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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 11h

If the volume doesn’t destroy you, the shattered glass just might on Destiny Bond's "Out Loud" and "Mind to the Mirror."

The latest previews off the Denver hardcore-punk band’s new album 'The Love': lnk.bio/s/391f8

Destiny Bond – “Out Loud” / “Mind to the Mirror”

If the volume doesn’t destroy you, the shattered glass just might on the latest previews off the Denver hardcore-punk band’s new album, ‘The Love’.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 11h

Horse Jumper of Love's "Mansion" piles on the riffs and builds an almost-noise rock foundation.

Listen to the the new track from the Boston slowcore rockers’s deluxe edition of 'Disaster Trick': lnk.bio/s/191b1

Out 10/24 on @rfcrecords.bsky.social

Horse Jumper of Love – “Mansion”

The new track from the Boston slowcore rockers’s deluxe edition of ‘Disaster Trick’ piles on the riffs and builds an almost-noise rock foundation.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 2d

Total Wife's sound traverses lucidity and a waking reality through a strewn, recycled energy source on their new album 'come back down'.

The extremely experimental shoegaze duo are the latest Buzz Sound. Listen: lnk.bio/s/88176

Buzz Sound: Total Wife

The extremely experimental shoegaze duo’s sound traverses lucidity and a waking reality through a strewn, recycled energy source on their new album, ‘come back down’.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 3d

Kai Slater’s lovelorn mess is its own kind of eloquence on Sharp Pins' "I Don’t Have The Heart”.

Hear the latest preview off the Lifeguard guitarists' new album 'Balloon Balloon Balloon': lnk.bio/s/f0872

Out 11/21 on @krecs.bsky.social / Perennial

Sharp Pins – “I Don’t Have The Heart”

Kai Slater’s lovelorn mess is its own kind of eloquence on the latest preview off Sharp Pins’ new album, ‘Balloon Balloon Balloon’.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 3d

Wednesday's 'Bleeds', in which Karly Hartzman carves out the faceted styles within her dirtbag hipster-goth Americana niche in greater detail with a meticulous bend of the knife.

It's a Recommended Album. Listen: lnk.bio/s/1d1bd

Recommended Album: Wednesday – ‘Bleeds’

In which Karly Hartzmann carves out the faceted styles within her dirtbag hipster-goth Americana niche in greater detail with a meticulous bend of the knife.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 4d

With "CONFUSION", blue zero lay waste to the disposable me and you in slick, aerodynamic stereo.

Hear the leveled up title track off the Oakland alternative noise rockers' new EP: lnk.bio/s/fd76b

blue zero – “CONFUSION”

The Oakland alternative noise rockers lay waste to the disposable me and you in slick, aerodynamic stereo on the title track off their new EP.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 5d

@activitysongs.bsky.social's "Halloween (Does It Make You Sad)" is an existential inquiry on Spooky Season that leaves you suspended between two worlds.

Hear the new holiday season from the experimental Brooklyn art-rockers, out now on @westernvinyl.bsky.social: lnk.bio/s/fe0d7

Activity – “Halloween (Does It Make You Sad)”

An existential inquiry on Spooky Season that leaves you suspended between two worlds from the experimental Brooklyn art-rockers.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 5d

BALMORA are leaving debauchery in their wake in their video for "Blighted To Pine".

Watch the highlight from the breakthrough hardcore and metal band's latest EP ‘Prologue’, plus fall tour dates with Chat Pile and Fleshwater: lnk.bio/s/ecfa0

BALMORA – “Blighted To Pine”

One of the hardcore and metal scene’s best breakthrough bands is leaving debauchery in their wake in the video highlight from their latest EP, ‘Prologue’.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 8d

@ratboysband.bsky.social begin to uncover another world hidden underground in their next chapter with "Light Night Mountains All That".

Hear the Chicago alt-country indie rockers new single for new label home, New West Records: lnk.bio/s/c69b5

Ratboys – “Light Night Mountains All That”

The Chicago alt-country indie rockers begin to uncover another world hidden underground in their next chapter.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 9d

Agriculture's "Dan's Love Song" is the miracle of everything forming right in front of your ears.

The transcendent heavy ballad and final preview from the ecstatic black metal band’s new album 'The Spiritual Sound', out 10/3 on @theflenser.bsky.social: lnk.bio/s/50806

Agriculture – “Dan’s Love Song”

The transcendent heavy ballad from the ecstatic black metal band’s new album ‘The Spiritual Sound’ is the miracle of everything forming right in front of your ears.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 9d

Dream a nightmare through AFI's "Ash Speck In A Green Eye'.

Hear the goth-punk icons’ final preview off their new album, ‘Silver Bleeds The Black Sun…’, out 10/3 on @rfcrecords.bsky.social: lnk.bio/s/4bebe

AFI – “Ash Speck In A Green Eye”

Dream a nightmare through the goth-punk icons’ final preview off their new album, ‘Silver Bleeds The Black Sun…’

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 9d

With their debut album 'Wrong Side of Heaven', End It are on the right side of everything that continues to make hardcore one of the most exciting scenes happening right now.

It's a Recommended Album. Listen: lnk.bio/s/f1fd5

Out now on @flatspotrecords.bsky.social

With their debut album, the Baltimore crew are on the right side of everything that continues to make hardcore one of the most exciting scenes happening right now.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 9d

SPACED head-charges right into bad gravity to push it away on "Pressure".

