As the long year winds to a close, we're proud to present Reader's new two song EP Behind the Empty House. In the afterglow of their first full-length Engrams, Reader reconvened to focus, once again, on the seminal axioms to which their creative process is owed: intention and evolution. Still present are the tangled conversations between glassy guitars over the methodic rumble of bass and drums. However here Reader lets their hair down, experimenting with a broader sonic palette and unorthodox composition styles. Clocking in at almost five minutes apiece, these songs take lesser-traveled roads to even lesser-explored destinations. Eerily...

Take a trip through a psychedelic car wash as you enjoy Fallow Land's new music video for "The Hope" which is premiering now at BrooklynVegan. The song comes off the band’s latest album Slow Down, Rockstar which available now wherever you listen to music here.  

The Spartan Vault Sale is our biggest sale ever! Save up to half off on Spartan titles and merch, gain access to rare out-of-print variants, and auction to win rare test pressings. It’s going on now through September 22nd, so start shopping here and stay tuned for more fun announcements in the days and weeks to come. We’re also throwing in free stuff with every order, so what are you waiting for?!

Watch VAR's new music video for "Run" now exclusively at The Alternative. The song comes off the band’s mesmerizing new album The Never-Ending Year which is available everywhere now. Watch it below and then stream the album that The Alternative calls "a beautiful flurry of spacious post-rock, anthemic alt-rock, and even languid dream pop at times...at once serene and propulsive" here.  

Veteran Kansas City post-hardcore/emo greats Giants Chair are premiering the video for "Russian Racehorse" on BrooklynVegan. The song appears on the band's latest full-length Prefabylon which is available everywhere now. Of the politically-charged track and video, frontman Scott Hobart shares, "As a middle-aged, white, midwestern guy writing songs, I’ve generally left ‘protest’ lyrics of any real political or religious specificity to the professionals. What do I really have to say that isn’t already being voiced more eloquently by sharper folks? Or maybe I just didn’t have the balls. But, as the ignorance and arrogance of the Trump era woke me...