First One by Hamish Cook Hamish Cook Instrumental Blues RIYL: B.B. King, Rory Gallagher, Eric Clapton Articulated guitar notes. If you wanted a guitar lesson, who would you go see? Well, that always depends on what kind of guitar
Wow & Flutter – EP by Glass Mountain Glass Mountain Alternative Rock RIYL: The Smiths, Superchunk, Cults Sorrow and yearning have always been commonplace in pop music. Hailing from the City of Bradford, United Kingdom, Glass Mountain has made
Mirror Reaper by Bell WitchBell Witch Doom RIYL: Pallbearer, Rosetta, Wolves in the Throne Room Seattle doom metal duo Bell Witch have created a monolith with their third full-length record Mirror Reaper. The album consists of a single work –
Heart it Breaks by ThoughtsThoughts Power Pop / Psychedelic Rock RIYL: Tame Impala, The Beach Boys, Moon Taxi Some say that power pop and psychedelic rock are two sounds that shouldn’t go together. Other people are fans of The
The Trouble With Teeth by Little CoyoteLittle Coyote Alt / Indie Rock RIYL: Joanna Newsom, Tori Amos, Feist Most of the time, first records cause bands to rely too heavily on their influences. The band does so in an
Thomas by The Shaftons The Shaftons Pop-Punk RIYL: Dropkick Murphys, Green Day, Bad Religion If you weren’t sure what an Austrian version of the Dropkick Murphy’s would sound like, wonder no longer. The Shaftons a five-piece from Vienna, Austria,
Setbacks by WellsaidWellsaid Emocore RIYL: Knapsack, Drive Like Jehu, Taking Back Sunday Who knew an emocore revival was going to be needed in 2017? If you would have told me that it would be a sparsely known three-piece from
Midas by GoldleafGoldleaf Pop-punk RIYL: Paramore, Tonight Alive, Tsunami Bomb Pop-punk for Ohio’s own Goldleaf. This, their debut EP Midas, is reminiscent of early 2000s pop-punk with a twist. Fronted by Ayana Cheston, the group conjures up easy comparisons
Savage Beauty by Jon HopeJon Hope Conscious Hip-Hop RIYL: Kendrick Lamar, AntiLilly, Immortal Technique Conscious, hard-hitting hip-hop from Jon Hope. From his website, Hope was born in Providence, Rhode Island. He is the son of his West African mother
Odyssea by DOJDOJ (Dawn of Justice) Metalcore RIYL: I, The Breather, The Ghost Inside, Alive in Barcelona DOJ (Dawn of Justice) is a modern metal band with metalcore sensibilities founded in 2008. The quartet resides in Pau, but are
