MP3: Jessica Hernandez – Young Dumb & Drunk Detroit-based Jessica Hernandez – and her band The Deltas – produce a dreamy sound steeped in slow acoustic strums, toy box twinkles, and most prominently Hernandez’s soaring

Oren Lyons – Forever Found With its orchestral flourishes and late-night swanky bass, “Forever Found” is a captivating new effort from L.A. six-piece Oren Lyons. Vocalist Kristianne Bautista has a sensually soulful

MP3: Ghost Toy Castle – Bloody Tracks Ghost Toy Castle presents lo-fi bedroom-pop from Cody Myers, who does it all on his new release String the Clouds, a collection of demos he made

Southern Shores transport listeners to a tropical paradise, or the greatest party imaginable. It depends which song you’re listening to; “Night Is Young” is late night dance at its best, suavely sensual

Seattle-based The Young Evils infuse their dark alt-rock with crunchy garage-rock riffs, ’60s-inspired boy-girl harmonies, and spacious choruses that sound like a serene retreat from surrounding verses, often more ominous in tone

MP3: Horrid Red  – “Joy Inside” Kraut-rock revivalists Teenage Panzerkorps were received very positively when I posted about them over a year ago. Most of its members return in Horrid Red, a TP

There’s something hilarious about seeing James Iha knock over a tray of cookies. You’d expect that sort of behavior from former bandmate Billy Corgan, not James. But on the video for “To