Single: The Horses – Block 
Single: DOGDAD – Ritual 
Single: W. Y. Huang – Running Into Walls 
Single: The Horses – Block
A loud arrival into the indie rock music scene, a clear bleed of Oasis summer can be heard throughout this anthem.
Single: DOGDAD – Ritual
This song is so fucking energetic I’m tempted to write the review in all caps.
Single: W. Y. Huang – Running Into Walls
this is like a mug of warm tea grew up and decided to become a song.
Single: Blue Cinema – Infinite Monkeys With Infinite Instruments
Slinky, silky, and seductive, this enchanting Cambridge quintet has carved out an extremely distinctive dreamgaze sonic niche. Prepare to be bewitched.
Single: Avery Laird – Lucky
You can hear Pavement in the shrugging, half-mumbled delivery. You can hear Slow Pulp in the quieter unease underneath.
EP: Jon Often – Frankie
With Jon Often’s debut EP Frankie, he’s primed and ready to join the indie pop staples that have come before him with a collection of instantly memorable bangers and smooth, nostalgic slow jams.
Single: Jackson – O
This is an ambitious, atmospheric addition to Jackson’s catalogue. It’s a strong signal of where his sound is heading as he keeps building momentum in Brighton’s independent scene.
Album: Covent – Under the Changed Sun
The Leeds-based shoegaze trio takes their many years of experience melting faces on stage and transfers it into ten tracks that make up their debut LP.
Single: Croaker – Sonia Said
Flaunting their DIY ethos with no care in the world as highlighted by their latest powerhouse of a single, Croaker have expertly made their mark inside the American music scene.
Album: Baby Muffler – Birthday
A good twelve minutes of solid angst and attitude from Providence, recorded live to tape in keeping with true punk ethos.
EP: The Infinite Daisy Chains – Novi Sun | Rose Without a Thorn
The fact that this was made independently and in a bedroom context, it’s genuinely hard to fathom such creativity coming out of that environment.
Single: Alex E.T. – Little Wars
Don’t ask me why, but I got on a Beatles kick this past week and
The best half-album ever? Hey-Smith drop three tracks on split EP with Less Than Jake
One of the world’s biggest, best, and most exciting ska bands put out a half of an album in June (alongside Less Than Jake no less)
Album: Rupit – NEU
NEU is a modern indie triumph which cements Rupit as a pioneer of his unique sound, thematically rich and lyrically impressive.
Single: MxDicey – Sinister Vibe
An exciting new voice in Aotearoa indie music, MxDicey’s debut single blends alt-pop, electronica, R&B, soca and house to make something haunting and moving.
Album: Moon Void – The Gathering
Triangulate the aesthetics of Grouper, Skullcrusher, and Maria B.C., and you get something like the breathtaking new album “The Gathering” from Moon Void.
Single: TUSHAR – Spell
The dreampop euphoria for the summer, TUSHAR delivers “Spell”, a song to lament to while the sun goes down.
EP: So Many Dangers – Close The Curtains
One of Rhode Island’s rising ska bands provides a taste on streaming of their new EP, a blend of hardcore and melodic influences that leave you wanting more.
EP: Leilani Patao – Daisy Deluxe
Leilani Patao’s deluxe version of their EP “Daisy” is lo-fi that borders on disc rot. It ages the project nicely, like something you’d find in an old closet.
Single: Simen Mitlid – Backside
In both form and content, Simen Mitlid’s “Backside” sounds like Nick Drake wrote a song about skating.
