PICK OF THE WEEK

Some bands don’t mind using the same formula over and over again, and while 308 Ghost Train haven’t been in the business of making rock music for very long, they’re already proving that they’re not a part of the aforementioned group of artists in their new single “Bleed Over Me.” …

Little Hurt’s new single “Alaska” doesn’t feature a lot of grandiosity, and when it starts to play, there isn’t an enormous instrumental introduction that prepares us for the pop wonderment about to come pouring out of the stereo speakers. Off the top, the first thing we come in contact with …

Just like we yearn for home when we need comforting, or have a taste for chicken noodle soup when we don’t feel our best, gravitating towards songs that ‘just get us’ and change our moods is part of human nature. Right? We all have that tape we wore out in …

Roaring out of the ethers with an anger that will continue to swell for the next forty minutes, Culture Shock Treatment’s opening cut – its title track – doesn’t waste our time with a big, bombastic intro before getting right into the ferociousness of Round Eye’s one of a kind punk …

With a swift kick from an electric guitar riff, a deluge of drum-led chills come pouring out of our speakers as “If This Is Real” begins to play. The opening track on the new album from Dizzy Box Nine, Faster Than Anticipation, “If This Is Real” sets the tone for everything …

On the back of a textured guitar melody, we suddenly find ourselves in the trenches of a majestic groove as “Behave,” track one in the new album from Riches of the Poor titled The Long Way Down. The tone of the instrumentation suggests that catharsis isn’t far away, but at …

In their new extended play, appropriately titled 100% Cool, rockers JD & the RetroRyders don’t waste our time with a cerebral intro or any sort of pomp and prestige unbecoming of a true rock band – they jump right into the fire with “If It’s Out There It’s Mine.” Loaded with …

Mixing a little bit of country, blues, folk and pop/rock together in a single isn’t exactly a new idea, but that doesn’t make the cocktail Mad River puts together for the world in “Come As You Are” any less exciting this June. Available in both single and lyric video formats, …

Casting a dark yet wholly enticing shadow with every incredible beat it throws in our direction, “Living in My Dreams” gets Impresario’s new LP Songs from Inside started on a spectacularly smooth note to put it quite mildly. Leading us down a path beset with harmonies somehow both heavenly and menacing …

Though they’re not the typical flash point of warmth in a pop song, the synths that find their way into the mix of “Habibi,” the new single from acclaimed pop singer Ilyah, are undeniably one of the most sizzling components in the whole of the track. Whether encountered in the …