REIGNS is back with her most visceral release to date. “Never Be Forgotten” — out now via her independent label in partnership with her longtime producer — is a bruising, cathartic exhale: part confession, part confrontation, and wholly unflinching in its emotional honesty.
Co-written with Dee Adam and Roland Kiss, the track is driven by raw, cinematic production and a vocal performance that feels both wounded and immovable. It captures the exact moment a relationship crosses from longing to letting go — when love must be laid to rest, even though the heart refuses to loosen its grip.
“We wrote this song about reaching that point where you know a passionate but failed relationship needs to be laid to rest,” REIGNS said. “It almost felt easier to hold on to the weight of it than to truly move on — and I think we’ve all been there at some point.
Lyrically, the song moves through therapy sessions, late-night spirals, and the small artifacts of heartbreak — the remnants we pretend not to keep. REIGNS doesn’t shy away from blame, nor does she shoulder it alone. The chorus lands not as a plea, but as a vow: even if love dies, the memory will live, unexercised and unforgettable.
The accompanying black-and-white visual amplifies the ritualistic quality of the track — cliffs crashing with tide, wind tearing through hair, a woman allowing herself to finally break and rebuild. It’s dramatic, cinematic, and deeply human.
“I wanted to give the relationship a kind of theatrical send-off, which is why we chose to shoot in black and white,” she said. “The cliffs and the raging sea mirrored the storm of emotions I was feeling at the time. In many ways, that chapter of my life ended there, and from it came ‘Never Be Forgotten’.”
“Never Be Forgotten” is a funeral for a love that once mattered — and a rebirth for the artist who survived it.
Stream “Never Be Forgotten”: https://open.spotify.com/track/5xeQSG7MtRcg1r09u0ok5C?si=7d9d1b8bad9d469f&nd=1&dlsi=c8feb87795c44ad2
Emerging from the heart of the Pacific Northwest, Mylo Bybee returned with their explosive new single “Time Machine” — a cinematic rush of memory, momentum, and meaning. The track marks the first glimpse of the band’s upcoming EP, “Revisions,” an evolution that sharpens their signature grit while embracing deeper emotional clarity and dynamic range.
Driven by pointed guitar interplay and an undercurrent of restless rhythmic tension, “Time Machine” captures the disorienting push-pull between longing for the past and holding onto hope for the future. It’s soaring yet grounded — marrying the reflective intimacy of Death Cab for Cutie with the raw, full-throttle catharsis of Manchester Orchestra.
The accompanying video — directed by Adam Wright — mirrors the track’s themes of memory, distortion, and renewal, rendering time as something both fragile and fluid.
“I can’t help but reflect on all the things I have to be thankful for, while also staying grounded in the reality that it’s not so clear for everyone,” vocalist and guitarist Tyler Schlagenhauf said. “We’re living in deeply unsettling times. ‘Time Machine’ walks the line between looking forward, imagining a more robust existence for all of us and looking back, reminiscing about moments that felt different.”
Since forming in 2020, the group has cultivated a loyal following through emotionally charged songwriting and kinetic, high-impact performances. Their sound — equal parts muscle and melody — evokes the pulse of classic alternative rock while speaking directly to the anxieties and urgency of the present moment.
Recorded and produced by Wes Schlagenhauf, who also performed bass on the EP, “Time Machine” introduces Tony Caruso as the band’s new full-time bassist — joining Tyler Schlagenhauf (vox/guitar), Jason Guadalupe (drums), and Tim Fahlen (guitar).
Stream “Time Machine”: https://goldshiprecords.ffm.to/j3nbvrk
The art-rock collective Beauty In Chaos returned with a powerful new release, “God’s Gonna Cut You Down / Get Down Moses,” out now via 33.3 Music Collective. Produced by Grammy-nominated Michael Rozon (Ministry, Jarboe, Wayne Hussey, The Melvins), the two-track digital EP finds BIC creator Michael Ciravolo revisiting formative musical roots and reframing them through the project’s signature cinematic darkness.
