GUS BALDWIN shares new single from forthcoming debut solo album; GB & The Sketch launch headlining tour in August, Bass Drum of Death tour in Oct-Nov

"Genre-agnostic quartet with classic rock energy and brassy punk politics... channeling the raw energy of punk." -- Austin Chronicle

“ARTIST OF THE MONTH, March 2025: Infectious garage rock energy. A furious mix of ferocious guitars, a technical knock-out rhythm section, and lyrics that would make all of the legendary Beat Poets howl in approval.” — KUTX

"Kick ass to bombastic levels." -- Cosmic Clash

“Noisy, fuzzy punk with a distinct pop sensibility… Full of energy and anger while also managing to be a lot of fun.” — New Noise Magazine

“Lo-fi, nervy, and filled with that off-kilter energy that runs through all of Baldwin’s best work.” — Psychedelic Baby Magazine

Austin artist Gus Baldwin shares a new solo single "Cherrywood" today, and announces his forthcoming self-titled full length solo debut album. The single launched earlier via Echoes & Dust HERE and is available to hear & share on all DSPs HERE.

Gus Baldwin & The Sketch launch August headlining tour dates in the Southeast (including Muddy Roots Fest and Evolution Festival), followed by Western US shows supporting Bass Drum of Death in October-November. See all tour dates below, tickets are HERE.

Gus Baldwin & the Sketch was the Artist of the Month for March at local NPR affiliate KUTX. Read the interview HERE. The band was also featured in a front cover story in alt weekly paper the Austin Chronicle. Read the feature story HERE.

Gus Baldwin is a 20-something singer/songwriter/ex-hippie/part-time punk hailing from Austin, TX. He splits his time constantly performing as a one man garage band, or with his band The Sketch, and as a frequent collaborator with other local acts. His music spans an array of time periods (80s power-pop, 60s psych, 70s proto-punk, 90s indie rock), and his forthcoming self-titled debut solo full length showcases the immensity of his talents in making all of those influences sound fresh and new. 

“Each song on the record is a different piece of me trying to figure out who I was, and how the world was changing around me,” Baldwin says. “It’s a document of my early 20s.” And, it’s a document of an artist finding his voice from within several entanglements. More on that in a moment…

The debut full length by Gus Baldwin & The Sketch, titled simply The Sketch was released earlier in 2025 to much critical acclaim: Austin NPR affiliate KUTX’s Artist of The Month in March, a front cover story in Austin Chronicle and Best Punk Band nomination, as well as personal invitations to support Jack White and tour with Bass Drum of Death in Fall 2025. 

While The Sketch continues to tour the US (and soon the EU) and write, Gus’ solo album serves to fill in the shades and background that made him. To wit: After a stint holding down drums for Dallas surf punk legends Sealion in high school, Baldwin went on to form the psych-pop combo Acid Carousel, which he led for 6 years and 20-ish releases before departing the band on Halloween night 2021. Quickly releasing a string of solo titles on his own GetWithIt! Records imprint, including the EPs THRILLER II, and Live Bugs, as well as a slew of singles, Gus established himself firmly as the godson of Texas rock 'n’ roll. Teaming up with former Acid Carousel bandmates, and other friends, Gus formed The Sketch in 2022 with bassist Lucas Martins, guitarist David Rawlinson, and drummer Trey Gutierrez.

“At the time of writing most of these tunes, I was still in Acid Carousel and fed up with how things were going, and mostly tired of the psych bag I had been put in,” Baldwin says. The pandemic was a prolific time for him, with a personal mission to write and record a new track every other day on his 4-track recorder. “It’s interesting seeing the songs written for Carousel put on the same album with the ones written right after both my breakup with that band, and my long term relationship. It made sense to put these all together to document my personal journey from age 21 to now.”

The 12-track album was recorded on a Tascam 388 8-track tape machine at the home studio of Baldwin’s friend Ramiro Verdooren over many sessions throughout 2022-2023. Roky Moon (American Sharks) recorded the final touches and mixed the album, with Joey Oaxaca mastering in Los Angeles. 

Gus Baldwin will be available on LP and download on October 24th, 2025 via Permanent Teeth. Pre-orders are available HERE.

