Indie Weekend Roundup #4
- Editorial Staff
- Dec 14, 2025
- 3 min read
Updated: Dec 28, 2025
Fresh sounds, artist updates, and indie highlights every weekend.
This week in Indie Weekend Roundup 4: The Rule + Indie Weekend Recap + Quick Tip for Indie Artists + Did you know?
Enjoy the music, share the love & have fun!
The Rule - new single “Smoke In The Air”
The Rule are back with another riff-heavy statement from their upcoming debut album “Tales From Above” – the new single “Smoke In The Air”. Where “Control Is All I See” kicked the door open with sheer intensity, “Smoke In The Air” leans even deeper into the band’s love for classic, 70s-soaked rock and the feel of three brothers plugging in and playing for real.
The song opens with a strong electric guitar riff that fades out before the next riff kicks in and the vocals smoothly lead into the track. The vocals are catchy and bluesy in the first part, before they grow into full-on rock. The drums drive the song with rhythmic power, and the electric guitar solo is outstanding – artistic, wild, cool, and very well played. Overall, the track delivers pure power and rock with plenty of headbanger moments.
Rooted in Swiss rock tradition but clearly inspired by giants like Led Zeppelin and Deep Purple, the trio tap into crunchy, overdriven guitars, tight, groove-oriented drums and a powerful lead vocal that steers everything forward. “Smoke In The Air” feels like that moment in a small, sweaty club when the lights go low, the amps rise, and the whole room moves as one – no frills, just pure, live-ready energy. Taken from their first full-length “Tales From Above”, the track teases an album built for the stage.
“Smoke In The Air” is for listeners who miss that old-school, analog-feeling rock where you can hear the room, the sweat, and the chemistry between the musicians.
"Smoke In The Air" is now featured on the INDIENOXZINE Playlist - follow the playlist to stay updated on new highlights.
🎧 Listen to The Rule here: Spotify / Apple Music / YouTube
Indie Weekend Recap – live nights & repeat spins
This week, instead of new features, we’re taking a look back at some of the artists and tracks that defined the last weeks on INDIENOXZINE.
The last weeks at INDIENOXZINE have been packed with music that stays with you long after the final note fades – from intimate, emotional journeys to big, communal live moments.
With Ball Park Music’s Berlin show, “Like Love” truly came alive on stage – a night that turned the album’s warmth, honesty, and folk‑rock energy into a shared experience between band and crowd.
Rose May Alaba kept things bright and danceable with “Feel Again”, an Afro‑pop fusion single in both English and German that underlines why she’s one of the most exciting rising voices in European Afrobeat and pop.
Allo.B closed her EP “psalms of the fallen.empress” with “Wings of the Wounded”, a haunting, piano‑driven finale that captures pain, strength, and vulnerability in one cinematic, slow‑burning track.
Together, these stories and songs show what INDIENOXZINE has been about lately: live moments that stick in your memory, genre‑blending pop, and deeply personal songwriting that invites you to really listen.
Ball Park Music Photo by Dean Hanson
Rose May Alaba Cover by Simon Rajchl
Allo.B Cover by Allo.B
💡 🎚 Quick Tip for Indie Artists
Make guitars sound arena-big in bedroom mixes? Use the "3-Layer Stack"!
1️⃣ Layer 1: Clean rhythm (DI or neck pickup), panned left 100%.
2️⃣ Layer 2: Crunchy rhythm (bridge pickup + drive), panned right 100%.
3️⃣ Layer 3: Lead tone (overdriven, slight delay), center with subtle chorus for width.
This creates massive stereo guitars that fill space without mud – perfect for indie rock anthems on a budget.
Did you know?
The first indie label, Rough Trade, started in London as a record shop in 1976 before becoming a label that championed DIY punk and post-punk acts. Today indie thrives on bedroom studios and Bandcamp, but that original shopkeeper ethos – discovering and selling music you truly love – still powers the best indie scenes worldwide.
That’s it for this weekend’s Indie Music Roundup! Stay tuned, we’ll be back next weekend with more new releases, live shows, Quick Tips for indie artists, and editorials highlighting the global indie scene.
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