The saturated image of a fleeing canine adorns the cover of Red Wolf, a recent release by New York experimental rock trio Spacer, a fitting image given the effort’s skittish, sometimes wandering internal monologue and its fight-or-flight inducing guitar work. Through sludgey drop tunings with a slight psych influence, Spacer impress on listeners a sense of indefinable external danger, or at the very least a mild malaise, over the course of six tracks, replete with an impressionistic approach to lyricism and distorted, heavy shredding. Visceral and anxiety-inducing, it’s evocative of Boris’ Akuma No Uta, the type of record for those seeking an experimental, noisy release from the city’s current quietude. Stream it below.

Hardcore Rock group The Ableist has released a new single called "Sucked Back Into The Sun". The track features Alice Kraynak, formerly of Thee Casual Hex, on vocals and violin, and the group has vowed to donate all proceeds to Chicago's Rogers Park Food Not Bombs to aid in the coronavirus response effort.

The Ableist is Stephan Piven (Guitar), Barry Cabrera (Guitar), Johnny Chacon (Drums), Jairus Paulus (Bass), and Paul Scanty (Lead vocals).

Local Rock legends, Aftermath, have taken on the John Lennon classic "Imagine". This is the first new music from the group since their 2019 concept album, There Is Something Wrong.

Aftermath has been making music since 1985 and is the work of Kyriakos "Charlie" Tsiolis (Vocals), Steve Sacco (Guitar), Ray Schmidt (Drums), and George Lagis (Bass).

Psych Rock duo Coyote Man has released the first single, "Perilous", from their forthcoming album, Precognition, which is due out on April 20th.

This is the instrumental rock of Augie Portugal (Guitar, Bass, Keyboards) and Ian Wheeler (Drums, Percussion).

You can catch Coyote Man on May 22nd at Downstairs at Subt with Pale Horseman and Sons of Ra.

Photo by Matthew Vineyard

Metal Trio Fer de Lance is preparing to release their latest EP, "Colossus", via Cruz del Sur Music on March 13th.

With members from band like Moros Nyx, Professor Emeritus, Satan's Hallow, Midnight Dice, and Smoulder, this is a supergroup of sorts coming together to create an a truly furious sound. This is the work of MP Papai (Vocals, Guitar, Acoustic Guitar), C. Wolf (Guitar, Bass), and Rüsty (Drums, Bass, Percussion)