Every Friday, Case the Producer rounds up the most exciting new tunes in music and serves them up in one easy-to-find blog for you, the Q101 Crew Members.

Alkaline Trio: Blood, Hair, & Eyeballs

If you can believe it, Alkaline Trio is on their tenth studio album. The Chicago legends have given us Blood, Hair, & Eyeballs, which marks their first record since 2018’s Is This Thing Cursed? Unsurprisingly, the group can still pack a punch. Album standouts “Bad Time” and “Versions of You” harken back to the band’s golden era.

Alkaline Trio returns home on March 16 at the Aragon Ballroom with the one-and-only Drug Church.

Katy Kirby: Blue Raspberry

Katy Kirby is a beacon of light in a rather dull world. The New-York based singer-songwriter has a voice that most can only dream of. Powerful yet somber, Kirby’s words cut deep to expose uncomfortable truths. Blue Raspberry is her second full-length album, and while her first effort wasn’t bad by any means, it’s clear she’s taken a step up with this project.

Katy Kirby hits the stage at Lincoln Hall on March 3.

Militarie Gun: Life Under the Sun

Known for their barking vocals and unrelenting riffs, the Los Angeles punks are taking a bold step in a different direction with their Life Under the Sun EP (a play on 2023’s outstanding Life Under the Gun). Absent are singer Ian Shelton’s growls that turned heads in a recent Taco Bell commercial, and in their place are soft whispers and unique collaborations with artists such as Bully and Manchester Orchestra. In a 2023 interview with Kerrang!, Shelton noted, “I want our music to be confusing to people who are close-minded”. Life Under the Sun serves as the biggest test to that ideology yet.

The Smile: Wall of Eyes

Radiohead fans will have to continue to wait for a new Radiohead project as Thom Yorke fills his time with The Smile. The band’s second album in two years, Wall of Eyes is yet another bold step sonically for the iconic frontman.