Music
Alex Walton: “Cordelia”
Boston’s Alex Walton crafts songs with punk rock textures and the soul of vintage pop.
Helena Celle: “I Did It My Way”
Helena Celle delivers electronica that rocks analog grittiness between the bloops and bleeps.
Landowner: “Phantom Vibrations”
Holyoke’s Landowner delivers straight ahead Krautrock-influenced post punkery.
Paula Rae Gibson: “I Found You Eating Colors”
London’s Paula Rae Gibson crafts a haunting vocal landscape.
Battlemode: “Die Alone”
Boston’s Battlemode is an inexhaustible fount of energy and creative chutzpah.
Stranger Still: “I, Icarus”
Toronto’s Stranger Still is wyrd folke wandering in poetic landscapes.
Winkler: “Call It Good Times”
Boston’s Winkler delivers a bright and bouncy sound on “Call It Good Times.”
June McDoom: “Babe, You Light Me Up”
June McDoom’s self-titled EP is proof that chillwave nostalgia is a market force.
Girl With a Hawk: “Same Stars”
The backstory to our highlighted track “Same Stars” will break your heart.
Tuulikki Bartosik: “London”
Hump Day News loves accordions. It’s our curse, but Tuulikki Bartosik is the world’s blessing.
Jeff Parker: “Four Folks”
Jeff Parker finds himself behind the big belly of an acoustic guitar on his latest solo LP.
Soft Fangs: “Factory Floor”
New York’s Soft Fangs crafts a kind of briny, gazey folk rock.
Reverse Death: “Teapot”
Surprisingly sedate for a band with garage overtones and a name like Reverse Death.
Takuya Kuroda: “Midnight Crisp”
Takuya Kuroda plays the soundtrack to your best night out, full of friends, good drinks, and compelling sounds.
Anthony Manning: “Islets in Pink Polypropylene 1”
Soundscapes that do double duty as dystopian score and Richard D. James daydreams.
Christian Pace: “Untitled”
Boston’s Christian Pace caught some attention with his four-song EP Skunk.
John Fizer: “Sleeping Gooddess”
Pride of Tulsa John Fizer delivers clean country licks with finger-picking flair.