Single: fleecepantwarm – counsel
Somewhere in the Blue Mountains in Australia, a range I have never seen, the artist fleecepantwarm composes folk music that somehow still feels like home.
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EP: New, Not Shameful – Interlude
Interlude warrants headphones and solitude, and even if that means canceling plans and hanging in for the evening, you won’t regret it.
Single: Trails and Ways – Young
Trails and Ways comes out of what they describe as a “foggy, coastal indie-pop world” armed to the teeth with pop hooks and karaoke-ready harmonies.
Single: Nicole Saphos Band – Virtually For No One
The Nicole Saphos Band deftly adapts a number of compelling influences and styles for their
Single: Hampi – Was That You?
Hampi’s latest instrumental dreamscape opens with all nostalgia before culminating in a euphoric sound collage of a post-rock haze.
Single: Raw Honey – The Key
“The Key” emits a well-crafted pop melody that goes down easy, living up to the bandname, but the introspective lyrics warrant savoring over time.
Single: Mayfire – Daylight
Mayfire’s debut single suggests a maturity beyond their years, with guitar-driven hooks and layered lyrics.
Single: The Pretty Flowers – To Be So Cool
An earworm to be sure, but one that refuses to succumb to the overly polished and non-edgy production of mainstream radio.
Single: Hockitay – over/over
In the wake of their 2025 EP, slo mach, Hockitay reveals a more introspective style that reflects incisively on the toxic social media climate of our contemporary moment.
Single: James Wyatt Crosby – And The Sky
And the Sky might be my favorite song of 2026 so far.
Single: Nixon Boyd – You Will Always Get Away With It
Nixon Boyd’s new single, “You Will Always Get Away With It” packages a well-honed pop sensibility in an easygoing and mid-tempo tune about friendship and forgiveness.
Single: Albert Hertz – String Life
There is a lo-fi punk aesthetic percolating underneath the track that gives it an unplugged feel.
Album: Southam – Wrestler
In their record Wrestler, the band Southam grapples with some familiar existential themes: relationships, the
Single: Front Pocket Flora – If You Had Me
Front Pocket Flora’s third single opens with a memorable line that sounds like it came
Single: The First Eloi – Porcelain
In their single “Porcelain,” The First Eloi blend dystopian atmospherics with the sludgey production that
Single: Viic Woods – Wasted All Those Years
In “Wasted All Those Years,” the musician Viic Woods crafts a love letter for the
Single: Harra – Rottweiler Mom
Not many songs make me think of Donald Rumsfeld, but in Matt Harra’s slow-burning single