Cycles by Everyday Life With tracks like “Shadow Chateau” and “Want to Want“, Blue Plutos was one of the most promising new groups I came across last year. The NYC/Boston-based group produced a tripped-out

I’m considering being a cloud by 061180 061180 is the project of John Parnell, a creator of avant-garde music mostly in the vein of experimental drone, ambient, and noise. Taking a cue from

Slim Loris is a Swedish rock quartet that possesses a very accessible sound, often led by spright keys and guitars flowing melodically alongside Mattias Cederstam’s sonorous vocals, which remind of groups like

Winter Coat by gibberish Based out of Fayetteville, Arkansas, Gibberish is the project of Derek and Lorie Bromley. The duo creates an otherworldy vein of psych-pop that features swirling textures and mysteriously

ear to ear by Ransom Scenery Ransom Scenery is a group based out of Springfield, Illinois that combines the alluring spaciness of Alt-J with the group’s admiration for the stylistically eclectic and

Long Island-based singer/songwriter Jon Foster impressed significantly last year with Right This Way, a wonderfully fun album that echoed the shimmering indie-pop of The Shins in its ceaseless delivery of hooks and sonorously

dsfeco is David Fetcho, an avant-garde musician in his late 60s who has been composing commissioned material for theater, dance, video and more for decades. He’s also been writing within all sorts