"Feels like they're pulling sound from the edges of the mind and heart." -- Psychedelic Baby Magazine
“Taking notes from iconic 90s shoegaze, the fuzzy guitars, cymbals and indistinguishable lyrics transport listeners to a brooding place of loneliness and desperation for love.” — Melodic Magazine
Denver trio Moonpool share a new single today from their forthcoming EP. The track "Aim" launched earlier via New Noise Magazine. Hear and share "Aim" and more on all DSPs HERE.
Moonpool is a Denver-based heavy shoegaze and grunge act fusing the rawness of post-punk with the crushing beauty of 90s alternative. With singer/guitarist Raymond Suny, guitarist Izaiah Miller and drummer Steven Hartman, the trio channels emotional intensity through walls of distortion, explosive rhythm, and haunting melody. Moonpool’s forthcoming release Syzygy is a twin-blade — two songs in spiritual and sonic alignment.
On “Like You Do,” the band confronts anima and shadow through a toxic-love-as-mirror narrative—equal parts Jungian and bleeding-heart. Its closing mantra, “I know, I know you wanted to,” echoes like a ghost in the gut. Companion track “Aim” is even heavier: a scorched-earth anthem of self-confrontation and spiritual reckoning, erupting into full-bodied tremolo and shoegaze intensity.
Both songs were written during moonpool’s own metamorphosis—grappling with identity, rebirth, and the sacred violence of change. Mixed and recorded in-house, with drums tracked by Colin Ingram, the tracks retain a DIY urgency even as they reach cinematic heights. The “Like You Do” video cuts between raw performance shots, a mimicking shadow and VHS detachment, reflecting the inner fragmentation at the heart of the songs.
The band’s previous EP Nothing Sacred cemented their sound within modern grungegaze. But Syzygy marks evolution—moonpool’s synthesis of intricate songwriting, guttural honesty, and arena-sized catharsis. There’s no medication like this.
MOONPOOL - LIVE 2025:
07/25 Cheyenne, WY - Fridays on the Plaza festival
07/26 Denver, CO - Hornet (midnight, UMS festival)
“It hits like exposed wiring. Their debut EP ‘Clang Clang’ is all jagged edges and nervous tension, a tightly wound burst of post-punk precision that captures the sound of dislocation and persistence.” — Psychedelic Baby Magazine
Los Angeles band Molly Horses release their Solid Brass Records debut mini-album today on all platforms. Hear and share Clang Clang on all DSPs HERE.
Molly Horses are a post punk/noise rock band from Los Angeles who have been not so quietly picking up steam across the city’s punk underground. Maybe you saw them at Echo Park Rising in 2024, caught them at other local watering holes like Genghis Cohen, Non Plus Ultra or Redwood Bar, or maybe you heard about them via New Noise when they shared their single “King Dundalk” last year.
Singer/guitarist Harry James (they/them) and guitarist Cormac Shirer Brown had played together in previous bands in their hometown of Portland, Maine. James met drummer Tim Wright (ex: Ted Leo & The Pharmacists and founding member of Baltimore’s Wilderness) on film sets on the east coast before relocating to Los Angeles while Brown met bassist Malcolm Watts (also from Maine) while working together at a cocktail bar in Los Angeles. The four came together in the summer of 2023 to create something angular, noisy, desperate, and methodical. New Noise said they “wail like a police siren with Devo-esque snot-nosed sarcasm” and punksite.com says, “Molly Horses channels the raw urgency and chaos of four people transplanted from small town living and into the beating heart of the City of Angels.”
Drawing influence from the musical precision of Shellac, the DIY ethos of Minutemen, the biting lyricism of The Fall, and visceral discomfort of contemporaries Gilla Band, Molly Horses aims to set themselves apart from expectation. Having extensive backgrounds in sound and audio engineering, the band recorded their debut 6 song EP Clang Clang at their home studio, Train Song, in Los Angeles.
Molly Horses has joined LA label Solid Brass Records to release Clang Clang and continue work on their forthcoming full length album. The band will celebrate the release of Clang Clang on Friday 7/25 with a Desert Daze sponsored Release Show at Gold Diggers with Guck (Three One G Records) and DJ Allison Wolfe (Bratmobile). Follow Molly Horses on Instagram for more details.
Clang Clangisavailable on streaming and download, released on July 25th via Solid Brass Records. Orders are available HERE.
“The band incorporates an uptempo guitar and beat that is laced with musical inspiration from south of the border while also integrating dark lyricism and indie rock undertones to make for a sound that feels freshly original.” — Glide Magazine
El Paso, TX by way of Berlin duo The Division Menshare a new single & video today from their forthcoming album Hymns and Fiery Dances. The track and video, "The Undertow" launched previously via Glide Magazine HERE. Hear and share "The Undertow" on all DSPs HERE. Watch/share the visualizer on YouTube.
Hymns and Fiery Dances is set to come out on Motor Music in August 2025. The album currently includes Rafael Gayol (Leonard Cohen), Rick G Nelson (Afghan Whigs, Twilight Singers, Polyphonic Spree, St. Vincent), Jay Reynolds (Asleep at the Wheel), Fredo Ortiz (Beastie Boys, Los Lobos), Leah Shapiro (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club), Dana Colley (Morphine), Asya Sorshneva (CocoRosie), Beto Martinez (Groupo Fantasma), Josh Marcus, Jacob Valenzuela (Calexico), Laura Scarborough, Barb Hunter (Afghan Whigs, Pigface), Eric Gorfain (Sam Phillips, Def Leppard, Queens of the Stone Age, Dr Dre), Peter Hayes (Black Rebel Motorcycle Club), Roscoe Beck (Leonard Cohen) and Alain Johannes (Eleven, Them Crooked Vultures, Queens of the Stone Age, PJ Harvey).
