Cottonwoodhill Music präsentiert: Howling Giants (USA) + Friendship Commanders (USA)

Nashville’s Howling Giant has nothing to prove. Music City’s preeminent heavy jamming psych-wizards formed more than a decade ago, and have been on an enviously productive upswing ever since. With four EPs, a split, and two full-length albums under their belts, not to mention a relentless touring ethos that finds them spreading the gospel of the riff far and wide, Howling Giant can transfix you with a gorgeous, harmony-laden vocal hook while hitting you square in the gut with the snaking, progressive groove you never saw coming.

Friendship Commanders
Friendship Commanders are a heavy duo from Nashville TN. The band is songwriter/vocalist/guitarist Buick Audra and drummer/bassist Jerry Roe. Their fourth album, BEAR, was released on October 10, 2025 via their new label home, Magnetic Eye Records; order here. The ten-track body of work was co-produced, engineered, and mixed by Kurt Ballou at his Salem, MA studio, GodCity. The project is centered around the idea of belonging—where it exists, and where it absolutely does not.

Their third album, MASS, is a concept record about memory, language, and the state of Massachusetts. Like BEAR, it was co-produced, engineered, and mixed by Kurt Ballou at GodCity in Salem, MA. The album is accompanied by a memoir in essays by Buick Audra. Both were released on September 29, 2023