GDP has returned with the announcement of his first proper album in 14 years. Arriving October 23rd, Cross Off Matthew proves that the NJ emcee is still in top form, with 12 tracks of mind-bending beats and razor-sharp bars that are sure to please longtime fans and new listeners alike.

To celebrate the announcement GDP has shared the album's lead single "Island In The Sky" a crunched-out cut of pounding drums and warped production that kicks off the rapper's return with a bang, and offers the perfect introduction to Cross Off Matthew's causticly personal attitude and atmosphere.

GDP got his start in the late 2000s/early 2010s with a run of DIY hip hop albums that were heavily informed by his roots in hardcore punk and skateboarding. His early releases gained traction within independent rap circles but after years of grinding he shelved the project to focus on photography, film, publishing, and even global health work. But he never strayed far from music and in 2025 he released ENDOCRINE, a collaborative album with Fatboi Sharif, that officially marked his return to the GDP moniker. 

Now Cross Off Matthew is the first proper GDP album since 2013's Holla and it strikes a balance between fearlessly expanding his sound and reminding listeners of what made him such a formidable presence in underground hip hop to begin with. The record is a slow-cooked labor of love, born out of taking enough time away from something to understand the journey with greater perspective and appreciation. "I'm older, arguably wiser, but that creative fire stayed with me," GDP says. "I wanted to make something that felt nuanced, something that ! could feel proud of." Throughout the record he examines vices, interpersonal relationships, the collective dread of late-stage capitalism as well as the pitfalls and rewards of trying to lead a creative life in the midst of it--all with GDP's trademark humor and commentary, now refined by years of life lived experience.

GDP has also announced a run of US tour dates, including shows with The Front Bottoms and Wicca Phase Springs Eternal. See full itinerary below.

Upcoming Shows:
08/22 Montclair, NJ @ Nishuane Park ‘
09/05 Philadelphia, PA @ Love City Brewery
09/16 Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus
09/18 Seattle, WA @ Showbox SODO ^
09/19 Portland, OR @ Roseland Theater ^
09/20 Portland, OR @ Revolution Hall ^
09/22 San Francisco, CA @ The Warfield ^
09/24 Riverside, CA @ Riverside Municipal Auditorium ^
09/25 Las Vegas, NV @ Brooklyn Bowl Las Vegas ^
09/26 Denver, CO @ Meow Wolf
09/27 Pioneertown, CA @ Pappy & Harriet's ^
10/25 Garwood, NJ @ Crossroads (Record Release Show)
10/30 Chicago, IL @ DM 4 Address
10/31 Pittsburgh, PA @ Sister Bar
12/03 San Francisco, CA @ The Natural “
12/05 Sacramento, CA @ Cafe Colonial w/ “

^ w/ The Front Bottoms
* w/ Wicca Phase Springs Eternal
‘ w/ Rome Streetz
“ w/ Dcoi

Posted: September 02, 2026

Posted: August 27, 2026

Horse Jumper of Love's beloved self-titled debut album turns ten this year and to celebrate the band have announced a remastered and expanded deluxe edition of the record, arriving September 25th.

Preorder Horse Jumper of Love 10 Year Anniversary Deluxe Edition

Released quietly on Bandcamp and tape in 2016 by Disposable America, and then given a wider release on vinyl and streaming the following year by Run For Cover, Horse Jumper of Love is an album of scrappy, aching slowcore, that was written in a basement with the lowest expectations and has since become a true classic of the genre. This deluxe version remasters the original album (or perhaps more accurately, masters it for the first time) and offers a whopping thirteen bonus tracks of never-before-heard songs, alternate versions, and demos. Along with a booklet of handwritten guitar tabs, archival photos, and special packaging with hidden surprises, this deluxe edition is a lovingly assembled tribute to a seminal record and to the time, place, and spirit from which it emerged.

To mark the announcement Horse Jumper of Love have shared one of the previously unreleased tracks, "Heather (2013)." The song is a surprisingly spritely primordial version of the self-titled record’s dirge-like “i love you very much forever" that both stands on its own and offers new insight into the earliest days of Horse Jumper of Love.

In the decade since its releases Horse Jumper of Love has become widely regarded as an essential record of the 2010s, a key release that helped propel slowcore and shoegaze out of the musical dustbin and back into the indie rock zeitgeist. Now traces of the self-titled debut can be heard in a new generation of sonically indebted groups like They Are Gutting A Body of Water, Teethe, Shallowater, and more.

