Comprised of five members already familiar with Portland’s music scene, Houndstooth produce a mellow style of alt-rock with crunchy distortion and fleeting guitar licks inspired by southern-rock. Katie Bernstein, formerly of The Hunnies,

Boreal Sons' anthemic piano-pop combines melodic ballads with ambitious and classically influenced interludes. This is best exemplified by "iii. Stop". The song is initially straightforward yet soaring and addictive; it's a well-executed piece

Old Smile is the ambitious bedroom project of Tom Herman Jr., who lives in NJ just outside of Philly. Projects with minimalist production often evoke a sort of loneliness, if only for the

Another premiere from rising Brooklyn rockers Los Encantados, who are holding a release party for their new EP, Same Damned Soul: Chapter 2, this Saturday. Its first track, "St Tropez", is a

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