Tracks
Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
Pâle Regard – “Appel d’air”
The gorgeous “Appel d’air” is one of the most entrancing tracks I’ve heard this year. The Paris-based group Pâle Regard impresses strongly, sounding like the French version of TOPS here. A dreamy assortm...
Lo-Fi Pop/Rock
Sessue – “Magic For Monkeys”
Sessue is a producer/artist from the Bay Area, impressing with the melodic “Magic For Monkeys.” The beginnings tout a nonchalant, jangle-rock yearning in the Mac DeMarco vein. An ensuing chorus reflects a more twink...
Pop
Vulve Velue – “Tropical”
“Tropical” is the impressive debut single from Vulve Velue. The Toronto-based artist integrates both higher-pitched, soulful vocal emotion and more lower-toned nonchalance, the latter present during the “two s...
Dream-Pop + Shoegaze
Moreish Idols – “Mobile Phone”
Starting with a lush, dreamy allure and finishing with psych-funk invigoration, “Mobile Phone” is a captivating new track from Moreish Idols. The band — originally formed in Falmouth, Cornwall — is compr...
Rock
The Strawberry Moons – “Cigarette Hills”
The newly released “Cigarette Hills” is a rousing success from San Diego act The Strawberry Moons. An initial arsenal of playful organs and escalating vocals becomes accompanied by sweltering guitars past the one-mi...
Lo-Fi Pop/Rock
Altin Mikrofon – “Follow The Muse (Song For R Stevie)”
“Follow The Muse (Song For R Stevie)” is certainly an effective homage to lo-fi/DIY pioneer R. Stevie Moore, emphasizing colorful psych-pop melodies within a lovably bedroom-pop arsenal. Deriving from artist Altin M...
Lo-Fi Pop/Rock
Slow Riches – “Aria” + “Tell Somebody Else”
The Brooklyn-based psych-soul duo Slow Riches formed in the summer of 2015. Per the band, “Aria” is one of two singles released in advance of their EP Vol II, now out and available to stream on Spotify. “Aria&...
Commercial Pop
CAIN – “My Mind”
CAIN is a New York-based electro-pop artist, the solo project of Jacob Anthony Cain. The artist’s new single “My Mind” is an anthemic success. The vocal presence throughout is tonally reminiscent of Placebo...
Electro-Pop
Scuba Dvala – “Mumble”
“Mumble” is another gorgeously melodic track from Scuba Dvala, whose 2018 track “Soy Boy” drew considerable replay from me. The Swedish artist shows a more psychedelic, retrospective tone here, comparati...
Electro-Pop
Ralph Rodolen – “Coriahosanota”
“A Room in the Mirror” from Ralph Rodolen remains one of the more strikingly effective tracks I’ve heard this year. As such, I’m excited that the Norway-based artist released his new album today. Methbre...
