Haywire have signed to major label Roadrunner Records where they will release their second LP titled I Don’t Wanna Say Goodbye. Sonically shifting more towards anthemic songs, there are still some true straight forward hardcore tracks such as “Flex Your Head” & “Forever Alone”. Tracks like “That’s Life”, “Interstate Love Affair”, “Sincerely Yours,” and “I Don’t Wanna Say Goodbye” lean into the sing-along anthem side of Haywire.
Back in 2000, when I first started my blog, Asian Man Records was one of the first labels to send me promos.
From the grungy inflections of "God’s Drunkest Driver" and "Silent Protagonist" to the slow shuffle of "Suicide in the Workplace" - which reminded me of 2000s post-hardcore band Vaux (does anyone s
Borrowing the name from the totally forgettable 2001 sex comedy Wet Hot American Summer, Jagger Holly is back with album number five.
I was late to Green Lung’s party, only discovering them through 2023’s This Heathen Land. But I immediately took a shine to them.
"Business is everything. It's work, it's war, it's politics, it's our health. Business is angry and ugly, it's vulnerable and it speaks for all of us.
Later this month, Spanish pop-punk veterans K7s are dropping their brand-new album Take Two on Stardumb Records.
Leading with the title track, Brian Fallon is off to a strong start on his fifth solo album, Not Bad For New Jersey.
Baltimore's Dosser return with Born for Nothing/Born by Mistake, their second full-length and first for Iodine Recordings, out December 11. Watch the video for the title track below.
Building on the dense, melodic alternative rock of 2023's Violent Picture/Violent Sound, the band pushes further into the tension between heaviness and restraint, drawing from the weight and atmosphere of Failure, HUM, Shiner, Heatmiser, and Jawbox while continuing to carve out a sound distinctly their own.
It’s good to have Time Spent Driving back.
