The Holy Cross Tigers (LOSER maroon vinyl)

Out of New Orleans comes a two piece, Caspian Halliwell on vocals and guitar, RJ Santos running pedal steel where most bands would stick a second guitarist. The Holy Cross Tigers, pressed here on maroon vinyl, is their third album of 2026 and their Sub Pop debut, following Blame the Clown and Florida Water Blues. One reviewer called it country-fried, steel-guitar punk rock, and the Raw Power-era Stooges comparison that follows them around only holds because the pedal steel is doing the damage a second guitar usually does.