Music

The honesty and the bittersweetness is palpable; theres a story there, and more importantly, there is true pathos.

The sensibility is Modest Mouse... and something about the writing, the easy falsetto, the clean electric and the boomy kit, reminds me of Paulo Nutini.

Using the deep synth and a laser-etched groove, MXMS is able to carve harmonies into raw quartz. The final effect is all hooks and prismatic light.

You better drop some woofers in your trunk, son. Strap yourself in and spark it up.

By the end those snare hits feel like jabs and crosses and weve broken down our enemy.

A sweet duet and a nasty Nashville guitar along with a boomy classic rock drum set gives hints of My Morning Jacket.

L8LOOMER takes up the old-school hip-hop mantle and gives it a spin, Florida-style.

A fuzzy pop brew with a heartbeat on the floor-tom, some Imagine Dragons hand clapping, and a multitude of atmospheric elements that fit together beautifully.