For fans of Fugazi, Jawbreaker, Texas Is the Reason, 80s melodic hardcore, and the tender, vulnerable core of all anger, Under Lies by Endive gives us a rare newly released window into the mid 90s Midwest post hardcore scene.

For fans of La Dispute, Foxing, Deafheaven, contemporary hardcore, and that satisfying realization that you’re right where you want to be, Egin Ez Dugun Guztia by Vibora makes a bittersweet reflection on a narrowing life trajectory while celebrating a future devoted to a creative community.

For fans of Kate Bush, Big Blood, The Last Dinner Party, late 90s Lilith-Fair-adjacent singer songwriter, and the process of growing up and still feeling that urge to get out of this town and leave everything behind, Cursebreaker by Nyssa examines all the poor behaviors rewarded by a sadistic society through a theatrical take on alternative rock.

For fans of Can, King Crimson, Cardiacs, that strain of both theatrical and delicate singer-songwriter, and community as the answer to an antagonistic world, Discombobulated by Hen Ogledd speaks in an unapologetically idiosyncratic voice to shake us from our atomized complacency.

For fans of Underscores, Gang of Four, Jesse Ware, dance punk, and the decision to boldly and colorfully express yourself in the oppressive age of cringe, Join Hands by Congratulations finds a million musical ways to get us to move our bodies and celebrate in the face of a mass culture deprived of whimsical joy.

Finally, the word becomes flesh, a horror which only adequately comes through in the extreme dark aesthetics of art like Terrible Things Will Happen to the Ones You Love Most by Dog Complex, a blackened hardcore record which breathes down our backs with the necrotic stench of totalitarianism.

For fans of Nine Inch Nails, Björk, Massive Attack, indie sleaze and its revival, and having a conversation with your childhood self, Pale Bloom by Lucy Kruger & The Lost Boys mourns lost potential with a dark art pop funeral.

For fans of Parannoul, Brave Little Abacus, Your Arms Are My Cocoon, sasscore, and the scene you grew up in that doesn’t exist in the same way anymore, Disco II - Monomyth by La Petite Mort/Little Death takes a critical eye to the 2010s scene and sets the stage for something fundamentally different through their celebratory emo sound.

For fans of Willy Rodriguez, Total Wife, Car Seat Headrest, new wave, and those dreams which reveal themselves as symptoms of our most foundational desires, Tether Me to You by demleague infuses the bedroom sound with ample pop hooks to show us the sources of light in our melancholic lives.

For fans of Ornette Coleman, Zoh Amba, DJ Shadow, jazz fusion, and the chaotic dance of memory, Burn the Plastic, Sell the Copper by Ishmael Ali intuitively crafts an avant garde aesthetic to illuminate the great filing cabinet of the subconscious.

For fans of Black Country, New Road, Jockstrap, Sufjan Stevens, classic twee, and those intrusive thoughts you get while spending time with those you love which force you to wonder how this all might end, The Flowers I See You In by Ninush floats weightlessly through relationship dynamics on the wings of a distinctly neoclassical electronic pop style.

For fans of William Basinski, late Lou Reed, Weirs, drone metal, and taking a moment to breathe even during the apocalypse, Revolutions by Daniel Bachman guides our meditation through a droning guitar composition which harmonizes with the low groan of pain emanating from the earth.

For fans of Los Thuthanaka, Asleep Country, Huremic, noise rock, and that first moment of hitting your couch after a long day’s work, Anata by Joshua Chuquimia Crampton celebrates the harvest festival of a nation indigenous to the Andes Mountains through an album of entirely abstract, noisy psychedelia.

For fans of Charles Mingus, Mamaleek, Cisnienie, all things David Lynch, and the uncomfortable burden of transcendent knowledge, Panoramica Degli Abissi by To Die on Ice speaks straight to our subconscious in the graceful tones of pure musical noir.

For fans of Animal Collective, The Strokes, Have a Nice Life, that one specific segment of the London sound, and dissociating in the middle of a serious conversation, Wind and Worms by River Access innovates on the psych rock formula to provide a new perspective on a familiar environment.

For fans of Sigur Ros, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Ze Ramalho, Brazilian samba, and the radical liberation of hitting rock bottom, Prensado by Gloios overcomes guilt, loss, and oppression through a spiritual revolution enabled by a brand of post rock packed with subtle references to local musical traditions.

For fans of Talk Talk, Disco Inferno, Gastr Del Sol, the many facets of dub, and those brief moments after you wake up when you forget that you’re in a new place, Home Is Everywhere and Nowhere at Once by Takeo.k assesses our ideas of belonging, using an experimental electronic sound to unpack the immigrant experience.

For fans of Animal Collective, Oneohtrix Point Never, Neptunian Maximalism, space rock, and long drives under the desert sun, Can I Get a Pack of Camel Lights? by Geologist presents an episodic memoir in the form of an intimately approachable ambient soundscape.

For fans of Gingerbee, the first Geese album, J Dilla, contemporary slacker rock, and seeing a top-down view of the grocery store and seeing just how wild that place looks, Peace Album by Olympic Deth spreads its wings over every genre in sight to call upon the purest, angstiest energy held within each.

For fans of Drive45, Roxy Radclyffe, Death Grips, the pandemic hyperpop era, and choosing to live loudly in the face of state-sanctioned violent repression, MISTRESS OF MISFORTUNE by Miiraposa harnesses digital age schizophrenia to lampoon all exertions of power in our midst.