The Mixtape

Behold, a special collection of songs about individual states in the United States of America!

If you thought the days of the supergroup were over, Boygenius would like to have a word or three.

The Boo Radleys are eager to share their sweet shocking intensity and it will instantly lift your day.

Orange Drink can be sweet, it can be tart, and sometimes it will even remind you of citrus.

I haven’t decided if Bully is a great name or a terrible name, but it certainly fits their melodic bludgeoning.

I know that Water From Your Eyes is a reference I can look up in a second these days, but I am going to refuse to do so to leave the magic untainted.

Sure, they claim to be joking, but the chops you hear from Lizard Music are as serious as a car accident, their indie guitar pop leaving no hook unsharpened or ear unwormed.

The mysterious Snapped Ankles are descended from the forest people, though it seems they took a detour through some harsh industrial spaces to bring their stuttering electro-strangulation to our ears.

When you are bored with every sound you hear, the Universe will send you an entire collection of songs to make you break out in an involuntary smile, like Goodbye Honolulu's latest.

The three-piece punchy pop formula should be familiar to everyone by now, but the sounds of Bad Bad Hats are an elegant proof of their own.