Founded in 2018 by Los Angeles guitarist and scene fixture Michael Ciravolo (Human Drama, Gene Loves Jezebel, and President of Schecter Guitars), Beauty In Chaos has become known for its ever-evolving lineup and genre-blurring sound.
Here, Ciravolo takes the vocal lead, delivering a smoldering, atmospheric interpretation of the traditional gospel hymn “God’s Gonna Cut You Down” — most famously associated with Johnny Cash (a distant cousin to contributor Tish Ciravolo, adding another thread to the project’s lineage). Its B-side, a reimagining of Joe Strummer’s “Get Down Moses,” pushes the song into dust-strewn, swampy noir.
Rozon contributes lap steel, drums, and additional textures, while the recording’s choral backbone comes from Tish Ciravolo, Whitney Tai, Set Miller, Anthony Love, and Tim Perry, adding a communal intensity of voices and foot-stomps.
The release arrives alongside a new video for “God’s Gonna Cut You Down,” directed by Vicente Cordero (Industrialism Films) and edited by Ryan Conlon from a concept by Ciravolo. Shot in the French Quarter of New Orleans, the visual leans into shadowy spiritual tension—southern gothic dread with flickers of redemption.
“There is certainly an underlying story-line running through the video, which is left to an individual’s interpretation…,” Ciravolo said. “But in the end; good indeed triumphs over evil.”
This single follows Beauty In Chaos’ recent studio album “Dancing With Angels” and its companion remix collection “Signs in the Heavens: Reality Upside Down,” continuing a lineage of releases featuring collaborators from The Cure, Ministry, The Offspring, Bauhaus, Cheap Trick, Nine Inch Nails, Van Halen, ICE-T, and more.
Stream “God’s Gonna Cut You Down / Get Down Moses” on: Spotify, Apple Music, and Bandcamp
Toronto pop-punk fire-starters The Mendozaz are back with their most wildly ambitious release yet. Their new eight-song concept EP, “The Completely Fictional History of This Great Nation of Canada,” arrived on Cartridge Heart, and it finds the trio leaning all the way into the larger-than-life humor and high-velocity hooks that have made them cult favorites across Toronto’s punk circuit.
Fronted by Jonny (guitar/vocals) with Michael (bass/vocals) and Dic (drums), The Mendozaz have built their reputation on relentless touring, chaotic live sets, and songs tailor-made for sweaty singalongs and spilled beer. This record takes that energy and detonates it.
Across eight tracks, the band rewrites Canadian mythology with reckless abandon — spinning tales of folklore gone wrong, late-night disasters, and national history that is, as advertised, entirely fictional. Musically, it’s all sharpened hooks, pounding drums, and riffs that barrel forward like a snowplow with no brakes.
The EP’s bookending tracks are so gleefully profane that the group called in reinforcements. Members of Joan Smith and the Jane Does and The Meringues stepped in to bolster the gang-shout chaos and elevate the art of the f-bomb. The entire project was recorded between This Place Needs A Name and Arc Recording Studio, with Matt Gauthier (Handheld, Wasting Time) handling recording, mixing, and mastering — capturing the manic charm of the live show while pushing the band’s arrangements into sharper, stranger territory.
The lead single and video, “A Piercing Shriek of Death,” distills the EP’s spirit perfectly.
“It’s based on a very-true Canadian legend that we made up about an expedition of ice fishers being eaten alive by a school of great white sharks near Hudson Bay,” Jonny said. “I had an old recording of an instrumental jam we did six or seven years ago that I really liked. I channeled my inner Serj and came up with something unlike anything we’ve ever done.”
Stream “The Completely Fictional History of This Great Nation of Canada”: https://themendozaz.hearnow.com/the-completely-fictional-history-of-this-great-nation-of-canada
North Portland’s no-wave / angular post-punk outfit Rayon returned with “Shopping”, a beautifully skewed ode to consumerism, burnout, and the strange clarity you find when you finally step away. The track arrives alongside its B-side “Running” as a 7” vinyl and two-track digital release via Little Cloud Records, marking the first in a planned series of new releases from the band.