GUS BALDWIN & THE SKETCH LIVE 2025:

08/22 Austin, TX - Hotel Vegas

08/26 Denton, TX - Rubber Gloves

08/27 Memphis, TN - Hi-Tone Cafe

08/28 Atlanta, GA - The EARL

08/29 Cookeville, TN - Muddy Roots Festival

08/30 Nashville, TN - The Basement

08/31 New Orleans, LA - Saturn

09/20 Taylor, TX - Black Sparrow Music Parlour - Flat Fest

09/27 St Louis, MO - Evolution Festival 

10/30 Houston, TX - White Oak Music Hall *

11/01 Dallas, TX - Ferris Wheelers *

11/02 Austin, TX - Empire Control Room *

11/04 Albuquerque, NM - Launchpad *

11/05 Phoenix, AZ - Valley Bar *

11/06 Los Angeles, CA - The Roxy *

11/07 San Diego, CA - Brick by Brick *

11/08 San Francisco, CA - Brick and Mortar *

11/10 Sacramento, CA - Harlow’s *

11/12 Seattle, WA - Madame Lou’s *

11/14 Portland, OR - Dante’s *

11/15 Boise, ID - Shrine Social Club *

11/17 Salt Lake City, UT - Urban Lounge *

11/19 Denver, CO - Marquis *

11/20 Ft Collins, CO - The Coast *

11/21 Lawrence, KS - The Bottleneck *

11/22 Columbia, MO - Rose Music Hall *

* w/ Bass Drum of Death

Artist: Gus Baldwin

Album: Gus Baldwin

Record Label: Permanent Teeth 

Album Release Date: October 24, 2025

01. Hello

02. Full Regalia

03. St. Sinner

04. Depression

05. West Korea

06. Cherrywood

07. Azie Morton

08. The Pesticide Song

09. Credit Card

10. Whatever Happened (To My Granddaddy’s Gun)

11. Happy Mondays

12. Aesthetifuck

Artist: Gus Baldwin & The Sketch

Album: The Sketch

Label: Permanent Teeth Records

Release Date: January 31, 2025

01. Part I

02. Part II

03. Part III

04. Itch 

05. Steady on It

06. Luxury Television 

07. Slacker’s Prom

08. (She’s Gone) Arigato 

09. Beautiful Delilah 

10. What the Freaks Say

11. Sympathy for Sunday

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The Depth Beneath Us sophomore album 'Descent' out now

“Lush guitar layers and cascading clusters elicit a full emotional response from the Penn State post-rockers.” — Echoes & Dust

"Pushing the boundary on the other side of the post-rock spectrum by going all-in." -- New Noise

Harrisburg, PA quintet The Depth Beneath Us release their sophomore album Descent today, out on all streaming platforms, as well as LP and CD. Hear and share the album on all DSPs HERE. 

Watch/share the official video for "Cluster B" on YouTube.

Atmosphere and layering are the cornerstone of Pennsylvania's post-rock maximalists The Depth Beneath Us. Particularly on their forthcoming sophomore album Descent, the quintet finds captivating new ways to build symphonic guitar layers to create wide open, soaring sonic spaces. But the band also deftly combines this with post-metal structures, progressive melodies and emotive songwriting to make sweeping songs that build truly orchestral passages and crescendos.

Add to that Battles' dissection of electronic music, Russian Circles' dramatic metallic guitars, and punchy rhythms, and one can get a sense of this epic masterwork.

Descent is their new ten-song, 55-minute full length. From the pummeling opening riffs of “Trust Thermocline” to the time-twisting rhythms of the title track, it's clear that their increased ambition has paid dividends without compromising an ability to craft intricate and memorable songs.

The band reveals that the new sequence of material was carefully designed to illustrate a journey through the universal experience of conflict in its many forms. “Everywhere you look, there is a nearly unprecedented level of oppression and antagonism in the world now,” guitarist Matt Rockman reflects. “We tried to hold these experiences of conflict in mind while writing, whether societal, interpersonal, or romantic.”

Never content to remain in one mode for too long, the album also highlights how one tries to reconcile such pervasive conflict. “Some turn to diversions and distraction, others look to external adventures, and a few turn their focus inward towards meditation and reflection,” Rockman adds. The album concludes with a note of hope while remaining soberingly aware that regardless of how we navigate these challenges, people have historically been unable to put aside their differences for long.

