Atlanta rapper Grip turns to emotive melodic punk with SCATTRBRAIN

In Shorts: New Releases, Oct 17-24

Into TROUBLE BOUND’s working-class story “Here to the End”, with heart, sarcasm, and scars

Top 10 Most Influential Albums For PSYCHONAUT – “World Maker” is out now!

Sheffield indie emo band PALE SAILOR discuss new EP “you’re not yourself”

Sludge groove metallers KARATE STEVE confront mortality, gentrification, and the slow burn of anxiety on “Time Under Tension”

DRILL FOR ABSENTEE return with “Strand of a Lake Volumes 1 and 2”, their first new material in 25 years

SUNBURSTER channel pure sludge despair on their debut LP “No Semblance of Peaceful Existence”

Dream indie shoegazers SIX IMPOSSIBLE THINGS capture solation and friendship in new short documentary

DIY hardcore punks REDS return with “The Truth of Impermanence,” confronting endings, change, and the will to rebuild

TIME SPENT DRIVING close a chapter with their new single “Brackney”

Xicano Hardcore: Pomona scene turns community energy into youth scholarships

THE MUNSENS push their doom-rooted sound into new extremes on “Degradation in the Hyperreal”

In Shorts: New Releases, Oct 10-17

Hearty punk rockers THE JUKEBOX ROMANTICS return with “This One Looks Cool,” a reflection on change, friendship, and finding your footing again

Punk rockers Baby Tyler looks hard at the dream that keeps breaking

KARABA F.C. builds “Symbionts” as an all-in reflection on survival, grief, and connection

CHASING DOLLS turn small-town frustration into motion on promising new single “Cobweb”

HIRS Collective unleash “Avian Azure”, massive new storm from the upcoming Cult & Culture compilation

Moody indie rockers MAITLAND explore emotional contrasts in “Catharsis”