Kristen Ford -- Pinto Kristen Ford explodes with charismatic energy on her arena-ready diary of a life coloring outside the lines, Pinto -- out now on Righteous Babe Records.
Katy Guillen & The Drive -- Make That Sound Katy Guillen & The Drive deliver raw compelling rock'n'roll on their album Make That Sound and Tacilim Orefice lived to tell the tale about it in his review.
Haunted Like Human - American Mythology Haunted Like Human touch on American mythologies and improve them -- or tear them down -- in an album that Bee Delores proves that "everything they touch turns to gold."
Orville Peck - Appaloosa Bee Delores tips her hat to Orville Peck's stunning Appaloosa EP -- according to Bee, it's one of the best of the year.
Weakened Friends -- Feels Like Hell Steve Roberts captures the spirit of Weakened Friends' simmering rage on their grunge-inflected Feels Like Hell
Tiberius -- Troubadour Stefanie Cuthbert reviews the intimate highs and desolate lows of Troubadour, the long-awaited album from Boston's farm emo band Tiberius.
ZDAN - SO WHAT! ZDAN's SO WHAT! perfectly captures mutiny in America, a state of being where those with half a brain unabashedly fight the good fight, writes Bee Delores.