Music
Horse Lords: “Against Gravity”
Blast jazz, microtonalism, Saharan guitar sounds fighting a state of entropy.
Palm: “On The Sly”
A heady mix of sounds lights up like an electric choir on “On The Sly.”
Blvck Hippie: “NYE”
Tennessee’s Blvck Hippie wants to sadfactory you with winsome, medium tempo pop bangers.
The Crownhate Ruin: “No Claims Enemy”
90s archivists will treasure these finds: singles and early recordings from The Crownhate Ruin.
Mal Devisa: “Dominatrix”
Mal Devisa has the kind of range that she can’t begin to hint at with hashtags.
Shoney Lamar: “lil reina”
Mix equal parts G. Love with mid-90s Beck, and you’ll come close to “lil reina.”
Enumclaw: “Cowboy Bebop”
Enumclaw flaunts the pitchy vocals with a kind of J Mascis lilt on our highlighted track.
Nyeusi Loe: “Fly Talking”
Lynn’s Nyeusi Loe takes inspiration from the visual vistas of movies like Shottas.
Korine: “Burn the World”
Philadelphia’s Korine are at their most fun when they bring the new wave synth instrumentals.
Ezra Cohen: “Catchin’ Up”
Rocking the apostrophe in place of the dropped-’g’ always feels like a dicey proposition.
The Dead Friends Club: “B.A.T.S.”
The Dead Friends Club can go in a lot of different directions.
Alex Walton: “Cordelia”
Boston’s Alex Walton crafts songs with punk rock textures and the soul of vintage pop.
Helena Celle: “I Did It My Way”
Helena Celle delivers electronica that rocks analog grittiness between the bloops and bleeps.
Landowner: “Phantom Vibrations”
Holyoke’s Landowner delivers straight ahead Krautrock-influenced post punkery.
Paula Rae Gibson: “I Found You Eating Colors”
London’s Paula Rae Gibson crafts a haunting vocal landscape.
Battlemode: “Die Alone”
Boston’s Battlemode is an inexhaustible fount of energy and creative chutzpah.
Stranger Still: “I, Icarus”
Toronto’s Stranger Still is wyrd folke wandering in poetic landscapes.
Winkler: “Call It Good Times”
Boston’s Winkler delivers a bright and bouncy sound on “Call It Good Times.”