Jun 12, 2026 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Since their formation in 2016, Milwaukee trio Snag have quietly carved out their own unique space in the DIY underground, quickly becoming a favorite of listeners hungry for emotional hardcore that delivered more than just aimless chaos. On All The Cages Holding Us...
Jun 12, 2026 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
For almost two decades, Genghis Tron bandleaders Michael Sochynsky and Hamilton Jordan have gazed into the future and imagined what the world would look like after the extinction of our species— an outcome that has long troubled but also inspired them to steer the...
Jun 10, 2026 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Upper Wilds is the Brooklyn-based noise rock trio composed of Dan Friel (Parts & Labor), Jason Binnick and Jeff Ottenbacher. Today, they are announcing their fourth LP Mercury, which will be released on August 28 via Thrill Jockey. Embodying its...
Jun 9, 2026 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
In a world increasingly shaped by disposable content, Chat Pile answers with something defiantly real and organic, a mentality that permeates Who Loves the Sun, their third full-length record, incoming September 4, 2026. Since the band’s formation just over six...
Jun 9, 2026 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Ty Segall shifts into sharp metallic form on his new album, Chrome, to be released August 28. Pre-cleared for flight in full rock congress with his whole band in tow, Chrome is a death-defying dive into Ty’s surrealist worlds and dark apocalyptic passages, thumping in...
Jun 8, 2026 | Dave Allison, Features, News & Notes
Arriving right on time for its 20th anniversary (and a U.S. tour kicking off next week!), Faun Fables’ musical theater work The Transit Rider returns on August 28, 2026 in a lovely 2xLP vinyl release that dimensionally burnishes the bristling performances and elevated...