Alternative
Artist: Album Club
Album: Album Club
Listen to First: "The Hard Part"
Artist: The Dreaded Laramie
Album: Everything A Girl Could Ask EP
Listen to First: "Tell Me"
Artist: David Knudson (of Minus the Bear)
Album: The Only Thing You Have to Change is Everything
Listen to First: "Jealous Time Steals"
Artist: The Smile (Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner)
Album: A Light for Attracting Attention
Listen to First: "The Smoke"
Americana
Artist: Tray Wellington
Album: Black Banjo
Listen to First: "Half Past Four"
Blues
Artist: Delbert McClinton
Album: Outdated Emotion
Listen to First: "One Scotch, One Bourbon, One Beer"
Experimental
Artist: Kamara Thomas
Album: Tularosa: An American Dreamtime
Listen to First: "Oh Gallows"
Folk
Artist: Chris Bathgate
Album: The Significance of Peaches
Listen to First: "Bruises"
Artist: Ye Vagabonds
Album: Nine Waves
Listen to First: "Blue is the Eye"
Hip Hop
Artist: They Hate Change
Album: Finally, New
Listen to First: "1000 Horses"
Artist: LEIKELI47
Album: Shape Up
Listen to First: "Chitty Bang"
Indie
Artist: Bear’s Den
Album: Blue Hours
Listen to First: "All That You Are"
Artist: Why Not
Album: Why Not
Listen to First: "IN LOVE WITH THE SOUND"
Artist: Mallrat
Album: Butterfly Blue
Listen to First: "Rockstar"
Artist: Raavi
Album: It Grows On Trees EP
Listen to First: "Chorus Girl"
Instrumental
Artist: John Carpenter, Cody Carpenter, and Daniel Davies
Album: Firestarter Original Motion Picture Soundtrack
Listen to First: "I'll Find You"
Jazz
Artist: Eucalyptus
Album: Moves
Listen to First: "Dust In The Wind"
Latin
Artist: Juliana
Album: Dos Dos Dos
Listen to First: "Toda la Vida"
Pop
Artist: ayokay
Album: Digital Dreamscape
Listen to First: "All Mine"
Artist: Dorsal Fins
Album: Star of the Show
Listen to First: "Sister"
Artist: Sister Ray
Album: Communion
Listen to First: "Good News"
Artist: Sofía Valdés
Album: In Bloom EP
Listen to First: "I Hate the Beatles"
Artist: Liberato
Album: Liberato II
Listen to First: "Partenope"
R&B
Artist: Obongjayar
Album: Some Nights I Dream of Doors
Listen to First: "Try"
Artist: Tank and The Bangas
Album: Red Balloon
Listen to First: "Oak Tree"
Rock
Artist: 3LH
Album: Silver Dream Road
Listen to First: "Don't Wanna Hold Your Hand"
Artist: Post Animal
Album: Love Gibberish
Listen to First: "Puppy Dog"
Artist: Teen Jesus and the Jean Teasers
Album: Pretty Good For A Girl Band EP
Listen to First: "AHHHH!"
Singer-Songwriter
Artist: Victor Mucho (Brian Macdonald of Judah & The Lion)
Album: Moonlight in Visby
Listen to First: "the List"
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