Prong was one of those bands that did well for itself in the nineties before simply disappearing from the playing field.

After having played countless shows in dive bars all over the US following the release of their self-titled album in 2012, Memphis’ Ex-Cult is back with “Midnight Passenger”.

Following two EPs, Gainesville’s Frameworks joined the Topshelf roster and headed for the studio with producer Jack Shirley (Deafheaven, Joyce Manor,…) to record what would become their debut full-

Sleep In is a new band around Eric McNeils of The Progress, an emo-rock outfit that never quite made it to the big league and only became more recognized after its members moved on to bigger things

Uke-Hunt is the name of Spike Slawson’s latest project.

Just when I thought they had outlived their purpose (“Sing In Japanese” and “Go Down Under” really were crap), Me First And The Gimme Gimmes strike a pose and release “Are We Not Men?

“Who Would Ever Want Anything So Broken?” is Beach Slang’s debut and if this really is a question, then the answer would be ‘Me! Me! Me!” after having heard the four songs that make up this EP.

From Chicago comes Dead Ending, a band fronted by Vic Bondi (of Articles of Faith notoriety) who is backed by Rise Against’s Joe Principe, Alkaline Trio’s Derek Grant and All Eyes West’s Jeff Dean.

When I started listening to “Tethering”, I had to check my calendar to see if it was still 2014. This one has 90ies written all over it… in the best way possible!