Hear the latest highlight off the Buffalo progressive hardcore band's new EP 'No Escape', out 10/17 on @purenoiserecords.bsky.social: lnk.bio/s/5c6ec

SPACED – “Pressure”

The Buffalo progressive hardcore head-charges right into bad gravity to push it away on the latest highlight off their new EP, ‘No Escape’.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 13d

Gumm's "New From The Pain" is a communal anthem on being alone meant to be screamed by the many looking for one another in the dark.

Hear the lead single from the Chattanooga hardcore band’s new album 'Beneath The Wheel': lnk.bio/s/0ae91

Gumm – “New From The Pain”

A communal anthem on being alone meant to be screamed by the many looking for one another in the dark from the Chattanooga hardcore band’s new album, ‘Beneath The Wheel’.

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Crafted Sounds @craftedsounds.bsky.social · 14d

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 16d

It’s a ‘Dream Machine’ and a time machine in one with the new double single from A Country Western.

Hear the latest from the Philly indie rockers ahead of their fall tour with Winter: lnk.bio/s/70840

Out now on @craftedsounds.bsky.social

A Country Western – ‘Four-Team Dream Machine’

It’s a ‘Dream Machine’ and a time machine in one with the new double single from the Philly indie rockers ahead of their fall tour with Winter.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 14d

You’ll want to grab an autumn sweater to keep yourself warm for when you eventually find yourself just as lonely as @peeldreammagazine.bsky.social do on "Venus In Nadir".

The lead single off the Los Angeles art-pop trio's new mini album 'Taurus', out 10/1 on @topshelfrecords.com: lnk.bio/s/f8faf

Peel Dream Magazine – “Venus In Nadir”

You’ll want to grab an autumn sweater to keep yourself warm for when you eventually find yourself just as lonely as the Los Angeles art-pop trio…

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 14d

Winter's 'Adult Romantix' shows how starting a familiar story all over again still provides a full-tilt emotional roller coaster when you look at it through a different lens.

It's a Recommended Album. Listen: lnk.bio/s/3cae2

Out now on @w1nspear.bsky.social

On her best album yet, the dream-pop songwriter shows how starting a familiar story all over again still provides a full-tilt emotional roller coaster when you look at it through a different lens.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 16d

It’s a ‘Dream Machine’ and a time machine in one with the new double single from A Country Western.

Hear the latest from the Philly indie rockers ahead of their fall tour with Winter: lnk.bio/s/70840

Out now on @craftedsounds.bsky.social

A Country Western – ‘Four-Team Dream Machine’

It’s a ‘Dream Machine’ and a time machine in one with the new double single from the Philly indie rockers ahead of their fall tour with Winter.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 16d

One of indie rock’s most welcome oddball cast of characters spins the room equally into each member’s direction with an effortless cool on "rooster".

The latest off bar italia's new album 'Some Like It Hot', out 10/17 on @matadorrecords.bsky.social: lnk.bio/s/43770

bar italia – “rooster”

One of indie rock’s most welcome oddball cast of characters spins the room equally into each member’s direction with an effortless cool on the latest off ‘Some Like It Hot’.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 18d

Through its flawless execution, you really can’t be mad at how good the Lynchian filter looks on Charlotte Gainsbourg's "Blurry Moon", even in an obvious light.

Hear the French-pop songwriter’s first new music in six years: lnk.bio/s/f5e7f

Charlotte Gainsbourg – “Blurry Moon”

Through its flawless execution, you really can’t be mad at how good the Lynchian filter looks on the French-pop songwriter’s first new music in six years, even in an obvious light.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 19d

ira glass paint the walls in chaotic, deep-in-the-violent red volume on “fd&c red 40”.

Listen to the lead single from the Chicago experimental noise rockers' new EP 'joy is no knocking nation', out 11/14 on Angel Tapes / @firetalkrecs.bsky.social: lnk.bio/s/610fc

ira glass – “fd&c red 40”

The Chicago experimental noise-rockers paint the walls in violent deep-in-the-red volume on the lead single from their new EP, ‘joy is no knocking nation’.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 19d

If Ian Shelton thinks he’s trash, then he’s definitely our treasure on Militarie Gun's "Throw Me Away".

The latest banger from 'God Save The Gun', out 10/17 on @lomavista.bsky.social: lnk.bio/s/d95a4

Militarie Gun – “Throw Me Away”

If Ian Shelton thinks he’s trash, then he’s definitely our treasure on the latest banger from ‘God Save The Gun’.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 21d

The patience and cadence to get this Algernon Cadwallader energy in 2025 was well worth the wait.

Watch the fourth wave emo pioneers' music video for "noitanitsarcorP", a highlight off their newly released album 'Trying Not to Have a Thought': lnk.bio/s/2cc95

Out now on @saddlecreek.bsky.social

Algernon Cadwallader – “noitanitsarcorP”

The patience and cadence to get this Algernon Cadwallader energy in 2025 was well worth the wait.

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 21d

As life gets heavier, SPEED are becoming a well-oiled muscle mass machine of very hard hardcore with "PEACE".

Listen to the first preview off the band's new EP 'ALL MY ANGELS', out 10/23 on @flatspotrecords.bsky.social / Last Ride Records: lnk.bio/s/c84f4

SPEED – “PEACE”

As life gets heavier, SPEED are becoming a well-oiled muscle mass machine of very hard hardcore…

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+rcmndedlisten @rcmndedlisten.bsky.social · 22d

Dijon's 'Baby' is an idiosyncratic new blueprint for alternative R&B that’s always in flux and thriving in the moment.

It's a Recommended Album. Listen: lnk.bio/s/6def5

Recommended Album: Dijon – ‘Baby’

The Baltimore songwriter’s sophomore effort is an idiosyncratic new blueprint for alternative R&B that’s always flux and thriving in the moment.

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