Single: San Gabriel – All My Time 
Single: sluggg – If I… 
Single: Prettier Now – Beaming 
Single: San Gabriel – All My Time
San Gabriel, a musical project of Texas’s James Bookert, delivers a song expressing a man’s adoration for someone he loves.
Single: sluggg – If I…
With a perfect, succinct title for what it wants to evoke, If I… by Sluggg is a drawling consideration of what you wish you had, starting with the obtainable and then abruptly entering the unattainable over a slow crawl of a bedroom pop production.
Single: Prettier Now – Beaming
The song immediately throws the listener into the deep end, the guitar and drums exploding out the gate.
Single: Fight Cloud – Guarantor
‘Guarantor’ by Fight Cloud unfolded in a way I didn’t expect – the calm opening does not prepare you for the heightened emotions that erupt as it progresses.
Single: Bobby Edge – Is That Weed Wrapped In A Wendy’s Napkin
Is That Weed Wrapped In A Wendy’s Napkin? has bright sounding instrumentals, beaming vocals, and lyrics that paint a picture of existential crisis and a yearning to escape
Single: Damn Shame – Making Habits
Making Habits does a fantastic job of shining the light of awareness on these almost self-destructive patterns (or habits) we can fall into as people craving change and progress, highlighting the lack of follow-through that would ultimately lead us to who or where we want to be
EP: Silverface Twin – Levitate
The Phoenix riot grrrl group explores the highs and lows of life – love, pain, and rage – on their exhilarating debut EP.
Single: Very Many Horses – Amelia/Emelio
A cute little song about a pet snake with no known gender turns into something surprisingly intimate with warm guitars and close, breathy vocals carrying way more feeling than the subject suggests.
Single: TIFFY – Memorial Timeline
it unfolds beautifully beneath the familiar blue glow of a platform that feels both outdated and impossible to escape at the same time.
Single: Matamoska! – Soledad
Surprise! The LA nine-piece ska band’s new single shows off their evolution of sound and their ability to tell stories through the diversity in their songwriting.
Single: Los Domingueros – ¡Ay Siquitita!
Mexican-style ska, reggae, and Latino pop blend together in this new single from Los Domingueros, featuring Brittany Luna of Catbite on vocals.
Single: Rat Grenade – Die Young
An easy song to skank to – and very melodic and full – from a three-piece band out of Toronto.
Single: Mary Hennessy – You’re Gonna Ruin Me
‘You’re Gonna Ruin Me’ is such a gorgeous blend of dreamy indie-folk and hazy dream-pop that you’ll gladly go down with the ship.
Single: Cindr – Faded
“Faded” floats somewhere between sleep and memory, chasing something it already knows it can’t reach.
Album: Milk St. – Good Grief
An absolute rush of emotion about disillusionment, disassociation, and – of course – grief results in 13 new bangers on Milk St.’s ripping third album.
Single: Cold Shoulders – Break the waves
This song has mentions of “tomorrow” and points to the future as its salvation, optimistic with a dash or two of naivety.
Album: Sea Lions – Another POP! Music
The long-awaited second LP from the Oxnard group is brimming with rich vocal harmonies, vivacious instrumentation, pop charm, and tunes for days.
Single: Delilah Wood – take my hand
Wood’s vocals took me off guard in the best way possible; her vulnerability in her delivery makes it clear that this is personal to her from the heart, and you can truly hear her longing. “take my hand” creates a quiet suspense around you, the listener pulled into her longing, waiting alongside her while you hope she gets what she wants from that person and herself.
Single: murdermart – LOSER
Slightly-sludgy alt-indie with massive harmonies and anthemic musical statements stem from a positive turning point in murdermart’s tenure as a band.
Single: Hinged – Face Meet Concrete
Hinged brings a refreshing punk energy to the Liverpool scene with ‘Face Meet Concrete’, a really catchy track that perfectly balances humor with some seriously great songwriting.
