Sixteen years old, and already he plays like the amplifier owes him money. That's the first impression "Walls Fall Down" leaves, and it doesn't soften on repeat listens — if anything it hardens, the way good blues-rock always does, into something you trust rather than merely enjoy. Luca Cruz has written, played, sung and produced this single alone, which ought to sound like a boast on paper and instead sounds like a fact you'd have guessed anyway, because the whole thing has the unmistakable coherence of a single stubborn vision rather than a committee's compromise.

Glasgow has never been short of bands willing to plug in, crank up, and dare the room to ignore them, and Delta Fire's third single arrives with the swagger of a group who know exactly which lineage they're auditioning for. "Love Stops First" doesn't so much knock on the door of 70s hard rock as kick it clean off the hinges, dust off the welcome mat, and invite Deep Purple and ZZ Top round for a pint.

Canada has always been awkward territory for the rock and roll myth. Too polite, people say. Too sensible. And then someone like Bill Wood comes along and makes a complete nonsense of that particular received wisdom.

**There's a particular kind of arrogance that only the very young — and the very good — can get away with. The Radio Addicts have it in spades.**

**There's a dry cleaner's on the cover of Chris Marksberry's second album. It's an inspired choice — unpretentious, rooted in place, faintly comic. It tells you everything you need to know before the needle drops.**

Chicago duo wht.rbbt.obj have spent the better part of three years constructing an elaborate musical cryptogram, and with Oscar Bravo Juliett, they've finally delivered the decoder ring—though whether it illuminates or further obscures remains thrillingly ambiguous. This nine-track finale to their NATO Call Sign Trilogy doesn't so much conclude a narrative as detonate one, leaving the listener to sift through the gorgeous wreckage.

TC TENET's approach to alternative rock feels deliciously anachronistic—this is an artist who still believes in the transformative power of volume, distortion, and righteous fury. His latest live session at Arcus Sounds captures "Animals" in all its unvarnished glory, a track that doesn't so much arrive as it does detonate.

Ken Woods is a talented guitarist and composer who writes wonderful songs filled with meaning, history and charisma. His debut single 'Ride the Rails' captivates with its honesty of the narrative and rawness of the sound.

On October 25, the Swedish rock duo Smoke Spider released their album 'Voodoo Spell', which opens a new stage of the creative partnership of this talented tandem. Vocalist Göran Florström and multi-instrumentalist Johan Granat create fantastic rock songs imbued with a ball of freedom and entrepreneurship when it comes to music.

JaJaJaJa is a Parisian rock band of Algerian origin. The guys play the so-called Algerian rock (Gourbi-Rock) that was popular in the 90s, offering their own style and charisma. The song 'Blues El Bilad' is the first from the upcoming debut EP of this interesting and extraordinary band.