The thirteen bonus tracks on Horse Jumper of Love 10 Year Anniversary Deluxe Edition capture the particular gritty melancholy of the album’s original songs while inviting us further into the archive of a record the band thought no one would hear. Collected together as one body of work, Horse Jumper of Love and all of its contemporaneous material feels like a smudged, graphite portrait of that transition from adolescence to adulthood, illuminating the truth of what the original album always was: a potent snapshot of self-definition, the moment an artist crawls out of the dirt and into the world.

Horse Jumper of Love have also announced a run of US, UK, and EU tour dates where they'll be playing the self-titled record in full. See itinerary below.

Upcoming Shows: 
09/25 Brooklyn, NY @ Warsaw %
10/10 Los Angeles, CA @ The Regent *
10/14 Austin, TX @ Antone’s ^
10/16 Chicago, IL @ Empty Bottle #
10/21 Toronto, ON @ The Great Hall
10/23 Montreal, QC @ Toscadura
11/02 London, UK @ Pitchfork Festival
11/03 Bristol, UK @ Strange Brew
11/04 Manchester, UK @ YES (Pink Room)
11/05 Birmingham, UK @ Castle & Falcon
11/06 Glasgow, UK @ Room 2
11/08 Paris, FR @ Le Chinois
11/09 Bruges, BE @ Breaking Waves
11/10 Amsterdam, NL @ Cinetol
11/11 Berlin, DE @ Cassiopeia
11/13 Athens, GR @ Death Disco
11/14 Thessaloniki, GR @ Soul Ground Stage
11/16 Sofia, BG @ Club Pave
11/17 Bucharest, RO @ Control Club
11/20 Lisbon, PT @ ZDB
11/22 Barcelona, ES @ Jamboree
11/23 Madrid, ES @ Sala B
11/24 Dublin, IE @ The Grand Social

% w/ special guest & 22° Halo
* w/ Dutch Interior & Shallowater
^ w/ Dead Sullivan & Amelia’s Best Friend
# w/ Flooding

Posted: August 19, 2026

Sadurn recently announced their anticipated sophomore album, The Underworld, arriving October 16th, and today the beloved indie folk band have shared its second single "never tell me."

The Underworld follows Sadurn's acclaimed 2022 debut album, Radiator, and it expands the band's graceful blend of alt-country, bedroom pop, and intimate indie rock, while leaning even deeper into songwriter G DeGroot's heartrendingly personal lyrical honesty. The result is one of the most deeply human albums you'll hear this year, a document of hard-earned catharsis that somehow feels at once grounded and miraculous.

"never tell me" follows lead single, "whole thing," and arrives alongside a music video featuring the band performing for an audience of puppets in an animated cave. The visual's silly charm is juxtaposed with one of the most emotionally-charged songs on The Underworld, a slow burn that builds to raucous guitars and stirring vocal melodies.

Upcoming Shows:
11/07 Durham, NC @ Stanczyks *
11/08 Richmond, VA @ Richmond Music Hall *
11/09 Washington, DC @ The Atlantis *
11/11 Portland, ME @ SPACE Gallery *
11/13 Montreal, QC @ Bar Le Rotz PDB *
11/14 Toronto, ON @ The Garrison *
11/17 New York, NY @ Bowery Ballroom *
11/18 Boston, MA @ The Sinclair *
11/20 Philadelphia, PA @ First Unitarian Church  *

* w/ Kitchen, Hemlock

Posted: August 12, 2026

Anxious have returned with their new single "Don't Move" out today via Run For Cover Records. Last year the beloved young band released their acclaimed sophomore album, Bambi, drawing attention from the likes of Pitchfork, Stereogum, BrooklynVegan, Consequence, Uproxx, and many more, and now "Don't Move" arrives just in time for their upcoming North American tour supporting Citizen.

"Don't Move" builds on the growth and scope of Bambi as Anxious continue to push further into widescreen alternative rock songwriting while maintaining the bite and grit from their roots in hardcore and classic emo. It's the kind of track that sounds longing and triumphant all at once, drawing on Anxious ability to balance a massive guitar punch with equally huge melodies.

Stream "Don't Move"

Vocalist Grady Allen discussed the new song, saying: "This song is about a relationship that defined my early twenties falling apart - then trying and failing to rebuild it. It’s about disengaging with reality in hopes of reclaiming the bond you’ve lost with someone, but never feeling truly close in the process. 'Don’t Move' is about knowing that feeling, but trying to ignore it in the hope that things will change.

