THIS WEEK’S PLAYLIST (106) Only The Best Music Being Recorded Today! Every week I put together a fresh playlist with the best new songs I’ve come across in the past seven days. Everything on it has dropped within the last year. You can listen on… https://t.co/MnJ94uvzRq

Hater “This Guy?” Mosquito (03-06-2026) The uncertain early stage of attraction, when someone catches your attention for reasons you can’t fully explain.  The song is about that foggy, electric moment where… https://t.co/VcisHYBhK4

Crooked Fingers “Cold Waves” Sweet Deth (02-27-2026) Love that has lost its life-force.  The song is about the emotional desolation of a relationship defined by contradictions.  It’s where affection flips into rejection; hope… https://t.co/SIVqBrn4Rq

The Dream Machine “Flowers On The Razorwire” Fort Perch Rock (02-27-20256) The contradictions of human relationships.  They can be beautiful and enticing, yet sharp and potentially painful.  The song is about how love can bring both happiness... https://t.co/me8gLVAZv4

TVAM “The Words” Ruins (02-27-2026) Departure influenced not by anger, but by emotional exhaustion.  The song is about leaving a relationship that has grown hollow.  It’s a confrontation of silence and a... https://t.co/49h1TSGj1V

Lucid Express “Something Blue” Instant Comfort (02-19-2026) The messy but memorable nature of a day that’s supposed to be perfect, but is really just perfectly human.  The song is about how events meant to be special are beautiful… https://t.co/eJcOlGCqzR

Would-Be-Goods “The Gallopers” Tears Before Bedtime (02-13-2026) A cautionary song about the irreversible journey from childhood innocence into the dizzying, dangerous thrills of adulthood.  The song is about the way experience… https://t.co/OvrLHnmkaF

Whitelands “Songbird (Forever)” Sunlight Echoes (01-30-2026) Love unfolding as a transformative power.  It turns breath into flame, touch into certainty, and connection into immortality.  The song is about a person whose… https://t.co/4KXcWASxM9

Hot Face “Pink Liquor” Automated Response (01-23-2026) “An explosive and raw anti-ode to chaotic hedonism and the madness that follows…A dadaist-collection of vignettes that highlight the unhinged nature of addiction, its… https://t.co/s2pDEYeeXu

Kissed by an Animal “Midnight Rats” Middle Distance (01-09-2026) Someone stuck between resignation and restless yearning.  The song is about a search for brief moments of escape or intensity to break the monotony and numbness… https://t.co/eRAdEPfQYm

The Suncharms “Monster to Me (Halloween Version)” Darkening Sky (01-xx-2026) Realizing that the person you once loved deeply has transformed into someone frightening and self-absorbed.  The song is about confronting the painful truth that… https://t.co/ToaHBNWfFz

Tombstones in Their Eyes “Alive and Well” Under Dark Skies (12-06-2025) A mantra-like eruption of resilience.  The song serves as an anthem of survival and rebirth after a period of deep struggle.  Paul Boutin, the group’s guitarist, sadly lost his… https://t.co/axP0RQmdwW

Kubra Commander “Life on the Moon” Metabolic (12-05-2025) Overcoming technological distraction and existential procrastination to reclaim real, tangible living.  The song is about how easily time slips away while we chase idealized… https://t.co/Ai1JhZQUlL

Young Fresh Fellows “I’m a Prison” Loft (11-28-2025) Both a defensive refusal of intimacy and a mournful awareness that their own emotional walls have trapped them inside.  The song is about someone whose inner… https://t.co/1po7IMCKjA

Cliff and Ivy “The Raven and the Wolf” The Raven and the Wolf (single 11-20-2025) A symbolic journey through a post-apocalyptic or emotionally ruined landscape.  The song is about how two kindred spirits can reclaim meaning, ignite hope, and find… https://t.co/AyptaxSwdO

Bad Nerves “Loner” Loner (single 11-18-2025) Feeling increasingly disconnected from a world shaped by propaganda, violence, and ideology.  The song is about resisting becoming part of it, even if that resistance leaves… https://t.co/TLcCpk6w28

Gladie “Car Alarm” Car Alarm (single 11-18-2025) “I was thinking about all of the continued horrific things happening in the world, while still having to participate in daily life. The song is about reckoning with the… https://t.co/hH2sO0hVUU

Basic Partner “Fadeless” Fadeless (single 11-14-2025) This is the first follow-up single to the debut LP (New Decade, released this past April) by the Nantes, France-based band… https://t.co/VRXTSZ3BKV

Cloud Caverns “Tappan Zee” Tappan Zee (single 11-14-2025) A reflective, mournful narrative about crossing the bridge from childhood to adulthood at a time when America itself was crossing into an era of fear… https://t.co/WC1lbGwlS7

I Was a King “Nowhere Near” Until The End (11-14-2025) Emotional disorientation.  The song is about someone caught between escape and responsibility, unsure where they belong and unable to see a clear path forward… https://t.co/lSZpwNOrPD