For fans of This Heat, Daniel Johnston, Ramleh, proto punk, and the pathetic weakness of the human body, Psychic Sidekick by Rump State gives the impression of a semi-conscious bedridden emergency through a distinctly industrial and aesthetically absurd musical texture.

For fans of SPK, Einstürzende Neubauten, Grim, zamrock, and the joy of giving value to something once deemed worthless, Kinshasa in Action by KINACT gives a distinct and spiritually resonant voice to Central Africa’s unwelcome role as the final destination of all harmful industrial and colonial byproducts.

For fans of Minutemen, Parquet Courts, Chat Pile, the contemporary underground noise rock boom, looksmaxing, and leaving your house anyway despite that feeling you get when you look in the mirror, Optimizer by Stuck takes a critical look at self-improvement culture with a heavy take on the post punk sound.

For fans of Bjork, Pram, Moribet, dream pop, and the joy of hearing from an old friend, It’s Nice to See a Lake in Your Eyes by Carol Maia and Jeremy Gustin yearns for unity with the great spirit above but settles instead for online video calls, assembling a delicate post pop record with transcontinental collaborators in an exercise of the autonomy of mind.

For fans of Gang of Four, Sonic Youth, Wire, prog punk, and the inconvenience of backing up words with action, New Plastik Abyss by Dead Finks connects our simultaneous impulses to critique our surroundings and to resist criticism of our own actions, a deeply sarcastic contradiction perfectly suited to the band’s off-kilter post punk sound.

For fans of Cime, Gingerbee, Huremic, experimental metal, and the existential dread of a dry creek bed on the first day of summer, No Ritmo da Terra by Antropoceno fuses traditional Brazilian music with the avant garde to renegotiate our future relationship with technology.

For fans of U.e., Roxy Radclyffe, Lydia Roberts, ambient experimental Americana, and the coziness of a well-designed reading nook, Sentence Structure in the Country by More Eaze yearns for a comfortable and genuine expression of selfhood through a deeply personal experimental sound.

For fans of Andre 3000, Richard Chartier, Roland Kayn, sound collage, and the hypnotic power of the ocean tides, Bubble Bath for Giants by Carlos Niño & Friends recreates the essential pulse of unencumbered nature through an experimental musique concrete composition.

For fans of Vangas, Sprain, Drive Like Jehu, the more angular end of the windmill scene, and the macabre beauty of a tornado on the horizon, Amiture Music by Amiture Music finds the sublime hidden within dissonance, showing us a path towards the appreciation of a collapsing world.

For fans of Arcade Fire, Low, Yo La Tengo, motorik indie rock, and those dreams which take us through a nostalgic funhouse, After the Rain, Strange Seeds by The Leaf Library examines the absurd landscapes of memory through an unusually personal and approachable take on the psychedelic kraut rock philosophy.

For fans of Širom, A Silver Mt. Zion, Tony Conrad, the many musical contributions of John Cale, and the unstoppable beauty of the sunrise amidst all our human-generated hell, Rituals of the Last Dawn by Saba Alizadeh fuses Iranian traditional folk music with the contemporary avant-garde to meet the impossible gravity of the current moment.

For fans of MGMT, Can, Kraftwerk, goth rock, and the digitized version of yourself perpetually living the best day of their life, immer für immer by Flying Moon in Space uses a synth-heavy, kraut-rock-inspired post punk sound to pick apart the separation between the lives we live and the lives we claim to want.

For fans of Death Grips, Earl Sweatshirt, Clipping, and the revelatory visions of St. John, AND IN ARCADIA, I SAW A BLACK STAR by XEONXEONXEON tells a story of personal apocalypse, set to a soundtrack of industrial-tinged beats, distorted samples, and flairs of harsh noise.

For fans of Los Thuthanaka, Lua Trilogy!, History Dog, Jazz fusion, and the soaring flow state of creative community, Westside Trapped by Heavensouls crafts an alternate reality with complete anti-colonial worldwide liberation.

For fans of Melvins, Couch Slut, Julie Christmas, desert rock, and the catastrophic realization of past codependency, Only Love by PEACH ascribes a realistic level of intensity to those toxic aspects of love we’re meant to brush off as totally normal, an intensity raised through a unique noise rock sound equipped with an instantly unforgettable protagonist.

For fans of The Avalanches, Portishead, Ween, the online bedroom scene, and the process of making meaning of all of our most mundane memories, The Outside Makes the Inside Makes the Outside by The Symbles fights for dignity and recognition through an experimental yet surprisingly approachable plunderponic hip hop sound.

For fans of The Strokes, Cistern, Bladee, bedroom pop, and the half-sleep of a summer red eye train as the sunrise peeks over the blur of countryside, Eight Ascensions by Safezonefire skates just above our day-to-day concerns through a dreamy take on the online post punk sound.

For fans of Wiring, Liturgy, Unwound, classic screamo, and the frequencies of malaise which interfere with our collective consciousness, Sound of a Sinking Ship by Gre/ay vocalize these omnipresent bad vibes by creating a cathartic punk rallying cry.

For fans of Deafheaven, Thantifaxath, Neurosis, neoclassical, expansive post rock, and the radical decision to look out at the world as is and choose to live, Sidera by Miserere Luminis takes seriously the high drama of our current moment by meeting our surroundings with an equally intense symphony of black metal.

For fans of Wendy Eisenberg, Björk, Still House Plants, the recent trend towards experimental lounge jazz, and those fraught emotional moments when our internal dialogue shuts down entirely, No Fear No Gear by Marie Krüttli employs many human and instrumental storytellers and voices to guide us through a maximalist aesthetic space.