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Green Tea Bitches are a Chinese-Danish dance punk duo based in Copenhagen. They've released a new single out specifically for Halloween, and this is a great one. "Ghosts" is actually about ghosts, with Green Tea Bitches admitting to being afraid of them. This is a fun, dance-friendly track that is perfect for the holiday. It's a little spooky and a whole lot of fun, and unlike other songs clogging up Halloween playlists (The Cranberries' "Zombie" and Jason Isbell's "Vampires" for example), "Ghosts" is about actual spirits. It's a mixture of post-punk and dance-punk, with more than a little pop thrown in. Crank this one up, and get ready for the best holiday of all! You can listen to "Ghosts" below. For more on Green Tea Bitches, check out the band on Instagram .

Photo by Chapin Patel Chicago garage power pop duo North by North have a new single out just in time for Halloween. "Be Your Own Ghost" has all of the rough edge of garage rock with the smooth side of power pop. It feels like the more restrained side of power pop, like it was built more for small clubs that shooting for arenas. It's also surprisingly funky, and it's perfect for both fist pumping and dancing. The guitar in "Be Your Own Ghost" is catchier than the lyrics, which are rather catchy in their own right. While most songs you can straight up rock out to can be quite silly, North by North have given us a clever rocker with their latest. Drummer and vocalist Kendra Blank says the band's latest single is “... about taking charge of your own life and choosing to leave a toxic relationship, whether with a friend, a lover, or a family member. You may have someone in your life who pushes you to be as toxic as they are. This song is about the moments lea...

As someone who loves a good conspiracy theory (fun ones, at least), the latest single from Devil Love brought me one I had never heard of before. The Boston band just released "Black Knight Satellite," and it's a fun track. If you were a fan of the Boston music scene in the mid to late 90's, you're going to get some delightful flashbacks. This reminds me of the era when the city was looked at to be the next Seattle. It's filled with melodies and crunchy guitars, and it's much more pop adjacent than any of us would have ever admitted to back then. It's close to being a power ballad, and is begging to be sung along to live. Devil Love have a great one here, and we're all in. Peter Buzzelle (vocals, guitar) says of his band's latest single: “The idea of the BKS conspiracy comes from an actual conspiracy theory that is circulating that claims an ancient, extraterrestrial spacecraft has orbited Earth for thousands of years.   Maybe they are collecti...

Photo by Ali Zare If you were of a certain age, there was nothing cooler than the sounds of trip hop and 1960's bossa nova in the mid to late 90's. Trip hop pioneer Eric Hilton (Thievery Corporation) is combining those sounds in his latest album, and the latest single is sonic perfection. "Alma Boa" features vocals from Natalia Clavier, and it has all of the chill vibes of trip hop with the groove of bossa nova. It somehow sounds like it could have been released in either the 60's or 90's, depending on which genre grabs you the most. (Plus, that 90's groovy/bossa nova resurgence will always remind me of my college radio days.) "Alma Boa" is an effortlessly cool track, and we can't wait to hear more from Hilton. Eric Hilton says of his latest single: “‘Alma Boa’ grew out of my love for Brazilian music and bossa nova, particularly the recordings from the 1960s that have influenced me for years.  I wanted to capture some of that warmth and sophi...

Photo by Kimberly Ha The highly anticipated new album from THAO comes out tomorrow, and there's one last single to check out before then. "Take It Easy" is more like a rock song than we've heard from the previous singles from THAO's upcoming album. It's a quirky indie rock song that never gets cutesy, and while it does delve into her folk side, it's predominantly a rocker. It's also as catchy as anything that she's released to date. This one reminds me of my personal favorites from her time as Thao & The Get Down Stay Down, and it's going to immediately grab you and make you need to dance. If you weren't already thrilled about the release of Show Me , you certainly will be now. Thao Nguyen says of her latest single: “It’s written in the voice of a person I used to be married to. It’s me asking for forgiveness — from her and myself.” You can watch the video for "Take It Easy" below. Show Me is due out October 30 on Kill Rock St...

Photo by Libby Rodenbough Viv & Riley are back with a new single, and it's everything we've come to love from the folk duo. "Sourwood" is a gentle song that perfectly captures both traditional and modern folk sounds. It's not quite folk pop, but it's also not not folk pop. I think what keeps Viv & Riley from becoming a true folk pop group is just how much of the traditional side of the genre they keep in their songs. "Sourwood" is going to be perfect for both your purists and more mainstream fans, but that's kind of how these two have always been. And their releases just keep getting better and better. Vivian Leva says of her group's latest single: “‘Sourwood’ was inspired by the sourwood trees that erupt into orange and red blazes in the mountains of Virginia every fall. I was thinking about how these trees display such vibrant beauty before they inevitably lose their leaves and become bare each winter. There is something that seems ...