The video for “Shopping” — shot entirely on Super 8 — captures the band wreaking warmly irreverent havoc in grocery aisles before inevitably getting kicked out. It’s a reminder that joy, humor, and rebirth sometimes live on aisle five.
Rayon is led by Detroit-area native and long-time Portland resident Eric Sabatino, now joined by Anna Sabatino, Riley McLaughlin, Eric Rubalcava, and Derek Longoria-Gomez. The songs were tracked across rainy weekends in a garage studio stuffed with reel-to-reels, barely-working tube amps, and leaky British motorcycles — recorded to 16-track 1/2” tape and run through a wonky tape echo that threatens to quit at any moment.
For the first time, Sabatino handed the mixes to outside ears: Larry Crane (Cat Power, Sleater-Kinney, The Decemberists, Elliott Smith) at Jackpot Recording, with mastering by Timothy Stollenwerk (Yo La Tengo, Grouper, Morphine) at Stereophonic Mastering.
“Shopping” takes a playful, self-aware swing at the act of consuming while traveling — written by someone who freely admits to doing both. Its counterpart, “Running,” looks inward, tracing love, anxiety, and the addictions we can’t always help the people we care about outrunning.
The release nearly didn’t happen. After a period of record-sales disappointment, festival rejections, lineup losses, and full-tilt burnout, Sabatino considered ending Rayon entirely. The arrival of McLaughlin, Rubalcava, and Longoria-Gomez changed everything — bringing new energy, new chemistry, and the spark that would lead to a revitalizing trip to Guadalajara and the songs that followed.
“We played some of the first enjoyable shows in a few years, and a new energy emerged,” Sabatino said. “We started functioning as a band, we traveled to Mexico, and came back to record these songs.”
With renewed focus, Rayon is now working on the next release — building forward, not looking back.
Stream “Shopping” and “Running”: https://open.spotify.com/album/2Fpj59PZsHuWtIu9hg5qwX?si=8fZlQ09YQka4wOrzvE5JnA&nd=1&dlsi=10ababa34ffb448e
Berlin trio PABST return with “Big Big Heart”, a razor-edged collaboration with Brighton grit-pop duo snake eyes. This is the final single from PABST’s upcoming album “This is normal now,” expected to be out November 28 via Alcopop! Records / Ketchup Tracks.
The track marks the second time the bands have linked up, following snake eyes’ single “Hug Me” earlier this year. Where that track leaned into scrappy affection, “Big Big Heart” bites harder — an acerbic commentary on inflated egos and manipulative bravado.
Sonically, it rides a swaggering, snotty stomp reminiscent of Viagra Boys at their most unhinged, fused with rave-rock pulse and dance-punk snap. It’s scruffy, wired, and unmistakably PABST: loud, self-aware, and gloriously abrasive.
Across 200+ shows and two self-released albums — Deuce Ex Machina (2020) and Crushed by the Weight of the World (2022) — PABST have steadily sharpened their hyper-charged hybrid of fuzzed-out grunge, indie irony, and sharpened pop intuition.
Their 2023 live album “1, 2, 3, Go!” captured the full-throttle chaos that has earned them a Top 20-charting record in Germany, support across BBC Radio 1 from Daniel P Carter, tours with Billy Talent, The Beatsteaks, Bob Mould, snake eyes, and Beach Riot, and a major festival appearances including Rock am Ring, The Great Escape, Sziget, and Madcool.
Their new album “This is normal now,” recorded, mixed, and mastered by Magnus Wichmann at lala Studios in Leipzig, finds the band at their most precision-tuned and feral — a sound they jokingly (but seriously) call Hyper-Rock.
Starting December 2025, PABST will hit the road for their headline “Sorry For Hyper-Rocking” tour across Germany, with further international dates to follow.
Stream “Big Big Heart”: https://save-it.cc/pabst/big-big-heart
Pre-order “This is normal now”: https://ilovealcopop.co.uk/products/pabst-this-is-normal-now-on-ltd-petrol-vinyl
