Alternative
Artist: Attempt Survivors
Album: Educated Hips EP
Listen to First: "Follow Me Chaos"
Artist: Future Palace
Album: Run
Listen to First: "Heads Up"
Artist: The Inflorescence
Album: Remember What I Look Like
Listen to First: "Are You Sorry"
Artist: The March Divide
Album: Lost Causes
Listen to First: "Tension in the Air"
Americana
Artist: Mapache
Album: Roscoe’s Dream
Listen to First: "I Love My Dog"
Blues
Artist: Vieux Farka Touré*
Album: Les Racines
Listen to First: "Gabou Ni Tie"
Classical
Artist: Steve Reich / Ensemble intercontemporain
Album: Steve Reich: Reich/Richter
Listen to First: "Patterns & scales"
Country
Artist: American Aquarium
Album: Chicamacomico
Listen to First: "All I Needed"
Artist: Michaela Anne
Album: Oh To Be That Free
Listen to First: "Who Are You"
Folk
Artist: Lutalo
Album: Once Now, Then Again EP
Listen to First: "Call It In"
Artist: Riley Pearce*
Album: The Water & The Rough
Listen to First: "8 Hour Drive"
Hip Hop
Artist: Moonchild Sanelly
Album: Phases
Listen to First: "Undumpable"
Artist: Mother Nature
Album: Nature’s World EP
Listen to First: "Don't Worry"
Indie
Artist: Allison Ponthier*
Album: Shaking Hands with Elvis EP
Listen to First: "Late Bloomer"
Artist: Deau Eyes*
Album: Legacies
Listen to First: "Haven't You Had Quite Enough"
Artist: Grace Ives*
Album: Janky Star
Listen to First: "Lullaby"
Artist: Judah & the Lion
Album: Revival
Listen to First: "Find Another Reason Why"
Artist: Liss
Album: I Guess Nothing Will Be The Same
Listen to First: "Country Fuckboy"
Artist: Marco Benevento
Album: Benevento
Listen to First: "Marco & Mimo"
Artist: Shearwater*
Album: The Great Awakening
Listen to First: "Xenarthran"
Artist: slenderbodies*
Album: Simple Shapes
Listen to First: "chamomille"
Artist: The Wrecks
Album: Sonder
Listen to First: "Sonder"
Artist: jame minogue
Album: Principe Azul
Listen to First: "You're Thinking of Me"
Jazz
Artist: Julius Rodriguez
Album: Let Sound Tell All
Listen to First: "Gift of the Moon"
R&B
Artist: Bobby Oroza
Album: Get On The Otherside
Listen to First: "I Got Love"
*An asterisk denotes that this release was one of our featured top 8 of the week.
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