It's been five years since New Jersey-based band Ruby the Hatchet dropped their album 'Planet Space Child'. After giving fans a taste of new material with their single 'Thruster' back in August, as well as their song 'Deceiver' last month, the heavy psych rock outfit have now released their new LP 'FEAR IS A CRUEL MASTER'.
When it comes to psychedelic and hard rock, Ruby the Hatchet is at the top of our list for delivering some of the most potent sounds pound for pound.
Romanian rock band The Different Class have dropped their new album 'Skins', which follows their previous LP 'Drop of Rock', released back in 2016.
L.A. Witch will release their new album 'Play With Fire' on August 21st on Suicide Squeeze Records. Having already shared the singles 'I Wanna Lose' and 'Gen-Z', the trio now step forth with the third cut entitled 'True Believers'. Fusing a heavy mesh of hard rock, psychedelic and post-punk, the track powers through with a sense of urgency as the content touches on chaos of the current world and the continuous bombardment of bad news.
The Raconteurs give us that unadulterated sound of Detroit rock & roll with their new single 'Bored and Razed'. The song is taken from their upcoming LP 'HELP US STRANGER', which is out June 21st via Third Man Records. Exploding with monster guitar riffs, thundering drums and a big, stadium chorus, the boys channel classic hard rock influences with subtle elements of prog and psychedelic, resulting in one powerhouse of a single. The Raconteurs are definitely back in full swing.
Having ripped through 2019 with the fiery track 'Black Halo' and the two song release 'Temper Temper / So Real', Austin-based band Black Pistol Fire continue to turn up the heat with their latest single 'Pick Your Poison'. Whilst generally known for their fuzz-filled, psych meets blues rock sound, the band scale back opting for more of a clean delivery of hard rock with bite. Using grand, stadium style choruses interlaced with sizzling guitar lines, Black Pistol Fire have gone back to the essence to bring forth meat and potatoes rock & roll that is utterly tasty.
It was a little over a year ago that Los Angeles band Starcrawler released their …
Releasing their debut album 'Rips' back in 2014, Washington D.C. band Ex Hex are set to drop their sophomore LP 'It's Real' on March 22nd via the Merge imprint.
Giving fans a glimpse of what to expect with the new record, Ex Hex have also shared the lead single entitled 'Cosmic Cave'. Produced by Jonah Takagi, the guitar-led cut rattles with excitement incorporating elements of hard rock with a garage style, all topped with stadium choruses that fit together like a hand in glove.
Watching a live show of New York band Mother Feather feels like you're engaging in rock & roll performance art. Aside from the obvious visual presentations of front woman Ann Courtney and singer/keyboardist Elizabeth 'Lizzie' Carena - which include stark make-up combined with a bold fashion flair, their performances are wild, energetic and ultimately free. Musically the group, which also features guitarist Chris Foley, bassist Seth Ondracek and drummer Gunnar Olsen, has been dubbed by the press as purveyors of the classic New York City rock sound whilst effortlessly giving it their own modern stamping.
Dorothy is rock and roll; the kind of rock and roll that was once a soundtrack the hedonistic streets of Sunset Blvd. This is that gritty and raw rock that oozed from the roads of Detroit, the Lower East Side of Manhattan and the historic city of Nashville; that in your face rock that pumps with sheer attitude. Fronted by Budapest-born, San Diego-raised Dorothy Martin, the group is one of the most dynamic bands to emerge in the past four years. They have not only managed to land in the mainstream charts but they did it on their own terms.
