Smells Like Alt Rock

While the lineup has changed over the years, much like a lot of the bands I've followed since the 90's, brothers Ed and Dean Roland remain the consistent soul of Collective Soul. Originally out of Georgia, today's lineup, consisting of Will Turpin (bass), Johnny Rabb (drums), and Jesse Triplett (guitar) is still dropping fresh alt rock including 2024's Here To Eternity (recorded at Elvis Presley's Palm Springs estate) and their 2026 drop Touch and Go.  The band filmed the documentary Give Me A Word while recording Here To Eternity in California. The documentary, available on multiple streaming platforms including Amazon Prime and Apple TV, details the band's sudden rise to fame via 90's anthem "Shine", the lawsuit against their management company, their financial hard times before Disciplined Breakdown, and how the current lineup came to be.  We've seen Collective Soul - three times in the last few years. They continue to bring great energy to ...

Another week down - here are the new tunes we've been listening to all week. You'll find them on the August playlist until we cut it back to just our favorites at the end of the month. Check out all the new songs below: Cowboy Mouth - Blood Money Porch Light - Under Mayday Parade - Two Hearts Eva Under Fire - Safe Word Cold War Kids - Loyalty Greta Van Fleet - Saw You Stand Five Finger Death Punch - Nails in the Coffin Michigander - YYY Vienna Vienna - Angel Wings Cigarettes @ Sunset - Gasoline Blush - Pose The Wrecks - Hangin Out High June - You're Sorry No Pressure - Someone Like You Fort Frances - Parliament Lights Collective Soul - Fun Collective Soul - Heavy Load Collective Soul - Eye On You

Should have posted these late July drops last Sunday - but here we are only hours before the next of wave new songs drop. Here's the small group of songs to get our August playlist started. Mayday Parade - Sweet Sad Sugar Citizen Soldier - Flatline Martin Garrix, U2 - Fireflies The Pretty Reckless - Devil in Disguise Switchfoot - Butterfly Effect Muse - The Sickness in You & I Eva Under Fire - Survive My Scars Like Roses - Buried Diva Bleach, Out In Front - Wake Up! Bike Routes - There It Goes Waterparks, Mark Hoppus, Danny Elfman, Sorry My Love, Eric Nally - Tell Me Why Mod Sun - 2 AM Lenny - Casanova Talk - Up & Away The Paradox - I Kinda Like That

 Still getting some backdated content up. August 2025 was a great month for new music.  The best of list for August 2025 starts with The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus who claimed the top spot two months in a row.  Click here to checkout the August 2025 Best Of playlist on Spotify.  Best Songs of August 2025: The Red Jumpsuit Apparatus - X's for Eyes Senses - Tiptoeing Harm & Ease - Storm the Gates Sawyer Hill - Masochistic Lover Nevertel - Somethings Citizen Soldier - Sit in Your Shadows Comastatic - Sunburn in the Summer Lakeview - Name in a Song The Haunt - Own Me Cowboy Mouth - The Real Me Ra - Devil Mind Voila - FMK! As December Falls - Everything's On Fire But I'm Fine Mayday Parade - Under My Sweater Flash Forward - Stone Cold Sober Honorable Mention: Good Charlotte - I Don't Wanna Work Here Anymore Taylor Acorn - Hangman Florence + The Machine - Everybody Scream Western Education - Millennial Youth  Savage Hands - Trust Issues The Goo Goo Dolls - Misery