Dear Tracks: Soft Dreams
For fans of projects like Wild Nothing, the Soft Dreams EP will make you look up at the stars and watch as they dance along with you.
Music
The Dirty Nil: Higher Power
Higher Power harnesses the best aspects of '90s indie rock and noise rock to make one great unhinged (and hook-laden!) rock album.
Santigold: 99¢
99¢ is a pop album with depth, and well worth a listen for anyone who likes to ponder commercialism while they dance.
MOTHXR: Centerfold
MOTHXR's seductive debut album, Centerfold, successfully excavates the decedent basin of New Romanticism.
Pony Time: Rumours 2: The Rumours Are True
Filled with feel-good punk rock and killer vocals, this album from Pony Time demands attention.
The People’s Punk Band: The Best Day On Earth Will Be The One When The Sun Kills Everyone
Local punks, The People's Punk Band, play a traditional style of melodic hardcore on their new EP with catchy results and memorable melodies
Sunseeker: Georgia Dust
Sunseeker introduces its take on rock-influenced chamber pop in this single debut.
Animal Collective: Painting With
Painting With is upbeat and exciting. Imagine a McDonald's play place on Mars.
Breakbot: Still Waters
Still Waters is a solid, modern funk-house album that is satisfyingly and consistently funky-fresh.
Shapes on Tape: No Bummers
This Brooklyn-based duo has created a shimmering, enthusiastic tribute to the best synthy, new wave ballads of the '80s.
Chaz French: These Things Take Time
This mixture of up-tempo beats, offset with lyrics encompassing a confident but humble tone, create a fluent and subtle feeling of relatability.
Raymond: Good Girls, Bad News
This four-track EP combines hip-hop and electronic elements found in the work of the Vivid Zebra collective coupled with Raymond's pop and R&B presence.
Charts n’ Adds: 3/1 – 3/9
Painting With, Animal Collective’s 10th LP, takes our number one today. What needs to be said about Animal...
Would You Rather w/ CS Luxem
Can the power of unquestionable armrest authority be used for good? CS Luxem plans to find out in...
Mothers: When You Walk a Long Distance and You are Tired
Puffy-eyed and ghostly, this albums weeps its way through the tones of heavy premonition and heaps of self-doubt.
Laney Jones: Laney Jones
For fans of artists like Mason Jennings or She & Him, Laney Jones’ latest album is a welcome addition to the pop-folk family.
Guerilla Toss: Eraser Stargazer
Guerilla Toss will make you look around and realize just how wonderfully strange the world can be.
Good Morning: Glory
The earnest, lo-fi nature of Glory speaks to its nostalgic sincerity.
Dr. Dog: The Psychedelic Swamp
This isn't Dr. Dog's strongest effort, but at its best, The Psychedelic Swamp offers a fine complement to an already impressive catalog.
Thingz We Jam (The Return!!!) ft. Vince Meserko
Editor’s Note: Thingz We Jam has returned. After a brief hiatus, Thingz We Jam is returned with a...
Would You Rather w/ Ovaries-Eez
Lawrence folk trio, The Ovaries-eez, debate climbing with oven mitts and what it takes to become a kween...
The Cave Singers: Banshee
The Cave Singers continue to hold their warm, deep, southern rock sound close to their chests in Banshee.
Eerie Wanda: Hum
A strong debut album from the band working out of Amsterdam. Eerie Wanda's Hum will mosey its way into your heart.
Michael Nau: Mowing
If you like your life like your mac - with a little cheese - this album carries the burden of melancholic good news.