EP: Lizet Aviva – Lizet Aviva 
Single: Chasing Dreams – Back Home 
Single: Randle Browning – Love You/Hate This 
EP: Lizet Aviva – Lizet Aviva
Nestled comfortably somewhere in-between indie, folk and jazz, Lizet Aviva’s new EP is a versatile artistic triumph that is as powerful as it is vulnerable.
Single: Chasing Dreams – Back Home
“Back Home” starts with fast drums and gritty guitars, bringing plenty of energy from the start. Underneath it all, there’s a sense of home and longing that gives the song its emotional pull.
Single: Randle Browning – Love You/Hate This
Raw, unpolished vocals and a simple acoustic guitar carry “Love You/Hate This” a song about loving someone while feeling like you can’t fully be yourself around them.
EP: Laila Smith – Something Dreadful Is Going to Happen
Channeling the stages of grief into music doesn’t come easy, but Laila Smith blends jazz, pop, and experimental influences to examine grief from all angles.
Single: ELROD – Howl
ELROD’s “Howl” grabs you fast with gritty guitars playing lush chords that connect right away, paired with clever little arpeggios that give the song extra texture. The vocals are the real standout here, clear, crisp, and almost raw sounding, like you’re hearing them live. They’re bold and full of personality, driving the song up and down, getting louder and more powerful in intense moments, then pulling back to something softer and more intimate right after.
Lyrically, the song feels like someone that’s caught between fear and honesty, falling down, begging to stay, and realizing they’re chasing something that was never meant for them, like howling at a moon that isn’t theirs. That mix of hope and hurt matches the way the vocals move through the song.
The drums stay slow and steady, keeping the whole track grounded while everything else builds around it. The song also moves through different sections, giving the song its own sense of flow and movement instead of being rigid.
The best part is the guitar solo near the end. Everything gets more intense right there, and the background vocals join in, wrapped in reverb and other effects, giving that moment a huge, almost otherworldly feeling. The engineering of the vocals and instrumentals throughout the mix is excellent, with delay and reverb used in all the right spots.
“Howl” is a bold, emotional and unique song that keeps building until it gets to it’s peak.
Single: The Human Hearts – Still In Error
An anthem in waiting, Still In Error is a potent combination of parts bolstered by rock n roll pedigree and invaluable indie rock experience.
Single: muti – blood
Heavy distorted guitars and tight, catchy drums drive “Blood,” while soft, dreamlike vocals float above the noise, creating a sound that feels both beautiful and unsettling.
Single: dylan blay – Picture Perfect
A fantastically arranged blend of slacker rock, indie folk and emo, every piece plays a part on the 22 year olds new single.
Single: The Moat – Beach Cars
Bright and shiny guitars melt with a groovy bassline and serve as a perfect background for vocals that can be best described as warm and almost sultry, yet full and intentional.
Single: Western Jaguar – Love Your Country
Hypnotic guitars and gritty vocals drive “Love Your Country” from start to finish, a nostalgic sounding indie pop song hiding a darker message underneath.
Single: My Best Unbeaten Brother – Clubber Lang
There’s a blunt honesty that pours out and sticks to your bones. In the aftershock, I can imagine more than a handful of listeners feeling the same way. If you’re dreading the general uncertainty of your own life or grappling with the state of the universe, you can find some solace in this song.
Single: dilute_calico98 – mythra
‘mythra’ is a horrific reminder delivered by California’s dilute_calico98. It explores themes of solitude and loss of personal identity.
Single: Overbreak – Colourless
If you miss when pop-punk and emo were a genuine kick in the gut because of how genuine the songs themselves were… you don’t have to anymore. Overbreak have got you covered with their newest single, Colourless.
Single: Shepup – At The Light
Full of quaint, quirky charm, there’s absolutely no resisting this adorably cute anti-folk ode to platonic bestie love.
Single: Brother Language – Crew
Brother Language has communicated the value of friendship and commitment with new song ‘Crew’.
Single: Peira – Away
Peira’s latest single “Away” frames a pop sensibility in the warm fuzzy tones of pitch perfect shoegaze guitars.
Single: the artist ren – Doin’ Fine!
There’s a flirtatious playfulness to this song and a comfort with vulnerability/nakedness to the production that makes this an absolute smash.
Single: Bending Backwards – Bend You Out of Shape
A restless, high energy song that sounds like a summer memory moving too fast to hold onto.
Single: Haunted Images – Electric Sheep
Haunted Images’ dream-like sonic landscape examines how the urge to abandon humanness for perpetual apathy is the most human thing of all.
Single: Seth Mackey – Coming Up For Air
Capturing a raw, grounding feeling of the Canadian wilderness at night, Seth Mackey creates introspective indie rock that feels both intimate and sublime.
