Blue Zero reaches into the reverberated past for a new single that slicked with rain, rutted by a wave of fuzz, and lost somewhere in the numb plumes of narcotic bliss. Lower Grand bit.ly/4e5m1Xw

The greased wobble of Naked Roommate melts the ends of ‘70s post-punk, inducing a bit of dazed dancing that digs through Descloux, Medium Medium, and the Human Records roster to bend the body into a few unnatural angles on "FightFight." Trouble In Mind Records bit.ly/4gbfFYz

On Electronic Phantoms, maya ongaku seeks a balance with technology as they try to tame it. The band turns towards a sound that weaves their fragrant smoke through the fissures and fractures in the machines. bit.ly/4gc3E5m

A new mini-album, Dream of the Egg, arrives as part of Tomo Katsurada's (of Kikagaku Moyo/幾何学模様) new Future Days Shop endeavor, a 7” along with an illustrated picture book that serves as a collaboration between himself and Shoko Otake. bit.ly/4eb8D4u

With some AOR softness rotating under the disco lights, “Witching Hour” luxuriates in the neon flicker of late night nuances. Rolled in piano and punctured with rhythms that unfold in a mid-section breakdown, the new cut's a charmer. Innovative Leisure bit.ly/3AKAZnu

Scooped out of the SST deep end and baked under a Creation sun, the new Mo Dotti cut tightropes across a rubber cement bass line, goo-ed and glued to the bedrock, beset by a swarm of static-fed guitars and sweetly stung vocals.bit.ly/3Zfo6Mr

Lodged between the IRS years of Athens’s favorite sons and Submarine Bells-era Chills, Humdrum's “There and Back Again” is a bittersweet single that grabs on and holds tight. Slumberland Records bit.ly/4dNEQyF

The second single off of the upcoming new LP from The Smashing Times finds the band shying away from the jangles in favor of cavernous atmospheres, sing-song choruses and some discordant fiddle work. Ｋ bit.ly/3XtD9AY

An album’s album in a sea of singles, the band delights in leading the listener through a maze of haze, fuzz, scuzz, and insistent rhythms that won’t let the room sit still. Dummy shakes off the past while sounding like the future. Trouble In Mind Records bit.ly/3TgGAbv

Prairiewolf strips things back, letting the cinematic sweep envelop the listener in a moment of darkness that feels like it goes on for miles. The lap steel and keys melt into one another, a somber slinker with a country shiver. Centripetal Force Records bit.ly/3XfLgQ5

The Green Child's new single finds the band still in the throes of synth pop but with a much fuller sound this time around. “Wow Factor” melds chiming guitars with synths, bubbling up some of the band’s most captivating moments yet. Upset The Rhythm bit.ly/47mH9Xm

.DandyBoy Records has just announced a new tribute to Cleaners From Venus, with cuts from Chime School Nic Hessler, Whitney's Playland, Flowertown, Yea-Ming and The Rumours, Smashing Times, and more bringing home-recorded visions to life. bit.ly/47fl4tw

Weak Signal's had an untouchable run over the past few years, but with Fine they’ve let loose their best set yet, a definitive statement that wrings the bar rag straight into the veins. 12XU bit.ly/3AVsar9

New Yasmin Williams new single, “Hummingbird,” embraces a bluegrass ramble that feels just right for crisp mornings and the evening buzz of crickets. Featuring Allison de Groot on banjo and Tatiana Hargreaves on fiddle. Nonesuch Records bit.ly/3z4WQ8Q

Laced with a somber gravity and hushed tones, the new single from numün leans on strings and flutes, undercut by the slow creep of piano, but it’s the wordless ache of Willa Roberts’s vocals that turns this track into something otherworldly. Centripetal Force Records bit.ly/4cVZKe3

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“Waking Up” finds Mt. Misery drenched in jangles and the soft-focus indie pop that’s endeared them to listeners for the past few years. Keys and soft croons push against one another, tangling underneath the band’s sighs. bit.ly/4ebfkDx

The record revels in stark atmospheres, it feels at times as if the glass & aluminum riffs might draw blood. This Is BASIC keeps the listener looking around corners, an LP that could easily soundtrack an ‘80s dystopia full of shadowed horrors & hard truths bit.ly/3TkdsAj

Live, Setting soars, expanding off of their compositions into layered improvisations that find Bowles’s banjo consumed by synth tones and the insistent urge of percussion. A winding landscape of sound captured in multitrack glory. bit.ly/3MClyAy

Pairing chiming leads with a soaring chorus, Best Bets packs a classic power pop crunch that lifts the listener over sour days and crushing sorrows to find a bit of resolve peeking over the horizon. Meritorio Records bit.ly/3XxpgBC