Tag: alt-rock

Check out the official music video for “Fire and Rain” by Acceptance. The song appears on the band’s new album “Colliding By Design” available now from Rise Records. … Continued →

Check out the wonderful sounds of LeAnder and their brand new ep titled “The Tension” which just released. Check it out below via Spotify. Recommended for fans of: 30 Seconds to Mars, Lifehouse, Mae, Further Seems Forever (yeah it is diversity that makes this ep great). … Continued →

Check out a music video for the new Lael track “Bigger Smaller”, below. Lael is the new project of Jeff Schneeweis formerly of Number One Gun. Lael website. … Continued →

Check out the spoken word inspired alt rock of The Giant & The Tailor with their brand new track “SYNTHETIC” of which you can hear below. I’m getting a Coheed and Cambria meets mewithoutYou meets Mae vibe here. Good stuff. … Continued →

Joel Hosler former frontman for Noise Ratchet has a new music project with his wife Tiffany and they just uploaded a cover of “Lion & The Lamb” by Bethel Music that you can watch below. Follow their music project here on Facebook. … Continued →

Check out the lyric video for Sef Idle acoustic track “All Along” , below. The song appears on Sef Idle’s new 3 song acoustic ep. Sef is a cool guy so I hope you’ll take the opportunity to give his music a listen to. … Continued →

I’d like to take a moment and introduce all our readers to a new rock act by the name of LeAnder that I think are pretty great. The band just released their brand new song titled “Feel It In My Bones” that you can listen to below. Imagine a sound close to 30 Seconds to Mars, Lifehouse, Needtobreathe, Switchfoot, and The Fray then you’ll get an idea for what LeAnder sounds like. Check them out! … Continued →

Alt-Rock band Acceptance have released their first full length of new material since the 2005 hit record, “Phantoms”, this time through Rise Records. This Aaron Sprinkle produced effort titled “Colliding By Design” sees the band picking up where the fine “Phantoms” left off with even bigger production and a tad bit of electronic influence. If you dug any of the band’s two prior efforts, you’ll love this new album. Check it out wherever fine digital music is sold or on Spotify, below. You can also stream the entire record over on Billboard right here.… Continued →

It appears that T&N has the original “Black” box set pressing by Anberlin available in their webstore here. You can also pick up the “White” re-press right here. This collection includes every single one of Anberlin’s full length efforts on Vinyl plus other cool stuff. Details below.… Continued →

Relient K have revealed that special release they were teasing us with yesterday and that my friends is a new iTunes exclusive 3 song single titled “Truly Madly Deeply” in honor of Valentine’s Day. Check out the new music video for the pop-punk inspired track “Candy Hearts”, below. Reminds me of something off “Mmhmm”. Please visit their website here to find out more. … Continued →

Relient K have dropped a tease saying “MIDNIGHT” and a new band photo. Check it out below. Any ideas what this means? The band last released “Air For Free” in summer 2016 and “The Creepier Ep” back in October.… Continued →

One of the forefathers of the Christian Alt-Rock movement, The Choir, are about to head out on a tour in support of the reissue of classic 1989 album “Wide Eyed Wonder”. The band released a “Circle Slide” Vinyl Reissue a year ago and now they have a new campaign through PledgeMusic for the vinyl/CD reissue of “Wide Eyed Wonder”. I highly encourage you to give this band a fair listen and support them because what they do is simply LEGENDARY!… Continued →

As announced a few days ago, Aaron Sprinkle the alt-pop singer/songwriter, responsible for being in such bands as Poor Old Lu, Rose Blossom Punch, Fair, among many other guest appearances and appearances, will be releasing his brand new “solo” record titled “Real Life”. The mighty “guest” list for the record has been announced and can be viewed below. Pre-order the album on Vinyl/Digital here. Aaron Sprinkle is also an accomplished producer responsible for such huge recordings from groups like Anberlin, Acceptance, The Almost, Emery, Demon Hunter, MxPx, Blenderhead, Hawk Nelson, TFK, Capital Lights, and more recently: Acceptance and New Found Glory.… Continued →

Check out this music video for “Splendor” by independent Orange County, CA. artist David Di Maria. The song appears on David’s latest demo disc “Apple of Your Eye”. You can also stream the song below via David’s soundcloud page. … Continued →

Brand new independent act Good Garden, have released their debut 3 song Christmas ep titled “Rejoice”. Check it out below on Spotify or purchase on iTunes here. Recommended for fans of Copeland, My Epic, DENS, The Ember Days, Anchor & Braille. … Continued →

I am excited to announce that Anberlin will release a limited “whiteout” repress of their “Help Yourself” Vinyl bundle. The bundle goes on sale in just a few hours (9am PST/12pm EST) right here in the band’s merch store. More info on this limited repress can be found below.… Continued →

