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Tinariwen - "Amidinim Ehaf Solan"

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Photo by Marie Planeille Tuareg musical pioneers Tinariwen are back with a new song that you're going to want to hear. "Amidinim Ehaf Solan" is a perfectly laid back song with some of the best guitar work you've heard in a while. The band has been around for forty-five years, but you'd never know it from this latest single. The guitar is wonderfully hazy, held together by a consistent beat that is going to imbed itself in your soul. As great as the vocals, drums, and other instrumentation in "Amininim Ehaf Solan" are, it's the guitar that's the true hero of the song. This may be a laid back song, but Tinariwen are going to get you moving with their latest. You can watch the video for "Amininim Ehaf Solan" below. Hoggar is due out March 13 on Wedge, and is available for pre-order here . For more on Tinariwen, check out the band's website . Upcoming tour dates are below the video. North America is not included due to the current trave...
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Tigers Jaw - "BREEZER"

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Photo by Rebecca Lader One of the biggest hits of this year's Something in the Way Festival, Tigers Jaw, are back with a new single. "BREEZER" is a giant alt-rock meets emo power ballad. You know how mainstream emo and pop punk bands used to cover 80's power ballads ironically and for a laugh? Tigers Jaw are working a power ballad completely earnestly, and the results are fantastic. This shows the Scranton, PA band wearing their hearts fully on their sleeves, and Brianna Collins' vocals are stunning here. "BREEZER" isn't a song concerned with being cool, it's a song that's pure emotion, and it's making us love Tigers Jaw even more. Brianna Collins says of the band's latest single: “I tend to romanticize past versions of myself in moments of uncertainty, while also finding comfort in life’s unpredictability. ‘BREEZER’ is about the ebb and flow of insecurity, doubt, and escapism, and my gradual acceptance of the cyclical nature of these...
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Poison Ruin - "Hymn from the Hills"

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Photo by Kat Bean Philadelphia punk group Poison Ruin just released the title track from their upcoming album, and you're gonna want to check this one out ASAP. While last month's "Eidolon" combined punk and metal, "Hymn from the Hills" is more of a straight up punk song... relatively speaking. Poison Ruin have their own take on the genre, and while it's undisputably punk, it doesn't exactly sound like what you imagine when you think of punk. The song is fast, but has this interesting edge that's both noise rock and New Wave. There's also an earthy feel to the song that makes me think of folk punk even though "Hymn from the Hills" is decidedly not folk punk. In a genre that can be repetitive over the last fifty or so years, it's great to see a band like Poison Ruin chart their own way. Mac Kennedy (frontman, lyricist, and guitarist) says of his band's latest single: "'Hymn from the Hills'  is about living on the...
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Charlotte Cornfield - "Lost Leader"

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Photo by Colin Medley Charlotte Cornfield is one of those artists that perfectly blends indie rock and folk/Americana. Her latest single, "Lost Leader," resides almost exclusively in the realm of folk and Americana. It's one of the more mainstream sounding songs the singer-songwriter has released in recent memory, with just enough of a unique spin to keep things sounding interesting. Plus, the song has a fantastic twang to it that helps make it irresistible. Cornfield has long had this engaging quality to her music that envelops the listener and sucks them in, and "Lost Leader" showcases that expertly. This is quietly one of the best songs we've heard so far in 2026. Charlotte Cornfield says of "Lost Leader": “This is a hard song. But I also think it's a little bit funny. Tragicomic maybe? It's about a tormented frontman character whose personal demons and poor behaviour are getting the best of him. The story is told in second person but th...
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