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Sufjan Stevens – “Will Anybody Ever Love Me?”
Stevens burns brightly as a single flame in the dark on the latest single from ‘Javelin’.
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Recommended Album: Sprain – ‘The Lamb As Effigy or Three Hundred And Fifty XOXOXOS For A Spark Union With My Darling Divine’
An apt portrait in sound of a place designed for all those the Los Angeles experimental noise band sees fit to mentally torture for the entertainment of a god nonbenevolent.
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Fuming Mouth – “The Silence Beyond Life”
Staring death in the eyes, Fuming Mouth roar back from the grave as a different kind of humanly beast on the lead single from their sophomore LP, ‘Last Day of Sun’.
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Recommended Album: Angel Du$t – ‘BRAND NEW SOUL’
Truly, the latest effort from Angel Du$t is the sound of the transcendental hardcore band’s creative soul being set free.
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Lost Film – “Exist”
As summer gives way to autumn, the final preview from the Western Mass indie pop band’s sophomore effort puts the “Exist” in the season’s ensuing “existential crisis.”
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Hotline TNT – “I Thought You’d Change”
A cushioned swirl of lo-fi-drenched guitar pop that feels like the natural landing spot for a head perpetually spinning in itself.
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Full Blown Meltdown – “Teeth Marks”
There’s a lot going on here and the noises inside his head don’t let up, yet the technical and emo aptitude of the punk-pop songwriter still manage to hold it all together…
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Sarah Mary Chadwick – “Someone Else’s Baby”
The Melbourne-based songwriter’s path of least resistance in defeat can be heard as its own kind of freedom on the final preview off ‘Messages to God’.
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Recommended Album: Olivia Rodrigo – ‘GUTS’
The pop star goes for broke in becoming a true alternative to the culture with her sophomore album.
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thanks for coming – “Unlimited Love”
The Water From Your Eyes offshoot channels their inner Anthony Kiedis to tap into the universe and its broad spectrum of love.
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Code Orange – “Mirror”
Illusions with stylistic grandeur pull you into the sensation of the latest listen off ‘The Above’.
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Open City – “Blitz Kids Stay Sick”
The Philadelphia hardcore supergroup keep it real and lay it on heavy without any pretense against counterfeit culture within their community on the latest from ‘Hands In the Honey Jar’.