This song was the first song from a group of tracks I started writing at the end of last summer. There were no expectations for a record, or for a cohesive idea of what that would mean - it just felt like there was a lot of space for 'let's just put together whatever comes naturally and see what happens.' The bridge for this song came first and I was trying to channel some of the atmospheric building action that happens a lot on the B-side of Jimmy Eat World's Clarity. I was also super inspired by Armlock, probably my favorite new band of the last several years. Their layered acoustic guitars and vocals was something I was trying to pull off on the bridge."

"Don't Move" is sure to sound great live as Anxious tours across North America this summer supporting their label mates Citizen alongside Hotline TNT, Rocket, and Cryogeyser. See full literary below and stay tuned for more from Anxious in 2026.

Upcoming Shows:
08/18 Chicago, IL @Thalia Hall *
08/19 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall *
08/21 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall *
08/22 Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron *
08/23 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE *
08/25 Toronto, CA @ Danforth Music Hall*
08/28  Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel *
08/29 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *
08/30 Boston, MA @ Big Night Live *
09/01 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring *
09/02 Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa *
09/03 Greenville, SC @ Radio Room Greenville
09/04 St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live *
09/05 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution *
09/07 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Heaven) *
09/09 Austin, TX @ Emo’s *
09/10 Dallas, TX @ Studio at Factory *
09/11 San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec Theatre *
09/13 El Paso, TX @ 808
09/15 Mesa, AZ @ The Nile Theater *
09/17 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium *
09/18 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom *
09/19 Sacramento, CA @ Wonder Ballroom *
09/21 Portland, OR @ Crystal Ballroom*
09/22 Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo *
09/24 Salt Lake City, UT @ Grand at The Complex *
09/26 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre *
09/27 Tulsa, OK @ Mass Movement
09/28 St. Louis, MO @ The Hawthorn *
09/30 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater *
10/01 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave *
10/02 Detroit, MI @ The Majestic Theatre *
10/03 Bloomington, IN @ Best Day Ever

* w/ Anxious, Hotline TNT, Rocket, Cryogeyser 

Posted: August 11, 2026

Toledo, OH rock powerhouse, Citizen, have released their highly anticipated new album, Halcyon Blues, out today.

Halcyon Blues is a dynamic, confident release that draws on nearly two decades of musical and personal growth to emphatically declare what their dedicated fans already know: Citizen are one of our great modern rock bands–and they’re at the absolute top of their game. The album's early singles have drawn attention from the likes of Rolling Stone, Stereogum, Consequence, BrooklynVegan, Alt Press, VICE, and many more, and now listeners can experience Halcyon Blues in its entirety.

Citizen also have a huge run of worldwide tour dates starting this month in support of Halcyon Blues. First the band will be hitting the road in North America with support from Anxious, Hotline TNT, Rocket, and Cryogeyser, followed by the UK and EU with Modern Color, then Australia with Drug Church. See full itinerary below.

Citizen have always been determined to follow their own path, taking creative risks and challenging expectations at every turn, and 17 years into an impressive career the band still feel like underdogs who have never quite fit in. Citizen's unlikely rise from a group of Toledo high schoolers to long-running headliners capable of selling out shows around the world, and they got there through persistent sonic evolution. Over the years they've moved deftly through raw emo, menacing post-hardcore, anthemic alternative, garage-y indie pop, and so much more, now Halcyon Blues combines elements from throughout their entire catalog together into a singular and instantly satisfying record that just sounds like Citizen.

Recorded by Kerekes then mixed by Tom Lorde-Alge (U2, Weezer, Blink182), Halcyon Blues taps into the urgency and ferocity of Citizen's early albums while embracing the epic scope and undeniable hooks of their more recent work. The group's determination and focus on pushing themselves musically has allowed them to grow steadily–and for their audience to grow with them. “A lot of bands try to do anything they can to be the hottest thing of the moment and we’ve just never operated like that,” says guitarist Nick Hamm. “We don't think in moments, or months, or record cycles. Some bands end up getting sick of whatever walls they exist in, but I see Citizen as this long term creative project where there’s always somewhere new to go, and that’s kept me exhilarated through all these years. And we’ve trusted that people who like our band will want to come along. A lot of people grew with us and we’re really thankful for that.”

