Faster and Louder

¡Long Live the Resistance! , the new EP from Cindy Lawson, is exactly what the title promises: a collection of raging, defiant songs that pu...

The Gang is back, and you have been properly warned!  Wreckless Eyeballs is the sixth in a string of singles released by desert-pop superhe...

Smack dab in the middle of this most wonderful year for music — a year in which many have observed that real deal rock 'n' roll has ...

Back with its first full-length album since 2020, long-running Minneapolis alt-rock outfit High On Stress delivers an absolute winner on the...

Given the world domination recently achieved by The Peppermint Kicks, I got distracted from the fact that Sal Baglio hadn't released any...

Can we rightfully call an album that comes out on May 1st a "summer" release? Can we even call it an album if it only has seven so...

Look out, kids: we've got a live one here!  GET STIFF! is the ripper of a debut album from Los Angeles, California's Inflatable Ido...

When I first heard that The Peppermint Kicks were releasing a new single on April Fool's Day, I got a little suspicious. Anything having...

In honor of the two-time Walter Cup champions The Minnesota Frost and the gold medal–winning U.S. Women's Olympic Hockey team, Miss Geor...

How about an absolute scorcher of a new single from the legendary Michael Des Barres? Out on Rum Bar Records, "Kiss or Kill Me" fi...

I usually don't write "in memoriam" posts for bands, so I won't quite do that for the The Cheap Cassettes in the wake of t...

You know I always love a good cover song, so I'm more than happy to welcome Gene Champagne's new single on Rum Bar Records. It's...

Here's something very cool from the one-and-only Rum Bar Records. Christina Jean & Her All Stars have released an official music vid...

There's nothing I like more than a nice surprise, and a brand-new single from the mighty Lemon Drop Gang seemingly released out of the b...

One of my favorite things in music is when bands I like do all-covers releases. To me, going into the studio and laying down a bunch of cove...

Now we're cooking with gas! The 66ers are a pop-punk and punk rock all-star team playing '60s-style garage, surf, and bubblegum pop....

Well here it is! When The Vibeke Saugestad Band released its summertime smash "Hey Now Sunshine" a few months back, a full EP was ...

When The Chelsea Curve promised it would have a big year in 2025, the band  meant it! "Never Come Down" is the Boston trio's ...

When it comes to my favorite new bands I've discovered in 2025, The Jive is #1 with a bullet. And it's not just because they're ...

And so here we are with something very special from Rum Bar Records! To commemorate 30 years of the world being fortunate enough to have The...