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Beach

It’s the dog days of summer, so let’s lean into it with music made for the weather. Stream “Beach” by The Jacklights.

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Baby Pink

Maybe it’s just the power of visual suggestion (check out the album cover of charm and mirror), but our highlighted track “Baby Pink” sounds downright tropical.

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Bikini BDRK

Massachusetts’ Sapling craft bouncy, danceable punk with solid hooks and uptempo attack. It’s no surprise that they connected the dots to Kathleen Hanna of Bikini Kill fame on our highlighted track “Bikini BDRK,” off No Sequoia.

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No Bra

Boston’s Linnea’s Garden fashions dance punk with glam overtones on their recent full-length Fashion Show.

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Upside Down

Boston’s blindspot crafts electropop dance bangers with enough buzz and churn to please the alternative rock crowd as well.

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Beneath

Boston’s Happy Little Clouds drip psych rock in our highlighted track “Beneath,” off Shift.

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She’s Outside

Boston’s Gene Dante & The Future Starlets is glampop with a full-barrelled rock n roll attack.

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Chains

Somerville’s Julie Rhodes puts a little pepper in her lyrical twang, serving up spicy takes on modern Americana.

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Every Single Time

In our highlighted track “Every Single Time” Black Rose Burning leans on a catchy synth motif to launch a love song that would make Robert Smith swoon.

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Corridors

Massachusetts’ Ghost Painted Sky lays the groundwork for a new full-length album by releasing our highlighted track “Corridors.”

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Keel Timing

Manchester Orchestra sends out the Mannheim Steamroller vibes, right? At least in the holiday music category.

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Ride Or Die

Twin Cities’ Hippo Campus spits breezy pop numbers with some tough talking titles.

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Need Your Love

Denver’s Tennis leans into its retro Brie & Chablis aesthetic with pop songs written for lovers lazing the summer day away on a shady veranda.

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Allegretto

You’ve got to be in deep – maybe too deep – to buy an album that foregrounds the mellotron as its raison d’etre.

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Replica

Oneohtrix Point Never’s title track to his 2011 album Replica is a slow, meditative work of ambient electronica that luxuriates in the textures at the edge of sound.

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I Don't Mind if You're Around

New York’s Blac Rabbit seems handcrafted for the festival circuit with jammy psych rock to stretch your cerebellum through the hot afternoon hours before a headliner.