Sell The Heart Records' Andy Pohl on 15 years of running a DIY label

What starts over beers with friends doesn’t always turn into a legacy—but sometimes it does.

What starts over beers with friends doesn’t always turn into a legacy—but sometimes it does.
All Time Low - Alex Gaskarth, Jack Barakat, Rian Dawson and Zack Merrick — known for their anthemic, inimitable sound and fiercely loyal fanbase, announce the forthcoming release of their tenth full-length studio release, Everyone’s Talking!, due on October 17 via their own imprint, Basement Noise Records, in partnership with Photo Finish Records/Virgin Music Group.

Emerging from the vibrant New Jersey scene, All Under Heaven and High. have long shared stages and a mutual respect for each other.
After more than three decades of two-tone swagger, punk attitude, and brass-blasted joy, Montreal’s beloved ska lifers The Planet Smashers return with “Meet Me On The Dancefloor,” the first single from their forthcoming tenth studio album, On the Dancefloor. Dropping July 11 alongside an irresistible music video, the single kicks off pre-orders for the album, which lands August 22 on Stomp Records. It’s a summery, anthemic invitation back into the band’s world of groove-driven rebellion, self-deprecating humour, and dancefloor catharsis.
The Dreadnoughts—now based in New York but with deep roots in Vancouver—have spent nearly two decades fusing sea shanties, polkas, tarantellas, and street punk into their own explosive brand of folk-punk. Their upcoming album Polka Pit is a defiant celebration of resistance, tradition, and chaos—a soundtrack for the end of the world and the beginning of something new.
“Polka Pit is a tribute to the magic of punk rock and the power of traditional polka,” says Smyth.
Anchor & Braille, the solo project from esteemed alt/rock vocalist Stephen Christian, will be releasing the album NEW MEXICO, out July 25 via Equal Vision Records.
NEW MEXICO is a 14-track collection inspired by Christian’s time living in Corrales, New Mexico, a place that left an indelible mark on him, both spiritually and artistically. The album explores themes of longing, faith, and resilience, blending cinematic spaghetti Western sounds with indie rock intimacy.
Vancouver’s late-’90s post-hardcore greats By A Thread mark their return with the announcement of Mirrored Life—the band’s first new album in 14 years—and the single “Void.” Set for release September 12th on Spartan Records, Mirrored Life is a brooding, reverb-drenched record that channels grief, growth, and hard-won perspective into the band’s heaviest, most collaborative music yet.
Long defined by his singular voice and quietly defiant songwriting, Sam Russo continues to chart his own course, never chasing trends, always reaching for something honest. Hold You Hard, his fourth full-length release with Red Scare Industries, finds him expanding his sound with a full band: Chris Stockings (guitar), Josh Hurrell (bass), and Matt Walrond (drums). Together, they explore themes of distance, desire, and dislocation, drawing on imagery that drifts between the wheat fields of East Anglia and the faded romance of American coastlines.
Deftones will release their anxiously awaited 10th full-length studio album, private music, on August 22, 2025 via Reprise/Warner Records. To herald its arrival, the group also just shared a new single entitled “my mind is a mountain,” which Zane Lowe exclusively premiered as his latest “World Record” on Apple Music.

Personality Cult may have started out as a solo project, it has since grown into a full-throttle punk force.