Single: JW Francis – Two Dogs 
EP: Andrew Shier – Bluebell 
Album: Love Ghost – thirteen 
Single: JW Francis – Two Dogs
Full of sweetness, swagger and style, the stalwart indie songwriter has crafted another slice of inventive lo-fi pop perfection.
EP: Andrew Shier – Bluebell
Recorded solo in a cold basement, Shier reaches for every scrap of warmth available and spins them into a comforting yarn.
Album: Love Ghost – thirteen
The number “thirteen” carries baggage for Love Ghost, but judging by this collection of songs, it looks as though it’ll be their lucky number after all.
Album: Big Winner – Dinosaur
After several years out of the game, Chuck blends nostalgia and anxiety about middle age with love and self-reflection into a bedroom pop masterpiece.
Single: Heimat – Mustard
Morgan’s vocals deliver this sarcastic melody that makes it clear how very done we are with whoever this 5 foot 9 plain sandwich eating weirdo was.
Single: Stefan J. Selbert – Full of Life
For a song less than two minutes long, “Full of Life” feels like staying awake until dawn, slipping through darkness until the first fingertips of sunlight tap on the glass.
Single: Count The Clock – Genius
“Genius” sounds like sugar on the surface, but underneath that bounce is someone spiraling into a high they know they can’t sustain.
Single: ViVii – You Go I Go
This song has a sultry groove – it glides along, drenched in reverb and dripping with soulful seduction.
Single: W.Y. Huang – Languages Of Silence
This song felt like a warm blanket on a cold fall day
EP: Tiger Beach – Heath Row
A ballad to the planet, the combination of the banging drums and the introspective lyrics hooked me in, creating a level of intrigue after a quick minute.
Album: Lamplight – Lick The Spoon, Let It Soften
A portrait of grief stored in the mundane everyday things and the erratic nature of healing.
Single: Modern Olympia – Give Up The Ghost
Some things follow you around no matter how hard you fight them, and “Give Up The Ghost” turns that feeling into a hazy, radio-static trip made for this spooky season.
Album: young friend – New Entertainment
The Vancouver indie folk singer-songwriter crafts twelve new tracks, urging a movement towards the real in protest of the exceedingly fake.
Single: Nutrias Garden – Halloween
As the title suggests, this is a dark ghost train of a song, full of unsettling details and beautiful atmospherics.
Single: Elmwood – Party’s Over
Full of comfortingly familiar touch points but also loads of individuality, this Texan pop-punk trio have certainly done their homework. Prepare to be schooled.
EP: Myriads – Find Ourselves Again
Myriads kick off their new dreamy rock EP, Find Ourselves Again, with arachnicide and fear:
Single: sage is alive – 58
With a unique and distinctive blend of elements ranging from math-rock to shoegaze, this debut sees the Charlottesville quartet get off to a promising start.
Album: Mister Blank – Act II
Six years after their debut, Seattle ska-punk band Mister Blank return with an album that starts where you’d expect and ends up gloriously off the rails.
Single: Rat Party Dilemma – Not So Punk
The St. Louis ska-punk band prove they’re as punk as it gets with their new tongue-in-cheek demo about punk stereotypes.
