Kevin Bronson on January 23rd, 2026

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Here’s Greatest Hits … This Week (Vol. 371), which kicks off with a sublime new single from Imaad Wasif and charges on to feature songs from Inner Wave, KÁRYYN, Marika Che (of Tangerine), Ally Evenson, Lindsey Troy, Truman Sinclair, Timmy Skelly, Death Lens, Eliza Noxon, Gregory Uhlmann, Gal Musette, Grace Inspace and more. Dive in.

All these playlists for you to explore.

Anita Mills contributed to today’s roundup.

■ Imaad Wasif, “Believe” — Imaad Wasif’s solo albums always seem guided by something otherworldly, beyond his prodigious talent as a songwriter and guitarist. His sixth LP, “Superconciousness,” arrives March 18, and it’s introduced with a note of hope, “Believe.” Produced by Lewis Pesacov and featuring talents such as Rocco Deluca (slide guitar) and Heather McIntosh (cello), it’s a sublime meditation for heavy times. “Belief is what you make it, as an incantation, it’s something I struggle with every day,” Wasif says. “We all want something real and beautiful to believe in. I hope this song reaches you loud and clear.”

■ Lindsey Troy, “Love Is Deeper” — Lindsey Troy debuted her post-Deap Vally solo project in November with “I’ve Seen the Willow Trees.” “Love Is Deeper” (video), co-produced with John Stavas, is the second single — a song, Troy says, “about deep, unconditional love. About inter-generational trauma and complex family dynamics. I sing about sacred childhood memories that are the backdrop of my life — the blissful memories of my youth that I hold so dear. But I also sing about painful memories that are part of my life’s mural. This song is about the reverberating impact of mental illness on a family. About blood being thicker than pain. About empathy. About saying my piece and letting go of my anger to forgive and heal.” Live Jan. 29 at School Night at the Airliner, joined by ISTA and Sister Gemini.

■ Truman Sinclair, “Dust to Dust” — Ahead of tour dates opening for Courtney Barnett, Chicago native Truman Sinclair has released his new EP, “Rivers of Sugar and Blood,” featuring a half-dozen songs with footprints in emo and ’70s folk-rock.

■ Gal Musette, “Have” — Grace Freeman admits that her new Gal Musette single is a “sappy song.” We’re just happy to “Have” it. Live Feb. 5 at North Star Sessions at Scribble.

■ Inner Wave, “If You Like” — Latin-indie band Inner Wave will embark on a headlining tour showcasing their forthcoming album “See You When I Get Back,” out February 27 via Nettwerk. “If You Like” is features a slick bass line, and fierce keys.  Lead vocalist Pablo Sotelo says: “I wrote and recorded this song in its entirety, in one sitting. After meditating, I recorded each instrument, only doing one take before moving on. That pacing found its way into the song, making it one of the more energetic tracks on the album.” Watch the band rock out in black and white here. Live May 30 at The Regent.

■ Eliza Noxon, “What Else” — Singer-songwriter Eliza Noxon follows “You” with the soothing track “What Else,” from her debut album “Good Monsters With Bad Habits,” dropping Feb. 27. Noxon says: “The song captured a moment in my life when I was struggling with where I fit in a world where I still felt like he took up so much space. One of my favorite things about this song is the final section, which I wrote and added over a year after I’d written the rest. For a long time, I felt like the song was missing its thesis statement, its big, gut-punch emotional clarity moment, and those final lines gave me the chance to tie everything up in a nice, dissonant bow.”

■ Sunday Mourners, “He Cried (Tender Absolute)” — “He Cried (Tender Absolute)” is a cool-as-all-hell bass-driven track by art-punk group Sunday Mourners, from their highly recommended debut album “A-Rhythm Absolute,” via Curation Records. Live Feb. 27 at Gold-Diggers, along with Uni Boys and Shadow Show.

■ Silverdeer, “Open Mouth” — Silverdeer combines the talents of guitairst-producer Nika Fazeli and singer-songwriter Halsey Bousquet, who debuted in 2019 under the name Saturn 17. The expansive, shoegazey single “Open Mouth” is from the duo’s new EP, “House of Devotion,” out March 20.

■ Draag, “Finding Fear” — Friendly reminder that “Miracle Drug,” the new EP from L.A. shoegazers Draag, is out today.

■ Mystic Knights, “Count” — “Count” is the second single from Mystic Knights, the new quintet led by Chris Cester, co-founder of the Australian rock band Jet. He’s joined by Aaron Eisenberg (The Soft White Sixties), Emmanuel Castro and two former members of the Shelters, Jacob Pillot and Sebastian Harris.

■ KÁRYYN, “Collapse Phase” — The title of Syrian-Armenian-American artist KÁRYYN’s sophomore LP for Mute Records is “Physics Universal Love Language (PULL),” and that acronym is certainly is truth in advertising for the songwriter’s brand of electronic music. At once cerebral and ethereal, “Collapse Phase” (Jenna Marsh’s video) is the album’s first single.

