indie songs that don't suck

Dust bowl [ethel cain cover]

pool(samia cover)

luvlikethat!

Vegas - A COLORS SHOW

For The Rest Of Your Life.wav

Goldie Boutilier Presents... Goldie Montana

Goldie Montana

Wolf Alice - Sofa ( sLEdger's Ambient MIx)

alien

barcelona

"Beautiful" is an intimate love letter to my younger queer self—an invitation to dance in vulnerability and desire. Across four tracks, each one a nostalgic vignette, I trace the arc of life, love, and ecstatic revelation. Written while shadows still clung to me in the closet, these songs ache with longing, tenderness, and the electric tension of possibility. They pulse with the resilience of a heart learning to bloom against the odds, in a world that rarely offered sanctuary to the young queer soul. Now, out and unbound, this EP is my proud, seductive debut as a singer and songwriter—a shimmering confession, a promise that love will find you, coaxing you from hiding, wherever you are. Let these melodies ignite your hope, soothe your wounds, and wrap you in the luminous embrace of music’s healing touch.

BEAUTIFUL

LONGIN' TO FALL

DC area rockers fill a few genres but keep it accesible

Lifeboat

Royel Otis - say something (RANSO Remix)

tame impala - end of summer [etto rework]

New Zealand brothers Henry and Pierre Beasley build on their early acclaim as Balu Brigada with their debut album, ‘Portal.’ In this exclusive commentary, they discuss key tracks from the project and share insights on their creative process. Their affection for early 2000s New York rock ‘n roll is on display on “So Cold” and on the lead single “Backseat,” which is “stompy, aggressive, and sassy” — just like New York City, the brothers tell SoundCloud, while “Sideways” has a “fun bounce” that energized the rest of their writing sessions for the album. Hear more from Balu Brigada, only on SoundCloud.

Voice Notes: Balu Brigada on "What Do We Ever Really Know"

Sombr’s ‘12 to 12’ gets a high-energy remix from Marc Stout, resident DJ at XS and Encore Beach Club (The Wynn, Las Vegas). The bassline on this remix hits different—it’s got that bounce that grabs you by the neck and doesn’t let go. Straight heat. The ‘12 to 12’ remix is out now—feel that bass.
Marc Stout says,
"I wanted the remix to hit hard but still move—so I built it around a bassline that bounces, knocks, and keeps the energy locked in.

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sombr - 12 to 12 (marc stout remix)

My stripped down version of Watch Me Go by Lord Huron

Watch Me Go

Korean-Canadian multi-instrumentalist Luna Li reworks her second album, ‘When a Thought Grows Wings,’ for this deluxe edition, which features collaborators Hope Tala, Mei Semones, MAVI, HOMESHAKE and more. In this exclusive commentary, Luna talks about the making of key tracks from the album and reflects on key moments from her journey as an artist, such as the pivotal “2615.” Here, she explains how she began posting videos of her jams, looping every instrument herself, during the pandemic, noting how this time period was when she “was needing desperately to cling on to music, creativity and positivity to keep me sane.” Of the track, “Bon Voyage,” Luna discusses how the song explores questions of power of destiny: “How much autonomy and control do we really have in our lives?” Elsewhere, Luna reflects on her collaboration with Hope Tala (“I Imagine”), as well as celebrates how “Silver and Rain” and “You Didn’t Have to Go” are “close to her heart,” inspired by her native Toronto. Hear more from Luna Li, only on SoundCloud.

Voice Notes: Luna Li on "You Didn't Have To Go"

Hey Betty

a cover of the best song on the album to me…

indie songs that don't suck

Arju