Upcoming Shows:
08/18 Chicago, IL @Thalia Hall *
08/19 Chicago, IL @ Thalia Hall *
08/21 Columbus, OH @ Newport Music Hall *
08/22 Cleveland, OH @ Globe Iron *
08/23 Pittsburgh, PA @ Stage AE *
08/25 Toronto, CA @ Danforth Music Hall*
08/28  Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel *
08/29 Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer *
08/30 Boston, MA @ Big Night Live *
09/01 Silver Spring, MD @ The Fillmore Silver Spring *
09/02 Norfolk, VA @ The NorVa *
09/04 St. Petersburg, FL @ Jannus Live *
09/05 Fort Lauderdale, FL @ Revolution *
09/07 Atlanta, GA @ The Masquerade (Heaven) *
09/09 Austin, TX @ Emo’s *
09/10 Dallas, TX @ The Bomb Factory *
09/11 San Antonio, TX @ The Aztec Theatre *
09/13 Mexico City, MX @ Warped Tour *
09/15 Mesa, AZ @ The Nile Theater *
09/17 Los Angeles, CA @ Hollywood Palladium *
09/18 San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom *
09/19 Sacramento, CA @ Aces of Spades *
09/21 Portland, OR @ Wonder Ballroom *
09/22 Seattle, WA @ Showbox SoDo *
09/24 Salt Lake City, UT @ The Complex *
09/26 Denver, CO @ Ogden Theatre *
09/28 St. Louis, MO @ The Hawthorn *
09/30 Minneapolis, MN @ Varsity Theater *
10/01 Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave *
10/02 Detroit, MI @ The Majestic Theatre *
10/24 London, UK @ Earth Hall ^
10/25 Leeds, UK @ Stylus ^
10/27 Glasgow, UK @ TV Studio ^
10/28 Manchester, UK@ Academy 2 ^
10/29 Bristol, UK @ The Prospect Building ^
10/31 Hamburg, DE @ Gruenspan # 
11/02 Berlin, DE @ Columbia Theater # 
11/03 Cologne, DE @ Die Kantine #
11/04 Haarlem, NL @ Patronaat #
02/26 Brisbane, AU @ The Tivoli $
02/27 Sydney, AU @ Liberty Hall $
02/28 Melbourne, AU @ Forum $
03/03 Adelaide, AU @ The Gov $
03/04 Perth, AU @ Magnet House $

* w/ Anxious, Hotline TNT, Rocket, Cryogeyser 
^ w/ Modern Color, thistle.
# w/ Modern Color
$ w/ Drug Church

Posted: August 07, 2026

Wisconsin-based cult favorite songwriter, Graham Hunt, is gearing up to release his latest album, American Pyramid, on August 28th via Run For Cover Records, and today he's back with an incredibly catchy new single, "Getting Older."

American Pyramid finds Hunt pushing himself out of his comfort zones, eschewing the homespun, computer-oriented explorations of his previous work and instead entering Minneapolis’ legendary Pachyderm Studio with a eight-piece band to try and capture a different side of his boundless creativity. "Getting Older" follows "Riverboat Blues," “Waiting For You To Come Home” (which drew attention from the likes of Stereogum, BrooklynVegan, and more) and where those previous singles leaned into Hunt's off-kilter production and intricate arrangements, this latest tune goes right for the hooks. It's an infectious cut of Westerberg-ian guitar pop that's sure to be stuck in your head after one chorus.

American Pyramid arrives barely a year after Hunt’s acclaimed 2025 album, Timeless World Forever, and stretches out new musical and lyrical territory while retaining the distinct sonic identity that's made him such a beloved songwriter in modern underground music. Throughout the record Hunt uses his surrealist spin to dissect both the traditions of American indie rock as well as the unnerving detachment of the American experience itself.

Where his previous albums were mostly solitary, home recorded affairs, Hunt made American Pyramid at Pachyderm Studio, the famous recording site of countless iconic albums, from Nirvana’s In Utero and PJ Harvey’s Rid of Me, to more recent records like Bully’s Sugaregg or Beach House’s Once Twice Melody. Its 12 tracks use some of his most wide-reaching songwriting to date to explore the nagging unease and loneliness that pokes out around the corners of everyday life, and the ways we try to avoid it. “I think a lot of the record is just about feeling really isolated and trying to cope with that," he says. "It’s something that feels very American to me, it has less to do with how we actually choose to live our lives and more to do with structural things about the culture we live in. You can be surrounded by people, you can be a part of a community–but there’s this intrinsic isolation to modern life that feels kind of inescapable.”