As you can probably tell, we're not a heavy music blog. We tend to prefer the sounds of indie rock, folk, alt-rock, punk, etc., with occasional posts about hip hop, cumbia, jazz, and others, and very rare metal posts. But, I do have a rarely seen metal side, and I did enjoy going to Ozzfest back in the day, so when a chance to head down to Texas to see Sick New World... how could I say no? I'm not going to get into the controversies of the day, and while the event wasn't perfect, it's somewhere between the online discourse of it being the worst planned event ever and it running perfectly. Here were my favorites of the day! Kittie I always enjoyed Kittie's 2000 album Spit , and it probably holds up better than most metal albums of that period. There was always a bit of a novelty factor of teenage girls playing metal, but now they're adults and back, possibly better than ever. They absolutely rocked the Spiral stage, proving they are far better than you remember. ...

Artist : The Olivia Tremor Control Album : The Same Place Quick Thoughts : When it was announced that the first Olivia Tremor Control album in well over 25 years was coming out, I was very excited. The Elephant Six band was probably the weirdest of the set of weird acts, and much of this album was recorded between 2002 and 2014. The untimely deaths of Bill Doss and Will Hart, however, did as much to delay this final album as it did to get it out to the masses. If there's a takeaway from this it's that The Olivia Tremor Control were a truly special act and that the direction they were heading would have been among the more interesting trajectories this side of Of Montreal. A really, realy great release on all accounts. Songs of Note : "Begin Now!" "Timewaster," "The Same Old Place," "We Captured a Frame," "Halfway Down," "Leaf," "Garden of Light" Artist : Art d'Ecco Album : Scheele's Gr...

Photo by Sydney Tate Trinket are a New York City band made up of Madison Kate Proffitt and Sean Camargo. They have a new single out, and it's going to make you fall in love with them as much as we have. "If Not Soon Then Now" is a gorgeous song that shows off the sugary sweet side of indie rock. According to the song's press release, it "... examines the excitement and anxiety of a new connection." That pretty much sums up the sound of the song, too. It's filled with joy and hope, but it's also filled with plenty of nervousness. Sometimes it's one or the other, and others it's both. The song swirls around you with huge, fuzzed out guitars, and it will make you feel the subject matter regardless of your relationship status. Trinket say of their new single: “This song is very directly about starting a relationship with someone new; it’s exciting, but you quickly realize that insecurities, fears, and things you’ve dealt with in past relationship...

Photo by Cleide Angolano Boston dream pop trio Objects in Motion have a new video out from their recently released EP, and it's the perfect way to start your morning. "River Road" is laid back but just peppy enough to help start get you moving. Even though it's not an Americana track, there's something rootsy about the song. It's poppy, with just the slightest rough edge to it. Vocalist Vinda Souza is mesmerizing on this track, and it's almost guaranteed to lull you into a hypnotic-like state. We're just discovering Objects in Motion with "River Road," but something tells me we're going to be covering them whenever possible. Objects in Motion say of their new single: “‘River Road’ is about childhood. It’s an homage to loving parental and familial relationships, growing up abroad, having a sense of connection to faraway places, being gloriously and deliciously trapped by memories, and being able to look back very fondly at our personal ori...

Photo by Jade Skye Hammer Indie rock isn't typically described as trippy, but no one thought to tell Being Dead that. The Austin band have released two new singles, "Man or Myth" and "Aquarium." The songs have everything we came to love about indie rock in the 90's mixed with vintage psychedelia from the 60's. Both songs sound like if the golden age of indie rock happened thirty years earlier. "Man or Myth" is more of a traditional trippy song, and "Aquarium" has more of a folk/sugary pop sound. (In fact, it kind of sounds like if "Sugar, Sugar" wasn't written for a cartoon.) Both songs sound related, but also they're completely different members of the same extended family Being Dead say of their recent signing to Polyvinyl: “We don’t mean to put too much pressure on Polyvinyl, but if we’re not inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame within the next two years, we’re throwing in the towel. That said, we have f...

Photo by Diana Levine We last brought you music from Wayward Vine back in August of 2025, and now the Boston indie folk project are back with a new song. While "Salt" is a folk song, there are plenty of elements of rock throughout the track. And not the indie rock meets folk sound we bring you all of the time. This is a huge sounding song that mixes indie folk and anthemic indie rock. This feels like if Springsteen took a shot at making a modern folk record he could still play with the E Street Band. "Salt" is the kind of song that you'll like immediately after pressing play, and four minutes later you'll be fully obsessed.  Greg Lawrence (rhythm guitar and vocals) says of his band's new single: “Our songwriting has always had a strong element of exploring the emotions associated with human connection and relationships, including how they evolve, and in many cases, end. ‘Salt’ is a bit of a mosaic of a few relationships that started out with promise but ...