Trapdoor Social – “Sunshine” (lyric video) (premiere)
“Sunshine” is all monster hooks and full-blown chorus, snarled guitars warping anthemic vocal harmonies.
Will Rivitz
Will Rivitz is a student at Princeton University in New Jersey who plans to major in computer science. He's written for various Internet publications since 2012, and his ramblings can be found on Sputnikmusic (under the last name Robinson), The 405, The Daily Princetonian, and the Nassau Literary Review. He's still shedding the last vestiges of his teenage/post-teenage angst, and asks that those who roll their eyes at any that makes it into his writing kindly hold their tongues.
Boogarins – “Cuerdo” (video) (premiere)
Guitars detune as the song progresses, weather-beaten toms rattle along sadly, and the vocals are not so much featured as entombed in the song.
Camera – ‘Phantom Of Liberty’ (album stream) (premiere)
Camera has come through with eight tracks of frenetic Krautrock, reckless and relentless the whole way through.
The Stray Birds – “Sabrina” (audio) (premiere)
The Stray Birds make beautiful Americana music, a lush sound characterized by tight harmonies and all-encompassing instrumentation.
The Bourgeois – “Summer of George” (audio) (premiere)
“Summer of George” rocks like it’s 2007, their form of alt-metal ticking all the boxes which made bands like Evans Blue and Mudvayne so good.
Esh – ‘Esh’ (EP stream) (premiere)
Pop is always interesting when it takes a turn for the ominous, and Esh is no exception to that rule.
decker. – “The Holy Ghost” (video) (premiere)
“The Holy Ghost” stomps in double time, driving 12-bar blues marrying frenetic guitar in an explosion of weariness.
The Dan Ryan – “Tomorrow Forever” (video) (premiere)
If you’ve ever complained about people tagging music which ends up being too straightforward for your taste “psychedelic rock”, the Dan Ryan might be something you’d like.
Andrew Keoghan – ‘Every Orchid Offering’ (album stream) (premiere)
Every Orchid Offering is blocky and pleasantly unwieldy, a definite boon in a style of alt-pop which prides itself on its obtuseness.
Michael Blume – ‘When I Get It Right’ (EP stream) (premiere)
Michael Blume’s percussive pop is a listener’s dream, everything perfectly polished and all elements in their proper places.
Big Top Heartbreak – “My Breath Killed the Roses” (video) (premiere)
“My Breath Killed the Roses” is a deeply melancholy affair, a deceptively misanthropic ode set to gorgeous piano and gloriously imperfect violin.
Maggie Szabo – “Touch The Ground” (audio) (premiere)
"Touch the Ground" is pop in its purest sense, a style that draws from everything around it and reflects what people are listening to.