LITM Rock Picks This Weekend featuring Transgalactica, Ben Konarov, BLOCK and More!

Tune into this weekend with tunes brought to you by Transgalactica, Ben Konarov, BLOCK, Love Ghost and BLUES CORNER!

1. Transgalactica – Liberal Anthem

Transgalactica's Liberal Anthem is your philosophy professor after crashing a rave and not remembering to turn off the sermon. This is not a song; it's a manifesto in hard-rock swagger and classical sea‐shanty momentum clothing. Hiding somewhere between inebriated Polish sailor cry and Velvet Underground landscape, Lukky Sparxx cries out against injustice, hymns reason, and challenges us to envision a Church of John Stewart Mill, whatever that would look like in LED form and power chords. Transitioning from rollicking anti‐populism to anthemic swell seems deliberate: call to arms, then call to reflection. Sonically, organ‐sounding pipes, dripping horns, cinematic electronics, you name them, they apply them to create a stage upon which ideas sound like rebellion. If you have a hankerin' for music served up with some intellectual elbow grease and a chorus that makes you jump up, Liberal Anthem has got it. Thoughtful, dramatic, a little theatrical, and damn fulfilling.

2. Ben Konarov – Road To Nowhere

Ben Konarov's Road To Nowhere creeps up on you like a sunrise you didn't anticipate. Open window, highway buzz, lyrics jotted in the margins of your brain, this is driving soundtrack material. The mood is relaxed, the atmosphere is "roll down the windows and yell your favorite line." There is warmth in the voice, gentle edges in the production, but an underlying tension that this highway may not go anywhere, but the trip is worth it anyway. It's ideal for the moments when coffee intersects with introspection. You don't have bombastic guitar solos or stadium drama; you have something less, something real. This is the sort of song you play when you want room to breathe, when your mind rambles and you just wish it could rambble with you rather than holding you back. Not all roads lead anywhere. Occasionally, the most rewarding ones just take you somewhere.

3. BLOCK – Rhinoceros

BLOCK's Rhinoceros is an audio trench coat of varied colours, muddy brown hues, touches of protest, and a splash of retro rock shake. Reliable sources classify it as indie/alt-rock; the atmosphere is raw but classy. Supported by a powerful instrumental arrangement, the song cruises on driving riffs and stable beats that refuse to allow tension to dip. The production is always crisp, nothing too polished, yet nothing rough enough to turn into anarchy. The standout is how it gets the balance of energy: just enough push to feel like you're alive, just enough holdback to allow people to soak in. It's the type of track you'd be nodding along to in a dark room, enjoying the musicianship without requiring all the bling. If you prefer your rock to be earthy, with a beat, Rhinoceros fills the spot.

4. Love Ghost – Worth It

Love Ghost & The Skinner Brothers' Worth It is like standing in front of your bathroom mirror and looking at yourself and asking: "Am I enough? " The guitars cut with desperation, melody bears the burden, and that screaming solo? It doesn't just howl, it thunders what you've been keeping inside. You get the emo soul, rough edges, a bit of grime, but also release. It bangs where it needs to, rests where your heart aches. There’s chemistry here, you can hear two creative forces locking in. And while themes of self‐worth and struggle aren’t new, Worth It makes them feel urgent, personal, and immediate. If you’ve ever doubted yourself, this song is a fist bump from your better self.

If you’re ready to shout along, this one delivers.

5. BLUES CORNER – Piggy Bank Blues
Piggy Bank Blues from BLUES CORNER is retro laid-back, blended with "hey, listen up." Phil Roman's guitar and vocals and Seb Oroval's keyboards create a groovy, dusty-road-at-sunset atmosphere, such as blues campfire songs filtered through open windows. Rustic texture, old-school warmth, and a hook that starts sneaking up slowly on you, this song gets under your skin. What begins as gentle enjoyment becomes a kind of comfort habit: you listen to it again, catch fresh guitar fills, and appreciate the way the vocals hang. It's got blues authenticity but is nice enough for a throwaway listen. For fans of subtlety, character, and emotional subtext without being bludgeoned, Piggy Bank Blues is just about perfect. Mood‐lifter with depth.

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The New Citizen Kane – Causing A Commotion Review: Glitter, Funk, and Unapologetic Mischief

If only your Spotify playlist would burst into sequins and party under a disco ball until dawn, The New Citizen Kane's new EP, Causing A Commotion, is essentially that dream come true. The band has never been a complacent experimenter, from the galactic soundscapes of The Tales of Morpheus to the raunchy neon playground of TEMPLE. BEACH. DISCO, DADDY. With every release, he appears intent on gliding between genres like a magician yanking scarves from thin air. This time? He's pillaging the glitter box, turnin' up the BPM, and reminding us that music don't always gotta brood, sometimes it just has to boogie.

Kicking Off With a Pulse

Opening song "Sunconscious (Primordial Radio Mix)" forgoes foreplay altogether. It attacks with a driving 4/4 beat that makes you think someone opened the doors to the club, gave you a glow stick, and pushed you directly into the centre of the dance floor. It's disco, it's pop, it's electronic glitter, and, yes, it all but glows. Don't resist; just submit.

Then there's "Bubble Gum Hot." Even the title is a sugar high, but the song goes all in with sizzling horns that sound like confetti shooters. Funk edges peek in and out, the groove gets playful, and before you know it, you're smiling like you just stumbled on a free pizza buffet at a party. The horns are the MVP hero here, brassy little troublemakers that give the entire song lift.

When the Lights Dim (Just a Little)

But it's not all unrelenting light. "San Diego (Synthphonica Radio Mix)" creeps up with rich synths that are the sonic equivalent of golden-hour light. It's melancholy, hazy, warm, a great mix of sadness and euphoria. The vocals drift with just enough pain to remind you that even clubbers have hearts. This one lingers beautifully, like the afterglow of an evening you can't help but rewind.

Meanwhile, “Meet Me On Street Corners (Synthphonica Radio Mix)” leans fully into 2025 pop polish, shiny, sleek, engineered to stick in your head until you’re humming it while brushing your teeth. It’s pure radio candy but done with flair.

Funk, Fragments, and Full-On Commotion

"Hearts Aren't Made Of Wood (Rework '25)" swaggered in with gritty, bass-laden swagger, and a vocal performance that's essentially taunting you not to budge. And there's "Subconscious," a strange 25-second a cappella fragment that I found myself wondering: "Was this a song? A joke from another planet? A palate cleanser?" Either one, it's a weird lung-clearing.

The title track “Causing A Commotion” wears its Daft Punk influence on its shiny, filtered sleeve. Funk riffs twist and turn, the groove is tight, and the whole thing feels like a love letter to the French house giants. By the time “Ratbag Joy (Alternative Radio Mix)” closes the EP, you’re fully convinced The New Citizen Kane has bottled the reckless optimism of endless summer nights and slipped it into your headphones.

Final Spin

To listen to Causing A Commotion is to travel back in time to the nights when the air was electric with possibility, the drinks were always flowing, and the only rule was: never stop dancing. It's youthful without innocence, nostalgic without being quaint, and fun without apology.

So go ahead, hit play. Let your inner disco kid out. And if anyone asks why you’re suddenly dancing in your kitchen at 2 a.m., just blame The New Citizen Kane. After all, he warned us: he came here to cause a commotion.