Stoner HiVe’s Top 10 Most Listened Artists Last Week…

 

 

Stoner HiVe’s 
Top 10 Most Listened Artists Last Week…

Elder
Abrams
Fuzzing Nation
John 5
Last band
Avon
Black Toaster
Jurema Juice
American Sharks
Gatlin Black

As we run into the new week, we take a quick look back at the albums we listened to the most last week and of course take a gander at the limited amount of posts we were able to put online. We keep struggling to find the time to do more. And we fear there will not be much time for a lot this week. We do have a FULL ALBUM PREMIERE lined-up for Wednesday and probable interviews on Thursday and Friday. One of them will even be for the HiVe! But hey, we try and thank you all for keeping track of what we try to do… 

So, last week, we managed to do a quick Premiere Post for that wild Beneath The Skin debut and wrote some words for the new Abrams. We saw the Doom Charts Peroration for March 2026 go live and jotted down a word or two about the heartland rock album by Gatlin Black. And last but certainly not least, motherfuzzing Mothertruck album by Fuzzing Nation got mentioned. So, we did do something, but it never feels like enough. But we try! Thank you for following along and keep listening to all that good music out there! All of it! 

Gatlin Black – Modern Spirit

 

 

Gatlin Black – Modern Spirit
Swear Word Records – 2026
Rock, Country, Alternative, Americana, Grunge
Rated: ***

Been meaning to start up a recurring post section called: ‘Bands I Miss’. Cause even though we are bombarded with amazing new music, new bands and new albums, there are moments when I intensely miss certain bands. One of them: The Penny Black Remedy. And then I pressed play on Gatlin Black’s debut album Modern Spirit. A five piece from Pembroke, Ontario, Canada, and the alternative Country and Americana vibe, together with the vocals immediately reminded me of Keith M Thompson and his Penny Black Remedy outfit. Sure, PBR used more ska elements and more humor and Gatlin Black opts more for the laidback and lazy approach. But still… 

Their heartland storytelling, soulful, sometimes gritty alternative take on Americana, Country and Rock carries all those deeply human narratives towards something almost hypnotic. It’s almost like you are gazing at a reflection in a pond somewhere and forgetting about time and all the worries that might trouble you. Even though the lyrics still channel all those troubles, judgement, struggle and quiet despair. And with those circling riffs and rhythms that mirror the emotional loops in their lyrics this is the kind of music that simmers rather than explode. But you can also hear this is the kind of music that expands live, goes big, loud and might become entirely cathartic. It’s an immersive escape and you need to be ready for the moment when you topple over into that pond… 

(Written by JK)

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