INDIE

Riffindots return with “Everytime,” a feral, joy-soaked EP that feels less like a polite listen and more like being strapped into a rusted carnival ride that’s already in motion. Split between Boston and the Basque Country in France, the project is the work of Britta Pejic, musician, songwriter, artist, and…

Pittsburgh-based pop-rock collective Erro return with Shadowland, a confident sophomore album that builds on the tactile warmth and emotional honesty that made their debut, Strawberry Moon, such a quiet standout. After earning praise for its organic feel and dreamy melodies, Erro double down here, sharpening their songwriting while keeping things…

Still Ruins’ Our Penance arrives as a shimmering slice of modern sophistipop that reaches back toward the elegance of Tears for Fears and Prefab Sprout while confidently sketching its own contemporary emotional terrain. The band leans into lush guitars, breathy aching vocals, and atmospheric synth textures, crafting a sound that…

South Australian indie-pop/alt-rock collective THE MONDAYS step into their boldest era with Look How The Sky Turns Blue, a luminous, emotionally intelligent record released November 28, 2025. Spearheaded by songwriter-producer Peter Spiniello, who single-handedly shapes the band’s songwriting, sound design, mixing, and even live visuals, this album feels like the…

Brisbane alternative outfit Happy Valley make a fearless entrance with their debut EP Know What You Are, a five-track dive into grief, identity, and the growing pains that shape us. Recorded above a Fortitude Valley bar at La La Land Studios with producer Tom Megalos, the EP captures a band…

Israeli indie-rock outfit lizardream return with their fourth single, “Stories,” a track rooted in memory, generational longing, and inherited loneliness. The band calls the song a testimony to the child one of them once was, silently watching the adults around her, absorbing their unspoken grief, and carrying their untold histories…

In the bittersweet time capsule of hovercraft’s Blown Away,  two tracks, “Angel” and “New Pine Overcoat,” stand out like a direct transmission from Charlie’s heart. The album, pieced together from songwriter Charlie “Pepper” Wildman’s lost 1995–96 recordings, the project exists because a few cardboard boxes outlasted time, memory, and the…

As INTERCONTINEN7AL prepares to say farewell with Volume 7, their final multinational opus, arriving this December 30, they send out a message that stretches across oceans, climates, and languages: “Love Is Everywhere.” In true INTERCONTINEN7AL fashion, this latest track embodies their core mission: one song, one world, all seven continents…

Alt-indie storyteller Pesky Kid returns with “Holy Light,” a track that manages to be tender, sardonic, and strangely uplifting all at once. Blending self-awareness with emotional sincerity, the song leans into the beautiful contradiction of trying to find purpose while feeling worn out by the world. It’s that millennial mix…

Nashville’s rising dark-pop force Rose Starring strikes gold with her new single “Gravedigger,” a dreamy, cinematic plunge into heartbreak, and the rebirth that follows it. Written and produced solely by Starring and mixed/mastered by Bri Sailors, the track introduces her self-produced 2026 EP, and proudly stands as a fully women-led…