Independent alternative worship group Seeker & Servant, has released a brand new ep titled “Sojourner” that is available for purchase on all digital networks and bandcamp here (or from NoiseTrade at the link below). Check out the lyric video for their new song “Make it Known”, below. … Continued →

Who here loves the band Mae? In addition to the awesome news of “The Everglow” getting pressed to vinyl again is word that the band themselves are getting back together and not only playing shows in early 2017, but also NEW MUSIC! … Continued →

San Diego, CA. alt-blues act Little Hurricane, have signed with Mascot Label Group. The label along with the band’s own imprint, Death Valley Records will release the band’s new album in early 2017. This will be the band’s 3rd full length effort following both “Homewrecker” and “Gold Fever”. Little Hurricane features Anthony “Tone” Catalano (Lead vocals,guitar) and Celeste “CC” Spina (Drums, BGV). I worked with Anthony a bit last decade in the early 00’s when his former band Next in Line was signed to Indie Vision Music.… Continued →

Anberlin which broke up in 2014, has stayed relatively busy behind the scenes with producing an incredible (that I wished I owned) Vinyl box set featuring all 7 full length releases along with a coffee table book. As was expected, the vinyl box set sold out a few months after going on sale, all 1000 copies sold out. Sellers across third party sites are marking these things up double and triple from what they originally went on sale at. It’s crazy. I waited too late personally and due to unforeseen circumstances wasn’t able to purchase when it was on sale.… Continued →

for KING & COUNTRY just released “Into the Silent Night” featuring the original “Glorious” as well some new takes on Christmas classics. Buy here on iTunes. Local So Cal fans can catch the band on December 16th at the Honda Center with Lauren Daigle… Continued →

Switchfoot and Relient K are currently on the “Looking For America Tour” currently and the band has just announced 5 more West Coast dates including a stop here in Orange County, CA. in January. View the poster/dates below. Ticket pre-sale info here. Plus, the band has also announced “Looking For Canada Tour” for our friends from up north.… Continued →

Brian McSweeney, former lead vocalist and songwriter for the alternative band Seven Day Jesus, has released a new “solo” record titled “As The Bluebird” which you can find over on NoiseTrade below. This collection of songs borders on the experimental and yet entices you into a somber relaxation. A definite “kick-back and watch the winter weather roll in type of record”. Definitely an enjoyable listen. Imagine Brian Wilson collaborating with Starflyer 59, Gotye and Radiohead then you might have an idea for the sounds. [Facebook] … Continued →

Check out the music of SafeKept. Featuring singer-songwriter Miah Wagner (Formerly of The Great Transparency). The band has several releases available on their bandcamp page along with two “demos” of upcoming songs which can be heard below. Their new album “Modern Mortals” will be released early next year.… Continued →

Post-hardcore band Hopesfall have signed with Graphic Nature/Equal Vision Records. The band is reissuing their last 3 full length releases (The Satellite Years, A Types, Magnetic North) on Vinyl and a new album in 2017. Do we have any Hopesfall fans here?… Continued →

Wisconsin based pop-punk band At The Wayside will return in 2017 with a new album titled “The Breakdown and the Fall”. This will be their first new full length since their “Self Titled” release in 2012 (Red Cord Records). 5 years is a long time especially in the pop-punk music realm but the band will smash all expectations with this passionate and in your face melodic set of songs. Check out their latest song “Closer Than Close” below (also available for free download on Hearts Bleed Passion Vol.… Continued →

An independent pop-punk band that I had connected with 5 years ago is BACK! The band Blank Pages last released their “Self Titled” EP in 2011 which spawned a few “singles”. The band played for a few years following the release of their Ep then went on hiatus for 3 years. Now they are back and have a new single which you can view below. Look for a new release soon. You can also check out two of their older music videos below. [Website] … Continued →

Future of Forestry will release a new album titled “Awakened to the Sound” on November 10th. More info on facebook here.… Continued →

Aaron Sprinkle and his brother Jesse Sprinkle have started a new band called “Blank Books” and have recorded a new full length that will be released in 2017. I’ve heard a song and it’s everything you expect it to be and so much more. Very high quality stuff and Aaron’s voice sounds top notch. We will reveal more right here as soon as details are ready.… Continued →

Introducing the sounds of pop-punk/altrock act Kept On Hold. They released their album “Promises” back in 2015 which you can take a listen to below. They have that classic early to mid 00’s pop-punk sound that is all the rage now. The group is on tour with Eaves right now. Recommended for fans of Academy Is, Something Corporate, Yellowcard, New Found Glory, Anberlin.… Continued →