Album: i give my friends flowers – DOGSTAR 1 
A goofy bird in flight, Wendy’s, and death 
Album: funeral plain – negation of negation 
Album: i give my friends flowers – DOGSTAR 1
Through natural disasters, deaths, broken relationships and relocations comes DOGSTAR I, the first in a cathartic 2 album set from multi-instrumentalist and producer Jacob Klein.
A goofy bird in flight, Wendy’s, and death
“Sometimes something as utterly and completely silly as a fucking goose can bring home all we’ve lost.”
Album: funeral plain – negation of negation
On Negation of Negation, over a whirring, staticky noise-rock score, Chicago-based band, Funeral Plain proposes that destruction is essentially a form of change. And losing yourself implicitly raises the possibility that you will find yourself; and that when you do, you will discover nothing, or in lyricist, Jonny Gill’s words, ‘no-thing.’ This record argues, as Jonny Gill told me, that there is no innate being, just a continual process of becoming. But first you have to lose yourself.
Single: Kallsup – Chimär (GBG)
Kallsup delivers a mystical, ethereal rock experience with “Chimär (GBG)”, transporting the listener to a cinematic dreamscape.
Single: Sovei – January
“January” is cinematic and dreamlike, pushing sonic boundaries without ever losing its sense of intimacy and melodic force.
Album: fuvk – thirty
Clear your calendar and spend time with this album’s intricate, fleeting, genre blending chapters.
Single: christian medicine – No Hands
christian medice’s “No Hands” feels like the anthem for any New Yorker.
Single: Danny McGuire – Friends ‘Til the End
Danny McGuire explores the profound complexities of yearning and loss in “Friends ‘Til the End,” a deeply touching and intimate indie ballad.
Single: gumdrop – germinate
Bristol-based gumdrop merges post-punk energy with shoegaze textures in “germinate”, delivering a hypnotising and expertly crafted sonic experience.
Single: Azure Rose – Villains
Azure Rose shines on “Villains,” blending mesmerising guitars and a tight groove into an ethereal and deeply satisfying indie rock journey.
Single: ViVii – Temporary
The second single from the Swedish dream pop band’s upcoming album gives the jangle treatment to the concept of living in a series of fleeting moments.
Single: kinya – hefner
kinya has pulled off a cool trick – creating a song that is deceptively simple, but with a depth and complexity that dazzles as it quietly breaks your heart.
Single: Nina Gi – 500 days of summer
Nina Gi’s new single “500 days of summer” is set to be released on August
Single: Guilty Party – Where Do We Go From Here?
Guilty Party delivers an infectious, head-nodding breakup anthem with ‘Where Do We Go from Here?’, featuring brilliant musicianship and classic rock soul.
Single: Idioteque – If These Walls Could Talk (feat. Bâlâ)
Idioteque returns with ‘If These Walls Could Talk’, an emotionally raw and incredibly creative track that balances vulnerability with an explosive shoegaze finish.
Single: King’s Evil – Private Failure
King’s Evil channels lofi intimacy and gritty melancholy on Private Failure, turning it into something more disarming than a typical love song.
Single: Irrevocable – Email
I thought it was undeniably Paramora adjacent in the DNA- that same razor-sharp alt pop propulsion- but Irrevocable have their own thing going that is simply theirs.
Single: ELROD – ALBUTEROL
“ALBUTEROL” encompasses everything that I love about the Nashville scene right now—exciting arrangements, grungey guitars, and the charming prowess of folk songwriting.
Single: Old Joy – Pocket
Lyrically one of the best things we’ve heard all year, the new tune from veteran Chicago musician Old Joy is striking, unexpected, and beautiful.
Single: Evil Little Thing – Get It Right
Evil Little Thing pairs raw textured vocals with nostalgic indie rock instincts on Get It Right, turning a simple structured tune into something that feels both vulnerable and driving.