Descent was recorded by Michael Washkevich at MDW Productions in Harrisburg, PA. The album was mixed by Steve Durose (Oceansize, Vennart, Amplifier). Frank Arkwright provided mastering at Abbey Road Studios.

Descent is available on LP, CD and download on August 1st. Orders are available HERE. 

Artist: The Depth Beneath Us

Album: Descent

Record Label: The Depth Beneath Us

Release Date: August 1st, 2025

01. Trust Thermocline

02. Cluster B

03. Head and The Transient Love

04. Jealousy Professor

05. Hessdalen Lights 

06. Emprise

07. Apollonian

08. 117B

09. Descent

10. Closure

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Luigi Porto (Manicburg, noir-rock composer) shares video & single "Gabor '25"

"Music that feels like it is remembering something that you forgot... Channeling an operatic garage rock. " -- It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine

NYC noir-rock composer Luigi Porto shares the official video for his new single "Gabor '25" today via It's Psychedelic Baby! Magazine and Side-Line. The epic near 9-minute song is based on a tragic true story from Porto's family history. Watch the video and read about it HERE. (Direct YouTube.) Hear/share "Gabor '25" on all DSPs HERE.

Legendary composer Angelo Badalamenti praises Porto’s work as “abstract, hypnotizing, absolutely unique,” and Stuart Maconie highlights its “incredibly striking atmospheres.”

Based on a song first heard on his 2021 album, Tell Uric, originally sung by Swedish chanteuse Nefer Alexandra Linde, Gabor returns in 2025 with Porto himself at the microphone, backed by his powerhouse band IDRA. Recorded live in an Italian studio, this performance shapes a chanson into a hard rock odyssey sung in English and French, bursting with lush harmonies, unexpected turns, and a finale that spirals into a psychedelic descent into a hell that tastes like free-jazz - stretching the song and the listener beyond the ordinary in a retro fashion.

A TRUE STORY: Drawn from Porto’s own family history, “Gabor '25” is a tale of identity lost and secrets kept. A newborn girl, sold by her poor parents to a childless couple, grows up in privilege, never knowing her real name or origins. Beautiful and willful, her whims set fate in motion – one summer day a simple request leads to the tragical death of her dad, and the rest of her life unfolds in the shadow of secrets never spoken. She eventually dies young too, her true identity lost to time.

The concept of descent, as an unavoidable fate for those who dare to escalate their class, was in fact the philosophical core of Porto's latest album Tell Uric, from which the song originates, and whose artwork was an arrow facing downwards.

THE VIDEO: Clocking in at over nine minutes, it is a visual and emotional journey, a tapestry of sound and vision through reality and abstraction. Alongside authentic family films and photographs, the narrative is brought to life through a series of animated paintings stemming from the original works of the Italian painter Giovanni Manganaro, that infuse the story with their physicality and abstract weight, swirling and transforming onscreen, blurring the lines between memory and myth and inviting viewers to witness a life both extraordinary and heartbreakingly anonymous.

Luigi Porto, known for his cinematic soundscapes and bold approach to music, brings his

signature blend of rawness and elegance to “Gabor '25.” After having been a favorite of Porto’s live exhibitions, performed in several forms from acoustic to full band, this definitive version loads an intense elegy with the controlled but primordial energy of a live studio recording.

A twisted rock chanson for the forgotten and the unforgettable, that is as relentless as it is atmospheric, blending the visceral punch of psychedelia with a dark approach and an otherworldly sprawl that is the brainchild of stoner and jazz.

Hailing from the Italian underground and experimental scene, Luigi Porto has released albums under several monikers (Appleyard College, Mond), and toured with bands (Maisie, Anima Virus), scored films (Uljhan, Arbëria), and composed for orchestra and stage. Besides performing solo and with ensembles, his music has been at Carnegie Hall, La Croisette, Stanislavsky Theatre and many international venues. 

"Gabor '25" is available now on all streaming/download platforms via Respirano Records. 

Artist: Luigi Porto & Idra

Album: "Gabor '25" single

Label: Respirano Records

Release Date: August 1, 2025

01. Gabor '25

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