Single: André Weber – Lose Me 
Album: dylan bailey – Sunday Night 
Single: Stella Witz – Copenhagen 
Single: André Weber – Lose Me
Years in the making and finally finished at the right tempo, “Lose Me” is a cool, electrifying dream pop song made for you to sit back and let go.
Album: dylan bailey – Sunday Night
Bailey’s second album drifts between romantic yearning, obsession, and elation with a sound fit for chilly fall evenings curled up on the couch.
Single: Stella Witz – Copenhagen
Written in a Copenhagen hotel room while missing home, this song captures that specific feeling of being somewhere new while your mind wanders somewhere else entirely.
Single: Majak Door – Quite Like Her
“Quite Like Her” opens with that rare acoustic energy that makes you feel loved before a single word is sung, the kind of song you’ll want on repeat the whole day.
Album: Fleur Geurl – 11:11
The South Carolina-born and Brooklyn-based songwriter explores yearning, manifestation, and the serenity to accept the things they cannot change on her new album.
Album: Reserver – S/T
The Chicago band processes grief, mortality, and memory on their (sort-of) debut post-punk album.
EP: Selkie – inWaves
Selkie incorporates soothing sounds of nature into this intricately woven EP, and time stands still with her beautifully delicate vocals.
Single: My Best Unbeaten Brother – In another life we were as big as The Rolling Stones
A delicate blend of existential dread, whimsical what-ifs, and an ode to mundane contentment.
Single: MAXWELLTHEBAND – Optimist
Trying to stay optimistic in a world that feels like it’s ending, “Optimist” wraps that struggle in chaos, distortion, and a chorus big enough to shout along to.
Single: Breezehome – Currents
“Currents” admits to the same mistakes year after year, and somehow turns that honesty into one of the catchiest hooks you’ll hear all week!
Album: Paige Su – The Best of the Worst of Times
Paige Su’s new album opens up a memory box to explore finding light in dark times, pushing through pain, and finding the strength to start again.
Single: Allsmiles – Pigeon
“Pigeon” feels like the first song you’d want playing on a slow summer morning: Warm, honest, and beautiful.
Single: Some Distance – QT
After ten years of friendship, kids, work schedules, and still finding time to make jams together, “QT” sounds exactly like the celebration it’s meant to be.
Single: soft siren – Feeling Down
Explores ego, escapism, and the realization that sometimes the thing you’re running from is actually yourself. The song made me want to twirl around my room with my corded headphones, swaying to the music and to the warmth of the ‘70s psychedelica.
Single: Big Cry Country – Breather
Big Cry Country has presented an indifferent yet persistent point of view to life’s struggles with their new single.
START-TRACK AT SHOW: hey i’m outside & Dogwood Tales rock Medford, MA
A night of indie/alt-country enjoyment came to Medford’s premiere indie music venue, featuring two bands promoting their own brand new albums.
Single: General Assembly – Bad Habit
A habit you know is bad for you but can’t quite shake: “General Assembly” turns that restlessness into something sharp, strange, and genuinely hard to pin down.
EP: Ocean Charter of Values – Auburn
“Auburn” is a love letter and a plea, dense with vulnerability and heart-on-the-sleeve lyricism.
Single: Stuffed Animals – Wide Open
Stuffed Animals’ “Wide Open” moves between laid back emo guitars and bursts of distortion, building a sound that feels solemn and intense.
Single: Burp. – The Riff But Slower
“Burp”, self described as “The Beatles of Lowell,” wastes no time on this one. Straight to the point with heavy rock guitars, fast energetic drums, and a simple bassline kicking things off right away.
