Rosetta West's "Circle of Doubt" – it’s less a song dropped, more a confession overheard, a rumbling from the Illinois underground that settles deep in your sternum like a slow, incoming tide. Right from the off, you’re not just listening; you’re in it, this swirling blues-rock miasma where the psychedelic fuzz feels like the very texture of that titular doubt, clinging like damp wool....

With “I’m Still Standing,” Frankie Muriel isn't just releasing nine songs; he’s excavating a life lived in the key of rock and roll. The glam-metal swagger of KINGOFTHEHILL and the dance-floor pulse of Dr. Zhivegas are here, but only as ghosts in the machine—ancestral echoes beneath a sound that is grittier, warmer, and stained with the wisdom of survival. This is the sound of...