Single: Are We Hunting – Lepers 
Single: Day Friend – Weatherman 
Single: Trash Man – Ten Years 
Single: Are We Hunting – Lepers
“Lepers” moves like a memory you’re still holding onto, with breezy, nostalgic guitars and warm and hazy vocals.
Single: Day Friend – Weatherman
Smooth, psychedelic guitars and hazy vocals give “Weatherman” – a groove heavy track that leaves plenty of room to breathe – an out of this world feel.
Single: Trash Man – Ten Years
“Trash Man” explores what it’s like to watch someone change over the course of a decade, but packs it all into less than two-and-a-half minutes.
Single: Ira Ellison – Call Sign
The co-existence of accusation and regret as the lyrics change is masterful, and forms the emotional core of the song.
Album: Azure Rose – Blue Drops
“Blue Drops” is a cohesive hodge-podge of shoegaze, dream pop, and indie rock, with a dash of folk that checks every box in my brain for a promising record.
Single: Laura Ampersand – Middle
Laura Ampersand’s “Middle” is an experiential sonic tale and experiential journey.
Album: Stonefruit – Good News Only
The indie dreamgaze rock band Stonefruit’s debut album Good News Only is an equal parts whispered confession and brave declaration of love.
Single: Sancho Panzer – Easy Answers
Sancho Panzer’s newest nifty little track doesn’t reinvent the wheel, but even still, it will pique the interest of even the grumpiest music fan.
Single: tiny toy cities – puppy teeth
The soft indie renaissance is upon us, as the SoCal group’s second single drops a wistful ballad about the insecurities of growing up after grief.
Single: Held – Standby
The first single from the upcoming EP Star Falling is bright, fiery, and battles between the heavy crunch of guitars and the serenity of the synths’ rays.
Interview: The Nocturnals’ Rota and Lucca dish on their latest album “Prescriptions”
Indie rap’s crime-fighting duo join forces again to drop their newest album, full of Rota’s rhymes, Lucca’s beats, and using music as medicine in the current climate.
Album: Lonesome Rhodes – Red River Rain
The third record from Kevin F. Johnson’s songwriting outlet is rich with indie pop romance and introspection at the precipice of a new life era.
Single: Maria Savage – Face Down
For anyone who has felt that they can’t quite fit in with society, “Face Down” makes the realization either more encouraging or more depressing.
Single: The Swell – New Day
In their new single New Day, UK-based indie-rockers The Swell take influence from those who
EP: Margin Bell – Ecoanxiety
Deeply philosophical, this debut EP from the Swiss three-piece remarks on the passage of time through well-thought-out jangle-pop jams.
Album: Pink Slip – Bathtub Madonna
The Boston seven-piece brings on the East Coast punk, with a touch of California to make them stand out from the mold.
Single: Fulton Lights – A Little Bit Low
In one of his newest tracks since 2018, Fulton Lights blends Peter Gabriel-esque composition and Jewish symbolism into a personal and gripping opus.
Single: Big Cove – Suneyes
The guitars get huge- the synth line expands- and the listeners experience euphoric energetic shoegaze.
Single: Astris Lapsus – Smútok ’97
Loud, fast, and completely unafraid of distortion, “Smútok ’97” throws you in immediately and never lets the chaos turn to noise.
