REVIEW: @AmericanAquarium return to form on The Fear of Standing Still: straightforward rock songs about politics, love, loss, and identity that demonstrate BJ Barham's growth as a songwriter buff.ly/3WzaQk9

Weekly playlists are BACK, and we've got @americanaquarium, Regan Ahston, @kielyconnell, @eddyleeryder, and @vonbieker with rip-roaring Americana, hope, and heartache buff.ly/3WzaQk9

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Sometimes you can judge a book by its cover, and the art on Bad Decisions, the latest EP from Eddy Lee Ryder, lets you know what you're in for. With puckish hints of Zep and Heart in her Laurel Canyon stylings, this EP is a fantastic trip buff.ly/3WzaQk9

REVIEW: On Infinite Pest, Regan Ashton makes a fine art of folk punk, relishing in tempo changes, rowdy gang vocals, and tales of the gutter that must make his loved ones blanch buff.ly/3WzaQk9

REVIEW: Kiely Connell's music has a muscular modernity to it that feels like it's got one foot in Olivia Rodrigo and the other in honky-tonk bars -- ushering in the next generation of roots rebels. buff.ly/3WzaQk9

HEY! LISTEN: Bandits on the Run honor lead singer Regina Strayhorn's ancestors on the powerful, transcendent "You Are Not a Ghost" buff.ly/46ra5wF #Americana #IndieRock #ArtRock #IndiePop

REVIEW: On Dumb Hope, @VonBieker elegantly captures the irony of living in these times: we want to do better by each other, but we are trapped by a system whose mechanisms have never been laid more bare buff.ly/3WzaQk9

This week: laid-back Americana crooners from Mike Montrey Band, Tanner Porter's dazzling must-listen art rock, Marley Hale's ultimate classic country vibes, meditations on faith from The Singer and the Songwriter, and Americana soul from Savannah Brister buff.ly/3WPBgy1

HEY! LISTEN: Brei Carter serves up a sizzling summer groove to play for that moment you realize you're better off without that asshole who broke your heart. buff.ly/3WRVZkO

PREMIERE: Linda Dunnavant approaches conflict with calm and acceptance on her dreamy Americana single "Own It" buff.ly/4chyPZQ

We've got this week's BEST Americana: - @thehoneycutters' breathtaking country-tinged folk - @TeniRanemusic's uplifting jazz folk - Heartland rock heir apparent RR William - Experimental wizardry from Kaia Kater - Hilarious trans punk from Um Jennifer? buff.ly/4dViKKD

REVIEW: This is the kind of music that justifies Americana as an art form, rather than a marketing gimmick. Amanda Anne Platt & The Honeycutters are making some of the most thoughtful, considered music in the genre and command your attention. buff.ly/3YGeI4o

REVIEW: @TeniRanemusic explores life's greatest upheavals on Goldenrod. But this album is by no means a downer; instead, Rane uses string quartets, jazz tones, and an earnest songwriting approach inherited from folk music to navigate those changes. buff.ly/3YGeI4o

REVIEW: It's usually a good song when the opening chords of an album make you think "Oh, fuck yeah." With his new album Unremarkable Lives, RR Williams has become the heir apparent of Heartland Rock. buff.ly/3YGeI4o

Kaia Kater has proven herself to be a master of weaving tapestries, and Strange Medicine is truly Kater at her peak. These songs about alienation, isolation, and an anxious eye towards the future embrace Kater's musical curiosity. buff.ly/3YGeI4o

Um, Jennifer? takes the uncertainty and awkardness of transition and transforms them into hilarious queer punk. The duo's ironic sense of humor on The Girl Class leads to an inviting vulnerability -- as well as a new one-liner a minute. buff.ly/3YGeI4o