Formerly known as This Town Needs Guns, this UK trio now goes through life as TTNG and it’s under that moniker that they have now released their new album, “Disappointment Island”.

Strange Relations is a three-piece from Minneapolis who just released the 4-song EP “Going Out” via Tiny Engines.

One of the side effects of drinking too many beers, is that you say ‘yes’ a lot quicker than you normally would.

Last year’s “Missed Connection” EP didn’t turn me into an instant Puddle Splasher fan.

On “Smother”, Gainesville’s Frameworks take their emotional hardcore on the road and end up taking their sound into areas previously left unexplored.

Martha drummer Nathan Stephens-Griffin said about “Blisters On The Pit Of My Heart” that it is ‘for everyone who leads a secret double life’.

I realized I needed more new Useless ID songs in my life after having heard “We Don’t Want The Airwaves”, the band’s tribute to the Ramones, two months ago.

- by Nate Hennon