This Texas bred, husband/wife, acoustic duo originally formed in Berlin, Germany in 2008. They are now based in El Paso, TX. The band is made up of founder J. Spencer Portillo (vocals/acoustic guitar) and Caroline Rippy Portillo (vocals/bass guitar.)
The Division Men's name was derived from the idea of artists collaborating from all over the world despite their locations. Originally formed in Berlin in 2008, the duo wrote and recorded and eventually returned to Texas.
Caroline was born in San Antonio, Texas. From 2007 until 2012, she played bass guitar for Tito & Tarantula. J. Spencer Portillo was born in Los Angeles, California but was raised in Texas. His roots offer a huge influence on the lyrics which frequently present atmospheric portraits of love, life and death in a border town.
The Division Men have a distinctive sound that has been described as dark, romantic, ethereal, and haunting. The last album (Ninos Del Sol) features Rafael Gayol (Leonard Cohen), Steven Hufsteter (The Quick | Tito and Tarantula | Del Shannon), Jay Reynolds (Asleep at the Wheel), Mitch Hertz (Bloody Kids), Raiye Rippy and Jake Garcia (The Black Angels).
Hymns and Fiery Dances will be available on LP, CD and download on August 22nd via Motor Music. Pre-orders are available HERE.
THE DIVISION MEN - LIVE 2025:
08.15.2025 Austin, TX - Vinyl Beauty Bar
08.17.2025 San Antonio, TX - Faust Tavern
08.22.2025 El Paso, TX - Love Buzz
17.09.2025 Berlin, DE @ Terzo Mondo
18.09.2025 Potsdam, DE @ Kunsthaus Sans Titre
19.09.2025 Berlin, DE @ Wiener Blut
20.09.2025 Leszno, PL @ Zakład
21.09.2025 Kraków, PL @ Chicago Bar
23.09.2025 Prague, CZ @ Čítárna Unijazz
24.09.2025 Liberec, CZ @ Club Stamina
25.09.2025 Szczecin, PL @ Pub Dublin
26.09.2025 Hamburg, DE @ Prismeo Theatre
27.09.2025 Bremerhaven, DE @ Kulturwerkstatt hinter Alberts Huus
28.09.2025 Schwanewede, DE @ Schwaneweder Wohnzimmerkonzerte
29.09.2025 Overwarfe, DE @ Hof am Siel
01.10.2025 Freiburg im Breisgau, DE @ Artik
02.10.2025 Augsburg, DE @ Rheingold
03.10.2025 Bern, CH @ Plan B Records
04.10.2025 Saarbruecken, DE @ Terminus
05.10.2025 Darmstadt, DE @ Gute Stube
06.10.2025 Arbon, CH @ Irish Pub 9320
07.10.2025 Rheineck, CH @ Irish Pub 9424
08.10.2025 Lucerne, CH @ Ravioli Bar
09.10.2025 Geneva, CH @ Urgence Disk Records
10.10.2025 Annecy, FR @ Bistro Des Tilleuls
11.10.2025 Varese, IT @ Al Cedro
14.10.2025 Dubrovnik, HR @ Fat Bastard
15.10.2025 Split, HR @ Academia Club Ghetto
16.10.2025 Postojna, SI @ Boem Bar
17.10.2025 Bologna, IT @ Efesto
18.10.2025 Morrovalle, IT @ Drunk In Public
19.10.2025 Chieti, IT @ Old Tower Jungle
21.10.2025 Aversa, IT @ Giardini di Marzo
22.10.2025 Viterbo, IT @ Al Settantasette
24.10.2025 Toulon, FR @ Bar de Halle
25.10.2025 Carcassonne, FR @ Du Vin & Des Vinyles
26.10.2025 Dax, FR @ Brewsocial Club
27.10.2025 Burgos, SP @ El Sotano Cultural
29.10.2025 Praia de Esmoriz, PT @ Uncle Joe's
30.10.2025 Faro, PT @ Palimpsestu
31.10.2025 Lisbon, PT @ ADF
01.10.2025 Alverca do Ribatejo, PT @ Entre Linhas
02.11.2025 Coimbra, PT @ Gremio Operario de Coimbra
04.11.2025 Sopela, SP @ La Atalaia del Gardoki
05.11.2025 Vitoria-Gasteiz, SP @ Abisinia
06.11.2025 Burlada, SP @ Black Rose
07.11.2025 Angoulême, FR @ Pepper Stage
08.11.2025 Châtellerault, FR @ La Station
09.11.2025 Caen, FR @ Portobello Rock Club
10.11.2025 Gent, BE @ Missy Sippy
12.11.2025 Paris, FR @ Le 34
14.11.2025 Stuttgart, DE @ Laboratorium
15.11.2025 Enkirch, DE @ Tom's Musik-Keller
16.11.2025 Höhr-Grenzhausen, DE @ Cafe Libre
17.11.2025 Wiesbaden, DE @ der Weinländer
18.11.2025 Düsseldorf, DE @ Ratinger Hof
19.11.2025 Bonn, DE @ Kult 41
20.11.2025 Eindhoven, NL @ Stage Music Cafe
21.11.2025 Wildemann, DE @ Gemeindehaus Wildemann
22.11.2025 Fritzlar, DE @ Cafe Hahn
25.11.2025 Calw, DE @ Kultur-Apotheke
27.11.2025 Aumuhle, DE @ In The Woods
28.11.2025 Berlin, DE @ Cafe Tasso
29.11.2025 Seegebiet Mansfelder Land, DE @ Wassermuehle Röblingen Am See
