Song We Like: Talking by the Styrofoam Turtles

Song We Like: Talking by the Styrofoam Turtles

Legendary Asheville rockers get unplugged a little, emoting rhythmically in this little singalong number. It makes us excited for the upcoming album.

Song We like: She Sings by Daddies

Song We like: She Sings by Daddies

A band whose recordings suggest a big, big live presence. These chords and melody are very Right Now, and Daddies pulls it off with so much style and ease that we think maybe all the other very-2019 bands are copying them.

Song We Like: Serious Child by Sean Barna

Song We Like: Serious Child by Sean Barna

He has a high country kind of yodeling voice and the kind of sincerity that only someone who was once a serious child could muster. We’d be the belles of the ball if Jesus were queer 👍

Song We Like: Chemistry by Powersnap

Song We Like: Chemistry by Powersnap

This is New York City kids weaving a whole bunch of interesting and big sounds back and forth around a beat, with occasional heavy guitars and screaming and coughing and maybe a flute. This kind of thing only works if the conceptual artists behind it are really good, and it works here

Song We Like: If You Wanna Go by The Kindest People

Song We Like: If You Wanna Go by The Kindest People

The Kindest People in Johnson City thrash around and harmonize for 1:19. So nice you need to hear it at least twice.

Song We Like: Down, In Carolina by Hnry Flwr

Song We Like: Down, In Carolina by Hnry Flwr

Deep and sensitive, but deeper than that. He’s so low. There are some parts where you think he’s going to go lower, and then he brings you back up in such a pretty and satisfying way. It’s a great song.

Song We Like: Insubordinate by Thee Sidewalk Surfers

Song We Like: Insubordinate by Thee Sidewalk Surfers


Thee Sidewalk Surfers are back to rock you in their friendly Beatles way. The music arcs around in different nice ways in the verse and in the chorus. Music is philosophy. 

Song We Like: Overdoser by Acid Bombers

Song We Like: Overdoser by Acid Bombers

Grungy, messed-up sounding music that maybe was recorded in a deep cave. We love it. Particularly the bass. Nice work

Song we like: Giselle by Thelma & the Sleaze

Song we like: Giselle by Thelma & the Sleaze


What could possibly comprise the private hell of a band of four beautiful women who rock immensely hard and are worshiped by pretty much everyone? Spoiler alert: It’s Giselle. She’s their private hell. In this song Thelma & the Sleaze stop shredding sometimes to harmonize in a Nashville kind of way. It’s fantastic.