If It's Too Loud...

Photo by Pooneh Ghana We first discovered Porcelain roughly a year ago, and now the Austin, TX band are back with new music. "Apocalypse" is an interesting mixture of noisy, aggressive alt-rock and a more melodic, indie sound. There are some vocal harmonies that kind of have an odd folk/country quality to them, and then there are straight up screaming vocals. It's a fuzzed out version of post-hardcore, and as great as the vocal harmonies are, "Apocalypse" really gets going towards the end when it's an instrumental. The song chugs along until that point, and then erupts into a controlled chaos where the instruments take on the melody versus noise battle. This marks a huge step forward for Porcelain, and we're already dying to hear more. Porcelain say of their latest single: "This is a song about the loss of innocence. Growing up, the future looked so bright and promising, like we could all make something of this world for the better. But then we witn...

Photo by Tina Gross Seattle's The Darts have a killer new garage single out. "Apocalypse" is a heavily fuzzed out rager of a song heavy on some of the finest organ we've been privileged enough to cover. This is vintage garage rock filtered through some of our favorite Seattle bands. If you've ever wondered what ? and the Mysterians might sound like jamming with Mudhoney, "Apocalypse" will give you an idea. This might be the heaviest garage rock could be as a genre, and the song is a manic burst of groovy noise. Plus, no one has made a protest song this fun since Le Tigre. The Darts might be the band we all need in 2026. In a Bandcamp post, Nicole Laurenne says of her band's latest single: "We toured through Angers, France, and got to see the famous medieval 'Apocalypse Tapestry,' with its woven apocalyptic scenes. The lightning bolt struck me, and the song practically wrote itself in the van as we left the castle. But rather than being a...