Music
Emilio Teubal: “Tokyo Trenque”
Music never reveals all its secrets, and Teubal plays it to perfection.
Miss Bones: “Basketball Shorts”
Boston’s Miss Bones closes out its latest LP Grey Lady with the jangly pop winner.
One If By Land, None If By Lowell
Senseless Optimism released the funk hounds at Silhouette Lounge.
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.”
Nighttime: Keeper Is The Heart
Go back to the future with Nighttime’s time-traveling wyrd folk spectacle Keeper Is The Heart.
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.”