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Return to Dust

Los Angeles, CA, US · 2022–present · active
Los Angeles grunge revivalists Return to Dust emerged in 2022 with a sound drenched in the shadow of Alice in Chains, pairing massive, downtrodden riffs with haunting vocal harmonies that channel early-90s Seattle at its darkest. Their 2023 EP 'Black Road' and 2024 debut album went viral on TikTok, introducing a teen guitar phenom whose playing belies his age. The band's ability to capture the spirit of grunge without sounding like mere imitators has earned them tours with Sevendust and a rapidly growing national profile.
alternative metalgrungehard rock

Rocket

Los Angeles, CA, US · 2021–present · active
Rocket are a Los Angeles guitar band formed in 2021 by longtime friends Alithea Tuttle, Desi Scaglione, Baron Rinzler, and Cooper Ladomade. The band emerged from a small practice-space setting with songs that leaned into fuzzy guitars, melodic bass lines, driving drums, and vocals that soften the edges of their louder, noisier arrangements. Their 2023 EP Versions of You introduced a sound tied to 1990s alternative rock, shoegaze, grunge, and pop-punk immediacy, while the 2025 debut album R is for Rocket expanded that framework into a fuller, more confident statement. Tracks such as "Sugarcoated," "Take Your Aim," "One Million," and "Crossing Fingers" show the band's balance of distortion, sweetness, momentum, and emotional lift. Rocket are not a retro exercise, even though the reference points are clear; their music works by filtering familiar guitar-band textures through a young, tightly bonded lineup focused on concise songs and big dynamic hooks.
alternative rockgrungenoise poppop punkshoegaze

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