TOP ADDS
5) Pinshift – Earthkeeper (2025)
New England rock group Pinkshift has been releasing hard-hitting music since its inception in 2019. Grungy, outspoken, and tastefully brash, the group released their first album in 2022 to widespread acclaim. Again with their conscious lyrics and consistent advocacy, Earthkeeper touches on themes of love, grief, and belonging.
This week’s highlighted track, “Suspended” starts with gentle downtempo refrains, building into a heavy and emotional track explores feelings of devotion.
4) Big Wild – Wild Child (2025)
From New England, Jackson Stell (or Big Wild as he is widely known) hails from Massachusetts and has been using his multi-instrumental skills to weave a collection of energetic sounds. After touring with Odesza in 2015, his remixes and features began climbing the charts. His newest release, the Wild Child album, integrates elements of alt/indie, dance and electronic with his trademark curiosity.
This week’s chosen track, “Universe” features iDA HAWK and is an eclectic track that switches tempo again and again with a quick beat and vibrant vocals.
3) Nova Twins – Parasites & Butterflies(2025)
Blending ethereal vocals with darkly gothic instrumentation, alternative rock duo Nova Twins is here with their third album. Close since childhood, the duo is composed of bassist Georgia South and vocalist/guitarist Amy Love. Inspired by the likes of Destiny’s Child, Jack White, and KISS, they use their voices to expand representation within alternative rock.
This week’s highlighted track, “Hummingbird” feels like a dark fairy tale with a grungy bass that opens to a deep grandiosity in the end.
2) The Beths – Straight Line Was A Lie (2025)
Hailing from New Zealand, indie pop group The Beths have spent their past eleven years exploring the ins and outs of joyful alternative rock. Current members include lead vocalist and rhythm guitarist Elizabeth Stokes, lead guitarist Johnathan Pearce, bassist Benjamin Sinclair, and Tristan Deck on percussion. On their journey for collective peace, the quartet utilizes serene harmonies and catchy guitar licks.
This week’s selected track “No Joy” laments the realist of staying afloat in tough times while maintaining a cheery, hook-filled track.
1) Blood Orange – Essex Honey (2025)
Since 2008, English songwriter Devonté Hynes has been releasing music under the name Blood Orange. Exploring R&B and electronic music, Hynes has had his share of super-hits thus far, going viral with his fourth studio album “Negro Swan”. Apart from his personal work, he has toured with and produced music for his fair share of noteworthy artists such as Florence and the Machine, Connan Mockasin, Harry Styles, and Solange Knowles.
This week’s highlighted track, “Vivid Light” is calming with delicate vocals and a lilting flute that moves through the backing instrumentation to the foreground.
TOP CHARTS
5) Pile – Sunshine and Balance Beams (2025)
Heavy punk band Pile emerged from Boston’s DIY scene in the late-200s and has been releasing albums and touring ever since. Considered a well-loved landmark in the community with diehard fans willing to take a bullet, Pile utilizes immerse guitar harmonies and just-delicate-enough vocals. Their newest release, Sunshine and Balance Beams is a hardcore LP positively oozing with expert instrumentation.
This week’s chosen track, “Deep Clay” is fast-paces and heavy, utilizing their trademark expressive imagery in their lyrics.
4) Stereolab – Instant Holograms On Metal Film (2025)
With their retro-futuristic synthesizers, delicately hypnotic vocals, and catchy pop melodies, Stereolab has earned a special place in the hearts of indie rock fans. Hailing from England and France, their first EP was released in 1991. The group has always been on the lookout for a new sound, adding tones of jazz, indie pop, dance, electronic, and the avant-garde.
This week’s selected track, “Colour Television” is gentle and sweet, leaning into a more dreamy and beachy vibe.
3) Cass McCombs – Tip of the Sphere (2019)
Bending genres like Americana, psychedelic, folk, country, and rock, Cass McCombs has steadily released 13 studio albums since his 2003 debut LP “A”. Known for the emotional depth within his music, his ability to experiment has been apparent through his charting. More recently, he has toured with names like Father John Misty and MJ Lenderman.
“Absentee” is a bluesy and gentle track with light vocals and an ambling piano melody.
2) Alex G
A well-known name in the lo-fi indie genre, singer-songwriter Alex Giannascoli has spend the past decade exploring heavy themes with his signature comforting nature. In recent years, Giannascoli’s work has expanded beyond his solo work, scoring two feature films: “We’re All Going to the World’s Fair (2022)” and “I Saw the TV Glow (2024)”
“Sarah” is a recognizable, emotional track of Alex G’s that listeners may recognize from TikTok, reaching virality long since the song’s early 2010s inception.
1) OSEES
Known under many different names, Osees has existed in some form since the end of the nineties. The group began with a freak folk soun headed by bandleader and songwriter John Dwyer. In the following eras of the group, they found more exploration into garage punk, heavy rock, and electronic experimentation.
“Pixelated Moon” is our pick for the Weekly Gem! This track picks you up and tosses you around with its energetic vocals and experimental synths.