Playlist of the Week (January 12, 2026)

Rock is not dead, it is just harder to find these days, and that’s what we are here for. This weeks platters bring together some of the new fresh faces on the rock and roll landscape.

The Zac Shulze band takes you on a back in the day road trip to the Sunset Strip on an Aerosmith train, Jayler will have you dragging out those old Led Zeppelin T-shirts, Frontier V with “Deja Vu” sounds like vintage before they sucked Def Leppard, and the exquisitely named Smoke Stack Rhino hits all of the touchpoints on “Sugar Sweet Jackie.”

Grab a whiskey, crank this to 11, and relive your childhood. You can thank us later.

Video of the Day: Jayler – Hate To See It End

When your guitar player goes by the name Tyler Arrowsmith, you better have the rock and roll chops to deliver the goods. And these blokes from West Midlands, UK are poised to set the world on fire with their upcoming album, Voices Unheard, with an imminent release date. Consider them side by side with Free, ACDC, or even Lynyrd Skynyrd, but stay away from those Greta Van Fleet comparisons if you know what’s good for you.

Playlist of the Week (January 5, 2026)

We have been on a bit of a Power Pop jag of late here in the halls of Rock is the New Roll, and this week we have of a bit of the new, some of the old and some obscure gems from those crate digging days.

Mod Lang, The Pretty Flowers, and Kai Danzberg all have new records out, Eddie and the Hot Rods’ “Do What You Wanna Do,” and Televisions’ “Marquis Moon” will put you in the hot tub Time Machine back to the glory days of the 70’s, and 80’s certainly was not on our radar in 1986 but is now.