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Artist : Indigo De Souza Album : Precipice Quick Thoughts : Indigo De Souza is onme of those artists that I feel like everyone who knows her loves her work, but she has yet to have that direct breakthrough that lets everyone else in on the open secret. This album could change that. It's a little more poppy, but still retains the sort of alt-rock edge that sets her apart from many of her peers and made us fall for her to start. One of the best listens of the summer, frankly. Songs of Note : "Crush," "Be Like the Water," "Heartthrob," "Heartbreaker," "Pass It By," Precipice" Artist : Tyler Childers Album : Snipe Hunter Quick Thoughts : I've spent much of the weekend trying to figure out the analogue of Tyler Childers to modern country music with regards to mainstream rock/pop. Like, if Childers isn't country a-list right now, he's damn close, and yet his stuff still feels raw and accessible to people lik...

Photo by Tristan "treestamp" Padron Pacing, the anti-folk project of Katie McTigue, just released a new single inspired by Mr. Rogers. She came across the lyrics to "You Can Never Go Down the Drain" and re-scored the lyrics with a new melody and some chords inspired by Elliott Smith. Is it a cover? Sort of, but I can't quite consider it a true cover. It's an uplifting and somewhat hypnotic song that is oddly comforting in it's psychedelia. In our current time where we could all use some joy and positivity, "Never Go Down" provides that with both it's uplifting sound and nostalgia for when our biggest problem was the possibility of going down the drain. Katie McTigue says of her new single: "I think of my version as an unconditional love song for a cult leader.  Repeating something over and over does not make it true. But it does make you feel kind of powerful." You can watch the lyric video for "Never Go Down" below. PL*...

Photo by Tristan "TreeStamp" Padron Two artists we've discovered this year are Career Woman (the musical project of Melody Caudill) and Pacing (the musical project of Katie McTigue). The two projects have teamed up for a new song, "Boyfriends!" It's a duet between Caudill and McTigue that's a ridiculously fun and bouncy indie rock song with lyrics like "Me and my friends, we don't like men / But we got boyfriends." It's funny without being a novelty song, and is an incredibly catchy track about how having a boyfriend can end up ruining all of your plans. Since Career Woman and Pacing are two of our favorite new to us bands of 2025 it's an extra special treat to hear them release a song together. Melody Caudill says of her latest single: "Everyone in the band loved the song so much that we started playing with the full rock band arrangement at our live shows. It became an instant hit in our local scene, so we knew we had to bott...

Photo by Tristan "treestamp" Padron Pacing is the anti-folk musical project of San Jose's Katie McTigue. Her latest single was just released, and it's a little more poppy than you would expect from an anti-folk song. "Nothing! (I wanna do)" is an upbeat and peppy "classic upbeat depression banger," according to the playlist. It's almost an alt-pop song, but it's a little too DIY sounding for that. Not too many songs about depression are quite this fun, but Pacing pull that off. It's also the perfect type of song to dance awkwardly to, which is also a rarity in songs about depression.  Katie McTigue says of her "classic upbeat depression banger": “We are all entitled to one per album, and I’m using mine now." You can watch the video for "Nothing! (I wanna do)" below. PL*NET F*TNESS is due out July 25 on Asian Man Records, and is available for pre-order here . For more on Pacing, check out the artist on Instagram ...

Photo by Tristan Padron Pacing is the musical project of Katie McTigue, and just released a new single dealing with part of grief no one talks about much. "Pl*net F*tness" is a two minute anti-folk song that delves into punk quite a bit, but we probably would have called it indie rock back in the 90's. It's a quick two minute burst of a song that deals with some pretty deep pain and feelings in a fairly humorous way, because what else do we truly have at that point? It's a fuzzy and crunchy song at times, and it's wonderfully DIY. I'm pretty sure a lot of our readers are going to adore Pacing after listening to this one. Katie McTigue says of her new single: "This song is about cancelling my dad’s subscriptions when he died. Before he died, actually. When someone is dying there is a lot of sitting around waiting. It’s sad but it’s also awkward and uncomfortable and boring. I started cancelling membership just for something productive to do, and to get...