Music
Fifth Grade Orchiectomy
South Windsor’s Space Camp is a two-piece electro-hardcore outfit that barely comes up for air.
Fall Apart
At least once per album Daniel Knox will pen a song that cuts you to your core. An absolutely devastating haunter that will lodge in your soul – never mind your ear – from here to eternity.
Dream Another
A more orchestral side of Makaya McCraven is taking flight on the forthcoming album In These Times.
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.
Upside Down
Boston’s blindspot crafts electropop dance bangers with enough buzz and churn to please the alternative rock crowd as well.
She’s Outside
Boston’s Gene Dante & The Future Starlets is glampop with a full-barrelled rock n roll attack.
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.
Keel Timing
Manchester Orchestra sends out the Mannheim Steamroller vibes, right? At least in the holiday music category.
Ride Or Die
Twin Cities’ Hippo Campus spits breezy pop numbers with some tough talking titles.
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.
Allegretto
You’ve got to be in deep – maybe too deep – to buy an album that foregrounds the mellotron as its raison d’etre.
