INDIE

Merry Brigade is the indie rock/post-hardcore hybrid brainchild of Boston based musicians/landscapers Joe Love and Ben Chase. After the demise of several prior projects, Chase and Love regrouped to devise a new sound with a softer touch and a more experimental palette while maintaining the spirited punk edge they honed…

Emily Daccarett steps into intimate and thawing territory with Another World, a two-track EP that reminds you of flipping through pages of a private diary. Rooted in love, loss, and the strange in-between where memories linger, the indie singer-songwriter leans into cinematic electronic pop to tell an intimate and expansive…

“You’re On Fire” is Ali Rice’s tender comeback single, recorded in his home studio and centred on admiring someone from afar while fearing the burn of closeness. After a break from releasing songs, Rice returns with warm guitar textures, subtle piano, and drifting synth layers that paint an intimate, cinematic…

bobrosia, a solo producer-songwriter from Phoenix, Arizona, unfolds a cinematic home-studio vision with Fold Into The Glow, released March 30, 2026. Written, performed, and produced in an apartment and polished at Vudu Studios, the album wears influences from Aphex Twin to Beach Boys and Radiohead like badges. It’s experimental, lush,…

Microbes are Jacob Connor and Allister Ainsworth, an Auckland duo who dropped the single “City of Sails” on March 14, 2026. Built as an ode to Tāmaki Makaurau, the track threads Allister’s synth and keyboard obsessions (think Visage, Gary Numan) with Jacob’s husky, later-90s-tinged vocal style, producing a sound that…

Delta Fire is a four-piece alt-rock outfit from Glasgow, Kieron McManus (vocals/lead guitar), Liam McLaughlin (vocals/rhythm guitar), Aidan Spencer (bass), and Andrew Knox-Watson (drums), and “Eyes Burn Gold” is their thunderous second single, recorded at the legendary Chem19. Drawing from widescreen post-rock and 60s psych (think Caspian’s airiness colliding with…

British singer-songwriter Lana Crow returns with her third record, In Spirit, out since April 5, 2026, that maps out a compact seven-track map of modern life swinging between inward hush and full-throttle motion. “I Do” eases you in with soft thumping beats and a sparkling pulse, while Crow, with her…

Edu Campoy’s V.E.N! (Virtual Emotions Network) returns with the compact, restless EP The Beauty of Danger, where power-pop pep collides with prog-minded sweep. Think 60s pop hooks dressed in post-punk jackets, Britpop bravado softened by spiritual, intimate lyrics, and a strong visual streak of handmade collages that frame each song…

NHS songwriter Euplasia marks World Autism Day (April 2) with the uplifting pop-rock single “Hidden Power,” a tender, anthemic preview of his debut album You Wonder that celebrates neurodiversity warmly. From the first breath, “Hidden Power” eases in with gentle, relaxing music, sparkling acoustic guitars that glint like sun on…

LIGHTNING GUSTO, Alf from Storsteinnes, Norway, drops the punchy single, “Give Me A Break” (released March 9, 2026). One-man rock & roll band energy meets power-pop melody, inspired by The Who’s swagger, Foo Fighters’ drive, and a northern wind that refuses to apologize. “Give Me A Break” kicks off with…