Upcoming Shows:
08/30 Madison, WI @ Orton Park Fest
09/19 Hancock, MI @ YOOP! Fest
09/20 Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
09/21 Chicago, IL @ Subterranean
09/23 Toronto, ON @ Monarch 
09/24 Buffalo, NY @ Mohawk Place
09/25 Medford, MA @ Deep Cuts *
09/26 New York, NY @ Club 101 *
09/27 Washington, DC @ DC9 *
09/28 Richmond, VA @ Gallery5 *
09/29 Asheville, NC @ Static Age Records *
09/30 Atlanta, GA @ Aisle 5 *
10/01 Chattanooga, TN @ Cherry Street Tavern *
10/02 Cincinnati, OH @ Lambda Research
10/03 Indianapolis, IN @ Atomic Bowl
10/22 Sioux Falls, SD @ Total Drag 
10/23 Omaha, NE @ Reverb 
10/26 Denton, TX @ Rubber Gloves  
10/27 San Antonio, TX @ Paper Tiger 
11/21 Madison, WI @ The Sylvee +

+ w/ Slow Pulp, Wishy
* w/ Tanner York
 

Posted: August 04, 2026

NEW SINGLE "RECLUSION" STREAMING NOW

Self Defense Family have returned with their first new music in six years. The ever-evolving group fronted by vocalist Patrick Kindlon (Drug Church) have released their new single "Reclusion" out today.

Self Defense Family have charted a path unlike any other band. Led by Kindlon with a revolving lineup of talented players, the band feels like a cross between a creative collective and one man's deeply personal lifelong project. Aside from their 2023 live album, Self Defense Family have been laying low since the release of a two-song single in 2020. "Reclusion" breaks the drought with two minutes and thirty seconds of churning chords, thunderous drums, and Kindlon's impassioned howl, all slowly unfolding into the kind of crashing catharsis that Self Defense Family excel at.

Not only are Self Defense Family releasing their first new music in quite some time, they're also performing live again. The band have handful of rare upcoming live appearances in July and August, playing shows with Fiddlehead and Ink & Dagger. See full itinerary below.

Upcoming Shows:
07/30 Philadelphia, PA @ Lithuanian Music Hall *
07/31 New York, NY @ Warsaw *
08/20 Chicago, IL @ Metro ^

* w/ Fiddlehead, Elliott, Posición Unida
^ w/ Ink & Dagger, Stress Positions, Slow Mass

Posted: July 21, 2026

Watch the Three From Downtown Live Performance! Three tracks performed live at the Annette Community Recreation Center in Toronto

Daydream Plus, the aurally opposite alter ego of lauded death metal band, Tomb Mold, are releasing their debut album, Second Last Day of Summer today. Second Last Day of Summer is a feel-good fusion of math rock, city pop, and '90s emo instrumentals that captures the bittersweet nostalgic fun of the waning summer months. Over the course of two EPs, and now their debut LP, the group honed their bubbly blend of math rock, jazz, and city pop, along with video game soundtracks and anime scores to create their signature sound.

The album is also packed with a number of surprising guests, including American Football’s Steve Lamos, Joseph Shabason of Destroyer and The War on Drugs, and Ryo Kishimoto of Fox Capture Plan. “I just wanted the album to feel like opening a can of pop on an above-average day,” says Power, and the resulting record feels like a get together with friends on a carefree day--the fleetingly perfect times that are all the better because they can't last.

Posted: July 10, 2026

Toledo, OH rock powerhouse, Citizen, are gearing up for their highly anticipated new album, Halcyon Blues, and today they're sharing another massive new single "I Can See You From Here." 

Arriving August 7th, Halcyon Blues is a dynamic, confident release that draws on nearly two decades of musical and personal growth to emphatically declare what their dedicated fans already know: Citizen are one of our great modern rock bands–and they’re at the absolute top of their game.

"I Can See You From Here" follows "Halcyon Blues" and "Highs and Lows" (which drew acclaim from fans and critics alike including Stereogum, Consequence, BrooklynVegan, Alt Press, VICE, and more), and blends bold alternative rock, lush atmospherics, and vocalist Mat Kerekes' longing roar into a cascade of melody and emotion that no one else can do quite like Citizen 

Posted: July 08, 2026