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“Give Me 5” is back for the new school year! (Please note: Date change)
On wednesday September 30th 2026 at 21h on YouTube Channel @shakearsmagazine : “Give Me 5” is back for the new school year! Episode 10 - 10 newcomers to the French and international music scene, across all genres. Five albums each released in 2026, debut albums or EPs for their artists.
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These killing times (Emma Ruth Rundle)
In her new album, "These Killing Times", Emma Ruth Rundle draws on a wellspring of energy, channeling her anger to resist despair, as if caught between two opposing poles. It’s a masterful blend of anger and determination, a secret formula that only Emma Ruth Rundle knows, which she has just shared with the world as a call to action.
1 day ago4 min read


It's been awful (Isaiah Rashad)
it took five years for us to hear It’s Been Awful, a title that’s by no means an exaggeration: On it, the rapper addresses addictions of all kinds and settles some scores, painting a wild portrait of his family and loved ones—a portrait that, on its own, explains his inability to produce music.
Aug 141 min read


Across the pound (Ghostly Kisses)
Across the Pond, more than ever, draws on the intimate repertoire of the Quebec-based band Ghostly Kisses—snapshots of life, moments of doubt, happiness, or insight—to be shared, like a vibrant, fragile, almost incantatory trace of the thousands of coincidences and intertwined choices that make up every moment of our lives.
Aug 131 min read


Ruin everything (Les big byrd)
Less experimental than its predecessor, the new album by the Swedish band Les Big Byrd, titled Ruin Everything, is a fireworks display of krautrock melodies that blend ’70s guitars with ’80s keyboards, all carried by spellbinding choruses that evoke both disillusionment and nostalgia, in both English and Swedish, giving the whole a lanky pop vibe.
Aug 121 min read


Vox occulta (Einar Solberg)
what stands out in this new solo venture, titled Vox occulta, is Einar Solberg’s talent for rhythmic composition, which transforms these pieces into components of a soundtrack brimming with vocal and instrumental textures that cast a spell on you.
Aug 111 min read


Give me dust (Cancer bats)
Here are our Canadian Cancer Bats, back on Marshall Records with the thunderous Give Me Dirt —a whirlwind of razor-sharp socio-political tracks brimming with incredible energy and musicality.
Aug 101 min read


VI (Gozu)
For over 20 years, Gozu has been crafting an unapologetic brand of stoner rock that stays true to its Black Sabbath roots but has been shaped just as much by the sounds of Kyuss, Alice in Chains, and Metallica.
Aug 71 min read


Alfredo 2 (Freddie Gibbs and The Alchemist)
The powerhouse duo of rapper Freddie and producer The Alchemist has delivered a natural follow-up, featuring polished American hip-hop—refined in both lyrics and flow as well as in the production, which is simply perfect.
Aug 61 min read


High on the low brow (Datura 4)
With High on the Low Brow, Datura 4 deliver an album of great sonic maturity, summoning the spirits of the desert in their trippy stoner rock, boogie, and even jazz when the mood strikes, with heavy use of organ and saxophone, for nearly 45 minutes of auditory pleasure.
Aug 51 min read


Minor details EP (Isabel Van Gelder)
The seven tracks on this EP are truly beautiful songs—the kind that Europe (in this case, the Netherlands) seems to have a knack for. A songwriter and a voice to watch out for!
Aug 41 min read


Through zero (Elder)
This Through Zero is already establishing itself as a truly great album, built on a clearly progressive foundation into which the band injects—with remarkable energy and intelligence—the best of stoner and heavy metal riffs. With six tracks ranging from 5 to over 10 minutes, Elder once again commands respect, without veering into either showboating or tedium, making this 2026 release an excellent progressive rock album that you should listen to right away!
Aug 31 min read


Abyss (Anika)
In Abyss, the artist synthesizes, with a particularly rocking personal anger, half a century of injustices and divisions that have brought us to where we are today: on the brink of the abyss. Powerful as a megaphone, caustic as a Maldororian chant, inhabited as a shamanic dance at the foot of the Wall.
May 25, 20254 min read
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