Album: The Doomstompers – Take A Beat 
Single: Count Shaw – Running Dry 
Album: Threat Level Burgundy – Oh, Nice 
Album: The Doomstompers – Take A Beat
The Doomstompers’ debut album is powerful, smooth, and well-paced, and one you must not miss lest you forever regret it.
Single: Count Shaw – Running Dry
“Running Dry” feels like a time warp of one looking at their past mistakes through a flip book, or a projector playing snippets of their life from an old VHS camera.
Album: Threat Level Burgundy – Oh, Nice
Ska with an emo punk twist and less-punchy horns makes Threat Level Burgundy’s new album definitely worth listening to.
Single: five mango trees – rose quarter
An intriguing, inventive, captivating tapestry of sound – rose quarter is a loveable, lo-fi slacker rock anthem with a distinct sonic identity and is an undeniable victory.
Album: Thee Windows – Out and Down
The Baltimore band’s first long-play features a sampling of sounds — indie, shoegaze, Americana, and Midwestern emo — to help keep you cool this summer.
Single: Alexander Gallant – Fishes for the Seabirds
We all need hope in the face of adversity, Alexander Gallant share’s his words in “Fishes for the Seabirds”
Album: Timëa – Here and There
These songs feel rooted in centuries of folk tradition, but feel entirely current and are a dazzling display of genre-blending songcraft.
Single: Minuit Phosphène – Triangle de feu
Timelessness not just as a sound or a “vibe” but as a complete set of things to look forward to, all through a throwback sound.
Single: Isaac Martinez – People Worth Protesting
All art is political, but even for a song on which political troubles are very much a centerpiece, it seems to implore us to look past the divisions that exist within us today
Album: Kite Vendor – See You At The Equator
Kite Vendor’s Kyle Brown stands at the precipice that connects the past and present to reflect on his journey so far.
Single: Poppkorn Sutton – Für Machete
Poppkorn Sutton writes a fond ode to a fallen furry friend, which swells into a serenade to face life without fear.
Single: Missy – Talking About Sex
Missy’s debut single flows and feels good to listen to, especially with summer upon us; it’s upbeat and the kind of song that can bring anyone in.
Album: Human Barbie’s “Paradise” Might Be The “Odyssey” Reboot We Need
Nobody’s cosplaying here—Human Barbie’s blend is really uniquely theirs.
Single: Izzy Oram Brown – I Believe
The new single from Izzy Oram Brown has a very fine “rocking chair” feel to contrast a world that feels like it has lost its ground.
Single: Two Headed Horse – Waking Blow
There isn’t a single wasted moment on “Waking Blow” – just steely confidence, a silky smooth energy, and a band in full control.
Single: sam hirst – Little Thief
The little hiss seeping out of sam’s amp warms up the mixture of cynicism, practicality, and matter-of-factness that lyrically smack you in the face.
Album: star gazing iris – places
Matthew Livick’s debut album evokes memories of times and places long past, making nostalgia rear its head whether you like it or not.
Album: A Place To Bury Strangers – Rare and Deadly
A Place To Bury Strangers releases a collection of rarities for the weird kids in the weird kids club.
Single: SLEEP CLUB – Dweller
The mix of syrupy sweetness and tension in “Dweller” reminds me of how much of our lives are already caught up in the madness of AI.
EP: Soft No – Super Neutral
Soft No find sonic balance on their second EP, but their sound still blazes like a capacitor popping and catching fire.
