New Tracks

Bowen Thi – “Ain’t My Fault”

Houston-based artist Bowen Thi unveils a darkly engrossing pop aesthetic throughout his track “Ain’t My Fault,” inspired by ’80s synthwave. Murky, nocturnal textures steadily reveal as a whirring synth arpeggio, climactically gearing

Someone Anyone – “No Air”

A track out today from Hastings-based project Someone Anyone, “No Air” consumes with crisp guitar jangles and melodic vocal lushness. The track escalates beautifully past the one-minute mark, the halted “feel no

Drew Worthley + No Spinoza – ‘Maxim’

An enchanting album meshing chamber-pop whimsy with nostalgic nursery rhymes, Maxim is a stellar release from Drew Worthley and No Spinoza. The album opens with a take on one of the most

small pockets – “heads or tales”

“heads or tales” is a dreamy track from Atlanta-based artist small pockets. The production captures a warmness inherent in the laid-back guitars and keys, the lyrical references to Capri Suns and Jumanji

Monroe Moon – “WAR”

Playful synth flourishes and sporadic guitar twangs adorn riveting vocals throughout “WAR,” the new track from Monroe Moon, an American and English experimental pop duo based in Michigan. This anti-war anthem plays

The Snowman Band – “Hoo Doo”

An homage to New Orleans, “Hoo Doo” is the lively debut single from The Snowman Band, a jazz fusion act led by songwriter and saxophonist Brian “Snowman” Powers. Featuring legendary jazz guitarist

Alex Beck – “Wishful Thinking”

Emitting a mellow ’80s pop nostalgia, “Wishful Thinking” is an enamoring track from Los Angeles-based artist Alex Beck. Slight percussive pitter-patters and subdued synths complement ruminating vocals to start, ascending cohesively into

lost,there – “looking for”

First catching our ears last month with the synth-laden rocker “idwbs,” AndrĂ© Vargas Roo’s lost,there project again impresses with melodic songwriting that incorporates rock and synth-pop. “looking for” touts a more electronic-driven

New Albums

XINIX – ‘VISIONARY’

Masterfully infusing industrial hip-hop, alternative, and electronic elements, VISIONARY is the stirring debut album from Bangkok-based artist XINIX, born Wil Russell Nichols.

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Floating Sheep – ‘Floating Sheep’

Floating Sheep presents a vibrant, electro-acoustic nu-jazz journey on their self-titled album, blending ceremonial handpan textures with jazzy expanses. The Tel Aviv-based

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