How, how, how could I have missed a record like this?! How could I have let a juggernaut such as this go completely past me without my acknowledgment? Not an eye blink, not a head nod, nothing! It's like having a comet come from the sky and take out a huge chunk of the Earth, and here I am finding out about it all a couple of months later! Is it my age? Is it my newfound lackadaisical attitude that seems to have settled in with my old age? Wow, well no matter—the important thing is that I did catch it eventually. It is now a part of my life and for that, I am grateful. Future by PUBLIC HOUSE Public House projects strength through rock 'n' roll music. Frontman Wolfgang Buckley (Stiff Richards) comes at us again with a baseball bat in one hand and a flaming Molotov cocktail in the other. If you are a fan of Stiff Richards, you'll definitely be on board for this as well. Public House seems to have a meaner trajectory than Stiff Richards, though. I am a huge fan of Stiff Ri...

Photo by Edward Scotland Interview conducted with Quick Romance vocalist Matilda Scotland! Shock Treatment: Let’s kick things off by telling me about your first practice as a band? Did you all more or less have a sound in mind or did your current style evolve over time? Matilda: At the very start I was pretty shy around Gabe, Hayden and Ollie cos I only knew them vaguely, through school or mutual friends. Our first band practice was sorta tentative, definitely a little awkward. But fun! Thankfully, it took very little time before we were all getting on like a house on fire. They’re nice boys, my bandmates. That means a lot when you’re a teenage girl DESPERATE for people to take you seriously enough to join a band with you. We all had a vague idea of what we wanted to sound like from the offset, yeah! It’s definitely evolved since we started - I hope it will continue to! That’d be cool. Shock Treatment: Quick Romance is a pretty young band, is that fair to say? You’ve listed Fatal M...

In case you missed the "Best of 2026 So Far" episode of the podcast that Josh and I do called Born Too Late, here's a quick recap. We were happy to have Niek from Add To Wantlist.com as a special guest to class up the joint. It's crazy to me how we all, more or less, listen to similar music, yet only had one duplicate record on our lists. So go ahead, dive in headfirst and take a look at what we've been adoring the last 6 months or so. I don't want to hear anyone say there isn't any good music being made anymore, because here are thirty-plus records that stand as a testament contrary to that statement. Brilliant new bands and records are still roaming the earth today. They haven't gone the way of the dinosaur quite yet. That's why it's more important than ever to support these independent bands and record labels right now, while they're still around. The Spotify playlist at the end of this post merely serves as a reference. If you like any ...