatles and Limp Bizkit comes a different sort of moment captured by Nashua, NH’s own No More Blue Tomorrows. A moment at the top of a parking garage. Where (mostly) no one shows up (Insert bug-eyed emoji here). But in a good way.

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Singles! Idler Wheel, “Matches”

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Boston’s Idler Wheel is back with a new single ahead of a new album arriving in late May and if the rest of the rekkid is anything like “Matches” then fans are in for a treat and then some. Actually, we’ve heard said album that “Matches” is the lead single from and we know it is indeed a treat and then some so apologies on the misdirect to create some drama/mystery. Our bad!

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