Mitch Mosk

Alabama Shakes return after more than a decade with the feverishly spellbinding ‘I Must Be Dreaming,' a soul-shaking third album wrestling with love, mortality, political disillusionment, and the stubborn possibility of hope – all while pushing their singular blend of rock, soul, blues, and fearless experimentation further than ever before.

Los Angeles duo The Army, The Navy reclaim the sacred space another person left behind on “Walls,” a hypnotically tender indie folk highlight from their debut album ‘Fake Brave Life' that transforms heartbreak's empty architecture into a shiver-inducing act of self-worth.

Brooklyn-based singer/songwriter Eliza Edens channels grief, desire, and a newfound appetite for risk into “Death Drive,” a charged indie rock rush that embraces life's unruly impulses while opening the door to their boldest, most liberated era yet.

A decade into Medium Build, Nick Carpenter emerges from a period of upheaval with a clearer sense of who he is, what he wants, and how he hopes to inhabit the life he fought so hard to build. With his landmark sixth album, ‘King of Having Fun,' Carpenter looks back on the defenses and approval-seeking that shaped so much of his life, reconnecting with the kid who once found joy in little things as he learns the difference between having fun and merely surviving – and, in the process, comes back to himself.

E verybody wants access. “OFFLINE” is the sound of taking it back. Kareen Lomax draws her boundary at full speed.

Irish indie rock band Big Sleep close their beautifully unruly debut album ‘Holy Show' with “Old Friend,” a hushed, luminous ode to grief, gratitude, and the bonds that outlast absence. Across a record of messy love, gut-level instinct, bruised humor, and hard-won hope, the Dublin quartet make emotional chaos feel communal – and leave us with a farewell that keeps reaching for the light.

Weird Nightmare's Alex Edkins roars into the light on ‘Hoopla,' an invigorating sophomore album whose sunlit power-pop and fuzzed-up voltage hit with raw rock charge. Its irresistibly catchy closing track “Where I Belong” brings that restless rush home, driving road-worn ache into a stadium-sized anthem about love, absence, and the cost of staying in motion. After nearly two decades as METZ's frontman, Weird Nightmare is Edkins' about-face – a brighter, hook-laced outlet where melody and harmony take center stage without losing the restless intensity that's fueled his whole career.

Weird Nightmare’s Alex Edkins roars into the light on ‘Hoopla,’ an invigorating sophomore album whose sunlit power-pop and fuzzed-up voltage hit with raw r

London alternative rock band Tooth make growing up sound painfully raw and alive on “The Age of Innocence,” a feverish debut single that turns the end of youth into a cathartic reminder that nobody reaches adulthood unbruised.

N ick Carpenter has spent a decade making Medium Build out of the thoughts most people would rather hide.