New Tracks

Ninth Floor Mannequin – “The Company”

Last month I posted Ninth Floor Mannequin’s excellent track “Absences“, a hypnotic gem featuring crisp guitars and a bustling post-punk feel. Captivated by the track, I’ve kept returning to it alongside the

Sperry Alan – “Hold On Tight”

Even though it’s less than two minutes, “Hold On Tight” concisely captures the essence of Sperry Alan’s crunchy alt-rock, inspired by artists such as Pearl Jam, Silversun Pickups, and other fans of

Tomás Doncker – “The New Day”

I highlighted Tomás Doncker’s True Groove label last year, with a focus on their gravitation toward the “global soul” movement, which is a loose stylistic classification for any music that promotes “the

Lunavela – “Burn For You”

Lunavela is the dreamy and wistful dream-pop project of Steve Mathieson, a New Zealand-based singer/songwriter who was formerly in the group Collapsing Cities (who NME praised as one of their “10 Hopes

Nature Ganganbaigal – “The Expedition”

As you can likely tell from “The Expedition” alone, songwriter Nature Ganganbaigal has a penchant for creating incredibly stimulating music where worlds come to life — guided by audible force alone. He

Vision the Kid – “Golden Era – Side A”

Golden Era is a fun piece of nostalgia from Minneapolis-based rapper Vision the Kid. Released as a mixtape via Be Easy Records, it shows Vision the Kid spitting expertly over a series of classic

Broken Guru – “Plight of Imemine”

The project of three lifelong friends from Forest Hills, Queens, Broken Guru relishes no-frills production in their enjoyable brand of charismatic garage psych-rock. The first track off their debut album Bent Up

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