A fresh new band that has a distinctive‘90s feel to them that should bode well for them on the festival circuit.
Video of the Day: John Diva & The Rockets Of Love – Bigger Than America
Rock is the New Roll hall of famers John Diva & The Rockets of Love mash up Motley Crue and Def Leppard into a Sunset Strip frenzy of head banging glory on this latest single from their upcoming record, Your Latest Drug, scheduled to scorch your ears on October 15.
Video of the Day: Sawyer Hill – Jimmy’s Gone Numb
Sawyer Hill has a world weary voice that is in direct contradiction to his baby face and hipster demeanor. But, make no mistake, with the release of his upcoming record Everybody’s Home, Nobody’s Happy he will soon be on everybody’s radar.
Video of the Day: Fuzzrider – Desert Boogie
Coming to you all the way from Greece, this song title tells you all you need to go about the swamp-boogie ZZ Top party vibe of the band.
Video of the Day: Sour Ops – All That Matters Now
There is a bit of Tom Petty by way of Mark Lanegan in the DNA of these glam-adjacent power popsters. Their latest record Bikers Make Better Lovers is a gem worthy of your ear time.
Video of the Day: The Bites – Aftertaste
This newly released gem is out in advance of their set for release self-titled record to be birthed on September 18. These guys couldn’t be more Sunset Strip if they lived there.
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.
Video of the Day: Gypsy Pistoleros – King Of Almost Everything
Worcester’s own Gypsy Pistoleros claim to be the worlds only glam-punk goth ‘n’ roll outlaw band in the world. The new record, Dark Faerie Tales represents their eclectic mosh-mash in fine fashion.
