This Week In Rock
- The Kaleidoscope Kid gives us another alt rock extravaganza from the “Moth To A Flame” album with the catchy alt hit “Man On Fire” by way of Suburban Noize Records
- Royel Otis if their bio on Spotify doesn’t make you stay, their music will. “Adored” is out Now.
- Queens of the Stone Age is still at the top of our list and the shakespearean -esque track names from the album “In Times New Roman” gives us more life with each listen.
- The Armed take post punk more punk with “Everything’s Glitter”
- Guided By Voices bring the goods with “Welshpool Frillies”
- Greta Van Fleet banging through the charts with “Starcatcher“
- Night Beats are bringing the groove with “Rajan”
- Code Orange kicks the door down with a little help from Billy Corgin of The Smashing Pumpkins
- Blur coming in strong with “The Ballad Of Darren”
- PJ Harvey brining the house down with her tenth studio album by the name of “I Inside the Old Year Dying”
What do you think of this weeks picks?

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