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Tim Easton | New Album Campaign on Kickstarter – fiREHORSE!
KICKSTARTER/ PRE-ORDER LINK The Fire Note is excited to share our longtime friend and one of our favorite artists, Tim Easton’s, new album campaign on…
Okonski: Entrance Music [Album Review]
OkonskiEntrance MusicColemine Records [2025] “From dawn to dusk, Entrance Music glistens with warmth, improvisation, and pure atmosphere.” Album Overview: With the world in a state…
Alan Sparhawk – “Stranger” [Video]
On Friday, May 30th, Sub Pop Records will release With Trampled by Turtles, the sophomore solo effort from Alan Sparhawk of Low. With Trampled by Turtles is a record…
Mdou Moctar: Tears Of Injustice [Album Review]
Mdou MoctarTears Of InjusticeMatador Records [2025] “A striking reinvention—Tears of Injustice trades electric fire for acoustic soul, without losing an ounce of power.” Album Overview:…
Tropical Fu*k Storm – “Bloodsport” [Video]
Genre-bending Melbourne group Tropical Fuck Storm announces Fairyland Codex, the highly anticipated fourth album out June 20th, 2025, on new label home Fire Records. Recorded…
The States: Gimme Joy [Album Review]
The StatesGimme JoyLegless Records [2025] “Blending vintage swagger with punk energy, The States deliver a debut that’s fierce, fun, and built to be played loud.”…
VIDEOS
Durand Jones & The Indications – “Been So Long” [Video]
Durand Jones & The Indications — the trio of Durand Jones, Aaron Frazer, and Blake Rhein — return today with the announcement of their new album, Flowers (out June 27th on Dead Oceans), and the release of its lead single/video, “Been So Long.” For their fourth album and first since 2021’s Private Space, The Indications…
Alan Sparhawk – “Stranger” [Video]
On Friday, May 30th, Sub Pop Records will release With Trampled by Turtles, the sophomore solo effort from Alan Sparhawk of Low. With Trampled by Turtles is a record exactly as its name implies: a collective, communal, fraternal and empathetic record, recorded with the assistance of long-time friends and fellow Minnesotans, Trampled by Turtles. With Trampled by Turtles was recorded at…
Tropical Fu*k Storm – “Bloodsport” [Video]
Genre-bending Melbourne group Tropical Fuck Storm announces Fairyland Codex, the highly anticipated fourth album out June 20th, 2025, on new label home Fire Records. Recorded with co-producer Michael Beach at the band’s Dodgy Brothers studio in Nagambie, Australia, the songs on Fairyland Codex immerse us in the chaos of a fateful landslide, picking out the…
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Okonski: Entrance Music [Album Review]
OkonskiEntrance MusicColemine Records [2025] “From dawn to dusk, Entrance Music glistens with warmth, improvisation, and pure atmosphere.” Album Overview: With the world in a state…
Fust: Big Ugly [Album Review]
FustBig UglyDear Life Records [2025] “A hauntingly beautiful journey through memory and place—Fust’s Big Ugly is a modern Southern classic in the making.” Album Overview:…
The Pains Of Being Pure At Heart: Perfect Right Now: A Slumberland Collection 2008-2010 [Album Review]
The Pains Of Being Pure At HeartPerfect Right Now: A Slumberland Collection 2008-2010Slumberland Records [2025] “A time capsule of The Pains of Being Pure at…
Gus Englehorn: The Hornbook [Album Review]
Gus EnglehornThe HornbookSecret City Records [2025] “Gus Englehorn rewrites the indie rock playbook with The Hornbook—a genre-blurring, storytelling triumph.” Album Overview: Gus Englehorn’s path to…
