The Noise Punk group Running has released a new Cassette Single via the local label Physical Medium.

The single features two new tracks, "WUYFOWTIA" b/w "Asked You Nicely", along with a Physical Medium remix of "Asked You Nicely".

This is the first new music from the trio of Alejandro Morales, Jeff Tucholski and Matt Hord since the release of 2018’s "For Us By Us".

Blase recently released a new EP called "Foreign Ocean". This is the third EP from the multi-instrumentalist who plans to release his debut full-length album later this year.

Desks is an ongoing transatlantic project that brings together the UK based music Mark Whiteside of Evil Blizzard with two local guitarists Patrick M. Files and Perry Pelonero of Star Control.

Their new EP was released last week via the Darlington, UK label Butterfly Effect.

Below is the video for the album’s opening track "A Different View Than Before".

Hardcore trio Death of Self recently released a new EP called "Again.". This is the first new music from the trio of Nick, Wade, and Danny since 2019’s Look Elsewhere.

However of the day that the EP was released, January 9th, the group announced on Facebook that after 6 years as a group that they would be ending their run as Death of Self.

The group was supposed to play a show at Cobra Lounge on January 8th with Cobra Lounge with Thieves, Uglybones, and Slutbomb(OH). As of now that show has been rescheduled for July 2nd.

The Poison Arrows have released a second single, "Shallow Grave", from their long awaited 4th studio album, War Regards, which is due out via File 13 Records on February 25th.

This is veteran trio of Patrick Morris (bassist), Adam Reach (drummer), and Justin Sinkovich (guitarist/vocalist).

You can catch The Poison Arrows at Metro on February 5th with FACS and Girls Against Boys.

Kay Eye closed out 2021 by releasing a new single called "lettaGo". The single is accompanied by a video direct by Ideapathy, and find Kay Eye flowing over a beat by Bandino World.

Michelles have released the first single, "Illusions", from their forthcoming album, The Empty Promises of Rock and Roll, which is due out on March 8th.

This primarily the work of Michael Daly who is joined on this album by Ryan Farnham on drums.

When asked about this first single Daly had this to say; "“Illusions” was one of the last songs written for the album. Lyrically, it dances around the idea of the masks we wear, literally and metaphorically, the desire to transcend these disguises, and how on some days it really does feel like the sky is falling, but you have to have some lingering faith in the universe just to get up and do it all again.”

Thrash metal trio Misfire has released the first single, "Fractured", from their forthcoming debut full-length album Sympathy For The Ignorant will be available on April 1st via MNRK Heavy.

This is the work of Jay Johnson (Guitarist/vocalist), James Nicademus (Drummer), and Sean Coogan (Bassist/vocalist).

Veteran, experimental Synth master Mark Solotroff has released his first single, "Rush Headlong Into It", of 2022.

This track was originally part of the recording sessions for his 2021 album Not Everyone Makes It, and it is the third of three singles he had planned for release this winter.

Free Times (F.K.A. Free Moontime Band) recently released their latest EP, "Melting Leaf".

This is the Psych Rock of Garrett Luczak (Guitar & Vocals), Eric Scholin (Guitar & Synthesizer), Mark Jacob (Bass), Bill Myers (Keyboard & Synthesizer), and Steve Howe (Drums), and Adam Szmelter (Saxophone).

We are proud to be able to premiere the second single, "Marguerite’s Novels", from the forthcoming album, Don’t Drive Into the Smoke, from Uma Bloo which is due out on March 23rd via Earth Libraries.

Uma Bloo is the twisted dream pop of Molly Madden (guitar, vocals), Mike Altergott (lead guitar/keys), Luke Blanco (bass), and Steven Rutledge (drums).

When asked about this song bassist Luke Blanco had the following to share. "It may just be the name, but it is absolutely not a misnomer. This song is the sonic equivalent of finding a dusty book, unearthing it for the first time in 30 years. You used to love this book and fall into a romantic sense of nostalgia upon reading the opening paragraph. The verses and their staccato instrumentation are reminiscent of a plucked string section, conjuring up images of Victorian times, a time where you could only read the novel by candlelight. The final outro of the song, the most passionate and intense affair on the album, strikes a tear as it falls onto the yellowing pages."

"The death of anything (a body, a relationship, a career, a core belief, etc) is nothing to fear," he continued. "Death isn’t something we fully understand, but at least within the realm of the living endings aren’t anything but a catalyst for transformation."

Photo by Cailey Davern

Paul Cherry has released the first single, "No News No Blues", from his forthcoming album, Back on the Music, which is due out on March 11th via Sunset Records.

This is the first new music from Cherry since the released of his debut album Flavour back in 2018.

Cherry will be touring the country (and Canada) this Spring and you can catch him with Dougie Poole and Sedona at Lincoln Hall on March 21st.