Category: Rock

Alien Friends and An-Identified Flying Objects start “Happy People Won’t Hear” with a keyboard sound and shimmering guitars that immediately fill the space. The beginning is welcoming and comfortable. Nothing is rushed. The song is slow and seductive, luring you in slowly until you feel fully at home in its mood. The vocals are subdued, almost as if someone is […]

Lawnmother’s Medicine Hit Parade Mix starts off simply and stripped back with just a few notes, reminiscent of the beginning of a story around the fire. It grows rapidly and when the track finally lets go, it opens up with sound and energy in a swift pace that never completely loses its raw edge. This is not a track to […]

There are some songs that stay with you for a long time. This is one of those. In “Who Do You Belong to Now? (Great Southern Land),” Paul Louis Villani has come out with something so moving, something that penetrates and sticks with you after the song is over. The first thing that catches the ear is the vocals. The […]

There are songs that simply make you feel good. Not in a complicated way. Just good. One of those is Ooola Hooora. Once it begins you’re already nodding, when that bassline kicks in you’re all in. All of the instruments, vocals and sounds were recorded by Sean Tweedley himself in his home studio in Los Angeles. That kind of dedication […]

Rosso Tierney has always appeared as if he has something significant to say. Now in “Oh Divine,” though, he seems to have found the purest path to doing it. This song is not as loud as some of his previous songs. It’s mostly about piano and vocals, and I believe it’s the simplicity that makes the emotions hit the target. […]

I must admit, this wasn’t what I thought I was going to get. When I heard that there was a Fortunate Son cover being released by Motihari Brigade, the project led by guitarist and songwriter Eric Winston, I felt it was logical as it is a popular song. But I didn’t expect it to hit this hard. I was kind […]

The opening of this song is pretty nice. The acoustic guitar is soft, calm, unhurried, it slowly draws you in before the full sound begins to open up. When it goes right, that’s a slow build that can feel really satisfying. Here, I think it really does. When it all falls into place, you’re in it. The jangly guitars and […]

There are some songs which sound like they were ripped from a moment and never tidied up after. Fight is just that. It is raw and spontaneous, and it’s something you can’t fake. Right from the opening riff it pulls you in, and the tension doesn’t let up throughout. This is why it’s so interesting. The guitars are fuzz-heavy and […]

When a song has a clear message and delivers it with this much enthusiasm, it’s just so satisfying. From the opening riff, Doing Fine has you by the short hairs and doesn’t drop you. It’s raw and immediate like the best punk and grunge songs are and it embraces that influence.There’s an honesty in the performance that makes every lyric […]

This track gets to you in a subtle way. It doesn’t shout or impress you immediately. It begins with a piano, simple, reverb-laden, and simply sits with you for a moment. The opening alone is enough to set the tone for something that feels like a true film, and a bit sad in the best way. Then the guitar comes […]

This is one of the few songs “The American Boys (The Ballad of Frank Gusenberg and the St Valentine’s Day Massacre)”, to bring a 90-year-old true crime story to life. With real style, Dave Omlor does it. The first few seconds you know what kind of ride you are in for. It’s loud, it’s fun, it’s this kind of energy […]

There are songs that feel like a warm hand on your shoulder. Bells of Silver by Arn-Identified Flying Objects and Alien Friends is one of those. It is soft, deliberate and quite easy to sit with. As if it draws you back to it on lazy nights, perhaps when you just want a feeling of honesty and human nature to […]

It’s a thing about good synthwave, it’s like, I’m in a different place. Peel The Sun does that from first note. It immerses you into this cozy and somewhat disorienting universe, which seems like a movie you’ve already watched but forgot. It’s a feat seldom achieved. The production here is really amazing. Each layer is in the correct position. The […]

There are songs out there that just have a swing to them that you can’t help but get into. Decisions is a track of that sort. It’s immediately apparent when you start the track that there’s the groove in you, and it never leaves. It’s a song that will make you feel good without you realizing it. The track pulls […]

There are songs that have no description but are very easy to feel. Under Your Spell is just such a song. It slowly wraps itself around you and by the time you realise what’s going on you are already lost in it. That’s not a bad thing, it’s a good thing. This is a really satisfying instrumentation, breezy and layered. […]

Some songs simply make you want to turn up the volume. For the Weak is one of them. It comes in with a sense of urgency, a sense of restlessness, it’s alive, guitars crash in. No soft start here. It goes for it and that confidence is contagious. There’s something very immediate about the energy of the track. It doesn’t […]

There are some songs that take some time to show themselves. Let Us In by The Shrubs is one of these. It slowly fades in, like it’s sneaking up on you, and you’re all in before you know it. This gradual development is one of what makes it so effective. The drums established the mood from the get-go. This pulse […]

Some songs are instant hits and I believe that War Killer does just that. From the beginning there is this kind of unrefined energy that is continually moving forward. It is loud and urgent, but not faux. There’s a reason for this. There are many songs that attempt to be meaningful, perhaps, but this one does feel like it’s from […]