Single: Heimat – All the Things I Could Have Done
The chorused guitar, the heavy drums, the slow groove; it induces swaying, and it’s a hell of an earworm.
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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: Lawrence Kim – Madeline
Set apart from other recordings of its ilk and imbued with more personality and character.
Single: The Blurry Stars – No Mames
LA punk goes bilingual in support of immigrants and against fascism
Single: Mont Loser – Confessional
Chewing you up and spitting you out, Mont Loser’s new single “Confessional” takes you on
Video: Cheap Dirty Horse – P.R.O.T.E.C.T T.R.A.N.S K.I.D.S.
This write-up is a bit of an outlier. For the sake of full disclosure, this
Single: Chalk Hands – Pauvre De Moi
Until now, my musical horizons had not yet expanded into the world of “French language
Single: see you soon – these moments
These Moments is the newest extremely lo-fi piece from see you soon – the artistic
Single: Hit Like A Girl – Only Have Myself
You start throwing around words like “polyamory” and “metamour” in front of most folks, and
Single: Jacob The Horse – Bad New Religion
The setting: The year of their lord, 2026. An end-stage capitalist hellscape, built by slaves
Single: WAVE OFF – BURNING OUT
Taking Wave Off to new heights, ‘Burning Out’ is their latest single, and my word,
Single: Shadowing – Alive
This current decade has brought back the lo-fi post-punk sound in a big way, with
Single: Keyside – Rock My Love
The new Keyside tune is quintessential Keyside. Jangly guitars, a jaunty rhythm, a thick Scouse
Single: Sweet Unrest – Sometimes
The newest single from Sweet Unrest catches them in a surprisingly delicate, plaintive mood. Well,
Single: Hidden Youth – Promises
There’s a comment on the music video for Hidden Youth’s new track “Promises” that says,
Single: oh, hooray – TWO BLOCKS DOWN (AND I’M CHOKING UP)
Houston-based sextet oh, hooray is an interesting and unique proposition. They’re basically an art commune
Single: Lucid Express – Something Blue
Lucid Express returns with Something Blue, a single that instantly pulled me into one of
Single: Hit Like a Girl – Keepsake Theory
I wither to use the phrase “in these turbulent times”, but in these turbulent times,
Single: Cloud Studies – Last Night I Fell Again
A cover of a cult classic from the 1990s UK shoegaze icons, Moose, that ends
Single: GREBE – Warbler
The members of Atlanta-based GREBE have a history that goes back to their high school