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a flare for the theatrics May 23 – June 06 d r a m a In The Middle — Mt. Joy & Gigi Perez the vocalist sounds like the dude from Cold War Kids with some Coldplay-like bass and groove Sense of Humor — The Starting Line TSL is back for the first time since…

Nielly Powell

June 6, 2025

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a flare for the theatrics

May 23 – June 06

d r a m a

In The Middle — Mt. Joy & Gigi Perez

the vocalist sounds like the dude from Cold War Kids with some Coldplay-like bass and groove

Sense of Humor — The Starting Line

TSL is back for the first time since 2012 with a feel-good reminder to laugh it off

Blue Jay — Charmer

2005 midwest emo-ish

Endless — Athletics

one guitar feels Explosions in the Sky. the other feels Fall Out Boy and the bass is very… 3 Doors Down

Modern Man — MORN

math punk with a girl bassist. say less

Backseat — Balu Brigada

it starts out like if Imagine Dragons mashed up with The Dare and the Strokes then nearly four minutes into the song it evolves into an electronic rock opera

BOYS WITH THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WOLVES — Unknown Mortal Orchestra

not only is the video an homage to classic horror, the song leans into the motif with quiet, unsuspecting moments leading up to big surprises

Cause = Time — Middle Kids

this time i can actually say it sounds like Broken Social Scene because it’s a cover from the june 06 tribute album of their 2002 release You Forgot It in People

High — Hayes Carll

i love the use of tempo here to play into the feeling of being high

Hemingway — girl in red

much like Sabrina Carpenter’s scathing dig about Shawn Mendes and his obsession with Leonard Cohen on “Dumb & Poetic”, girl in red just as brutally compares her song’s boy to Ernest Hemingway