Daily Peaks · 22.04.2026

I have to admit that I received the promo material for Fragile's concert at this year's BetiZfest two weeks before and simply ignored it. After the concert, things looked very different, as I saw a fantastic young band who effortlessly packaged the 90s into an acoustic time capsule. Musical styles that were already drifting apart in the 90s, leading to sometimes insurmountable barriers between emo, alternative, punk, grunge, and hardcore. This band from Angers (FRA) manages to effortlessly pack...

Daily Peaks · 21.12.2025

German stoner-rockers Giant Lungs return with their second album Praise the Laze. Compared to their debut, the band adds darker psychedelic tones and grungier edges, giving their fuzzy stoner and desert rock more depth and emotion. The album opens strong with Resonora, a heavy, swirling stoner-psych track with a hypnotic pull. Aces follows with a bluesy groove and confident vocal delivery, showing a more expressive side of the band. Dead Space Balloon dives into darker territory with eerie...

Daily Peaks · 30.09.2025

The tags only partially capture the style of this Spanish band from Malaga, as they seem to incorporate all the styles of the '90s into one song. Interestingly, this song was released in January 2025, but only just appeared in my Bandcamp algorithm. Vic de Wee's vocals have a very unique style, one that doesn't pander to any of the iconic '90s voices. Behind it, four guys are really pumping up the pace, relentlessly pushing this bastard of a song forward. You can dance to it, pogo, or even bang...