Smells Like Alt Rock

 Okay, okay - I'm behind an entire week. Like many other month's the last week of the month actually starts the next month. So here's me getting caught up because I know more new music is dropping tonight at midnight.  So here's last week's start to the May list : Foo Fighters - Window Theory of a Deadman - Barricade As December Falls - Teeth The Haunt - Favorite Way To Die Muse - Cryogen VOILA - Tightrope Walking Cowboy Mouth - Patty (With The Rose Tattoo) Metric - Tremolo Des Rocs - Fall Together Bilmuri - Worth Part of You The Cab - Sweet Kerosene Sly Withers - Clearly L0L0 - boy who doesn't want to Tigers Jaw - It's ok Fastball - Let Me Love You Sleeping with Sirens - Forever/Always Beck - Ride Lonesome Oliver Tree - Fuck the Whole World Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers - Go Waste My Time untitled - Say It Again Tooth - Restless in Bloom CQ Wrestling - Finish Line Out In Front - The Sound

That's it! April is a wrap! The April playlist peaked at 71 songs - with great new songs by long time favorites like the Foo Fighters, Evanescence, and U2 and some of our newer favorites like Lansdowne, Tigers Jaw, and Yonaka dropping great tunes - April was a tough one to cut back. We end up with a top 20 list and 7 honorable mentions. Lansdowne take April's #1 spot and #6.  Without further delay - here they are: Lansdowne - I Can You Coming Evanescence - Who Will You Follow Des Rocs - The Riders of Red Hook The Maine - Half A Spark Black Stone Cherry - I'm Fine Tigers Jaw - Lost On You Lansdowne - Can't Wish You Well Yonaka - At The Beach Good Boy Daisy - Where Did You Go? SCATTERBRAIN - Fast Lane Sevendust - Threshold Silversun Pickups - In The Air Against the Current - Heavenly Stereo Club - Slightly Jaded Switchfoot - Wake Up, Mr Crow Black Stone Cherry - Caught Up In The Up Down Seether - Proud Daddy The Pretty Reckless - Love Me Like Roses - No Where Deer Fang -...

Friday brought storms sweeping across the Midwest and a surge of new alt rock music too. Here's a look at what we added to the April list this week: Foxbat with Stephen Christian - Post Heist Bilmuri with Novelists - Where To Find Me Saosin - Starting Over Again Lina-Mariah - I Don't Wanna Go! Seether - Proud Daddy The Pretty Wreckless - Love Me Footballhead - You're Not Making Sense Sly Withers - Break Lights Dead Pony - Freak Like Me Piebald - This Thing Is Old The Band Camino - Holly! Snarls - No Lock, No Prayer

 April keeps rolling on, and we keep listening to new music and sharing it here with you. This week, we are excited to have new music from familiar faces like Foo Fighters, Silversun Pickups, Evanescence, and Royel Otis. We continue to hit 2026 favorites: Sly Withers, The Maine, YONAKA, and Tigers Jaw pretty hard, and we're happy to welcome Westislonely, Tally Spear, Lime Garden, and Call Me Karizma to the list.  Check out the full April list here , or check out the music videos below.  Foo Fighters - Of All People Silversun Pickups - In The Air Evanescence - Who Will You Follow The Maine - Half A Spark New Medicine, Adelitas Way, Citizen Soldier - Underdog YONAKA - Do It For You Tigers Jaw - Anxious Blade Social Distortion - Partners In Crime South Arcade - Superman Culture Wars - Don't Speak Broadside - Dead Roses Tigercub - Cut the Eyes Out of Photographs Call Me Karizma - Beautiful Messed Up Head Tally Spear - Bittersweet Lime Garden - Cross My Heart Sly Withers - Set...

Sometimes a song lands in your Release Radar and stops you mid-scroll. That's exactly what happened in June 2025 when "Make It A Lie" showed up — the first single off Lansdowne's then-upcoming album Wish You Well . Hard-hitting, melodic, and anchored by Jon Ricci's absolutely standout vocals — powerful and loud without ever losing the melody — it was an immediate add. Good enough, in fact, to land at #13 on the blog's Best of June playlist . Not bad for a first introduction to a band that's been doing this since 2011. Make It A Lie - Music Video - Lansdowne The follow-up single "Four Wheel Freedom" dropped in August and cemented their spot the list bands we are following. There's something classically American about a rock song built around a car — and this one feels like an Independence Day banger that could sit next to Mellencamp's "Jack and Diane" or "Smalltown". Punchy, anthemic, and road-ready, it grabbed the #9 ...

Lots of familiar faces on this week's list with new music dropped by Shinedown, U2, Metric, and Sevendust. We're also excited to welcome back bands we got into in 2024-2025 when this whole thing got started with Deer Fang, Health, and Stereo Club releasing fresh tracks this week. And 2026 is starting to feel like the year of Lansdowne around here.  Get a taste with the music videos below or listen to full April list here .  Shinedown - Outlaw U2 - In A Life Metric - Crush Forever Sevendust - Threshold Deer Fang - Crawling Black Stone Cherry - I'm Fine Tigers Jaw - Lost on You Yonaka - Stay A Little While Longer The Fray - Tasted Glory Scatterbrain - Fast Lane Lansdowne - Feel You Coming Hawthorne Heights - Like A Cardinal HEALTH - A.L.O.N.E.  Highly Suspect - Wasted Kasabian - Great Pretender Good Kid - Ginger Lemonade Lavalove - Tan Lines Stereo Club - Slightly Jaded