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Billy Bobak writes like someone catching memories in real time. Based in London and holding down a full-time job as a doctor, he’s building a parallel life as a songwriter, folding classic British alt-rock DNA into something more loose, personal, and slightly crooked at the edges. Billy Wakes Up is his first full-length, the opening…
Verticoli have been shaping Tasmania’s alt-rock scene for years. The trio built their name on direct songwriting and the kind of unpolished precision that comes from time on stage. They’ve toured across Australia, sharing bills with Cog, DZ Deathrays, Kingswood, and British India, and their live reputation feeds straight into how they record — loud,…
Dark City Kings have been shaping their sound in a weathered homestead outside Black Mountain, North Carolina. The six-piece: Colleen Rose, Merlin Armstrong, Kyrie Antoinette, Bayla Ostrich, Craig Rumney, and JP Kennedy, pull from bands like The Waterboys, Blondie, and The Cure, but the results don’t feel secondhand. They’ve built something that leans on new…
Dez Rocket has spent years in alt-synth rock, stacking sounds and dialing in details. Akashic Walker cuts most of that out. It’s a quiet track built on a few choices: soft guitar, muted keys, steady rhythm, and a vocal that stays close. It’s his first love song, and you can tell. The line “So I…
The first thing you notice with A Different Kind is how familiar it sounds – not in a recycled way, but in how it settles in instantly, like a song you forgot you already knew. It’s been five years since Social Gravy released the EP, and the reissue lands at the right time. “Happening Now”…
Version XXVII cut loose with “Tired!” – a furious anthem born in a DIY under-stairs booth and fueled by genuine exhaustion with the world. Kaylee Kean’s songwriting hits like a lightning strike: she opens alongside jagged guitar chords that barrel into Robert Purner’s gut-punch production and guttural vocal swells. When the trumpets kick in, an…
“Phases” is the kind of debut that doesn’t aim for loud fireworks, it just lands, solid and raw. The track is led by Lenny Jennings’ guitar, which feels more like a lead character than a supporting instrument. There’s tension in the way he plays, not in the technicality, but in the way each note seems…