Plain Drifter’s “Cracks in the Mirror” is a rock song about a feeling many people know but don’t always talk about

Certain instrumental pieces are better suited to being played in the background, whereas others have the effect of making you want to stop what you're doing and give them your attention.

The most striking thing is that the track is not too polished or too clean.

"THE END" by PROJECT: Beyond is an alternative rock track that has a lot going on without becoming difficult to follow.

“PALAZZO” by FORRM has a sound that sits somewhere between indie rock, alternative rock, and something a little more cinematic.

Across six songs, Luigi touches on love, loneliness, grief, missed chances, and the feeling of having to start over when life doesn’t go the way you expected.

“Daydreamer” by Marion Sophia Dyrvik has a soft, dreamy sound that feels easy to settle into.

Apeiron Bound takes progressive metal, orchestral arrangements, and cinematic textures and brings them together.

“You’ll Talk About It!” feels like the kind of EP that doesn’t need to spend too much time convincing you that it’s having fun.

She writes it like someone who has already walked through the worst part and finally realized she has nothing left to lose.

Some bands get their sound from a rehearsal room. The Ruffles got part of theirs from a driveway in Delray Beach, Florida.

It’s a song that turns isolation into liberation. The song starts with an electrical, rhythmic thumping that almost takes you into a trance.

A rough-edged alternative rock cut brought up by fuzzy guitars, bluesy swagger, and an addictive groove.

Mark Cee shows you that sometimes powerful music is the one that has only the sound of being human. Mark Cee is an ambient indie folk and Americana artist from Long Island whose songwriting and poetry practice began in 1995. After a few decades, he started to release music publicly, keeping the human aspect of production as a priority in his recording. Cee is the kind of artist who lets the natural imperfections, the sound of the room, and the emotional vulnerability become p

This is a lovely tune about letting go of urgency and discovering the beautiful life of being present. TEANKO is the solo project of Dutch singer-songwriter Theo Konst, residing in Portugal.

The Venus Children delve into the grey area where love, lust, and mourning collide, as evidenced on the very contemplative "Pack It Up".

Evil Jake is a group of five rock musicians from New York, fronted by guitarist-songwriter Mike Jacobs.

Michellar (Michelle Bond) is a singer-songwriter and visual artist based in San Francisco who brings out the performances with musical vulnerability and visual sensitivity.

Fading Signals is an alternative rock band based in Portland, Oregon that combines the pure chemistry of a five-piece band with the dense atmospheres of dark electronic music.

The House Flies are a post-punk, dark alternative band based out of Moline, Illinois, whose aesthetic is influenced by shoegaze, goth rock, and grunge.