■ Gregory Uhlmann, “Lucia” (feat. Alabaster DePlume) — Chicago native Gregory Uhlmann (SML, Perfume Genius, Hand Habits, Anna Butterss, Fell Runner, is a wearer of many musical chapeaus, all of them stylish, coloring outside the lines across genres. This week he announced the March 6 arrival of a new solo album, “Extra Stars,” which features a host of collaborators including saxophonist Alabaster DePlume on the song “Lucia.” Live April 16 at Zebulon.

■ Grace Inspace, “Helium Balloon” — Grace Inspace (Grace Garner) says of her delicacy: “Helium Balloon” is about the quiet collisions of emotion that make up the human experience.” The track follows “Emergency Contact,” from her forthcoming EP “Heavy Hair,” out Feb. 27 via TODO Records. Check out the visually striking music video here.

■ Human Potential, “The Sightseer” — The follow-up to “Practice Songs for the Unloved,” “The Sightseer” is the latest single from Human Potential, the solo project of Andrew Becker. His new album, “Eel Sparkles,” is out March 6. Live May 24 at Scribble.

■ Marika Che, “Saint Charles Avenue” — Marika Che of the duo Tangerine has announced her debut LP “Bright Flame,” out April 8. The lead single “Saint Charles Avenue” is a dreamy guitar track featuring a gorgeous saxophone. Che says: “This one happens to come from a very specific moment in my life, but I can’t wait for it to become part of the soundtrack to other people’s stories as well.” Watch the whimsical music video here.

■ A/S/L, “Easy Flirt” — “Easy Flirt” follow’s “Booth Juice” as the latest offering from electronic artist A/S/L’s forthcoming EP, “Burnt Out Disco For Club Rats.”

■ Maiah Manser, “Feeling It All” — Maiah Manser is a vocalist, producer and visual artist whose music has been featured in the Vogue Met Gala. The stand-alone single “Feeling It All” is a high-energy dance song via Nettwerk Music Group. Manser says: “Encapsulating the feeling of euphoria, this song is a play on words to feel like you’re being hypnotized by a mermaid in the middle of the ocean or losing yourself on the dance floor with someone special.” Watch Maiah dance in the rain in the music video here.

■ Nick Flessa, “Medicine Hat City Slogan” — It’s been a little over a year since Nick Flessa’s last album, the prickly “The Politics of Personal Destruction,” and now he’s turning the page, karmically and stylistically. An instrumental ode to psychic and geographic wanderlust, “Medicine Hat City Slogan” introduces his new LP, “A Different Kind of Energy” (out April 17). Fun fact: The city slogan of Medicine Hat, Alberta, is “A Different Kind of Energy.”

■ 2070, “Windowpane” — “When recording [‘Windowpane’], I was coming up with a melody for my vocals, and we joked that it sounded like something by Modest Mouse, which led to me doing an impression mocking Isaac Brock, but it ended up actually being too good to pass up, so we kept it as my vocal melody on this song,” Trevor Coleman says of 2070’s new single, “Windowpane.” The follow-up to “Transducer,” it’s the latest single from the quartet’s album “Big Blue,” out Feb. 6.

■ Moondaddy, “Passenger” — San Diego’s Moondaddy released their sophomore album, “Dove Tapes,” in October, and now the dream-pop project headed by singer-songwriter Cara Potiker returns with an aerial new single, “Passenger.”

■ Timmy Skelly, “I Get Drunk” — Today brought the release of Timmy Skelly’s new EP, “Meet Me in Nowhere Land.” We’re raising a glass to the release-week dose of indie twang, “I Get Drunk.”

■ Ally Evenson, “Lucky Day” — On Feb. 20, L.A.-based Detroit native Ally Evenson will release her sophomore album, “Speed Kills.” Any number of ’90s sheroes come to mind listening to recent singles “AFO,” “Turning Turning” and “Strawberry.” Evenson hooks up with a theater troupe in the video, and the results are a bit Shakespearean. Live May 6 at the Roxy, opening for Sports.

■ Death Lens, “Monolith” — Death Len’s new album “What’s Left Now” drops April 24 via Epitaph Records. “Monolith” is a haunting rock banger with a spanish-guitar twist. Frontman Bryan Torres says: “Monolith is born from a lifetime of hardship, weight and repetition. It’s my revelation that the role life gives you isn’t the only one you have to play. A testament to how being born with nothing became the source of my strength.” Check out the high-energy music video here.

■ Becca Hannah, “Miriam” — L.A.-based Boston native Becca Hannah has released her debut album, “Tonight in My Dreams,” and among hte LP’s sweet soul offerings is “Miriam,” a heartfelt ode to the singer-songwriter’s childhood therapist. “Tonight in My Dreams” was crafted with a nine-piece ensemble and produced by Grammy winner Jim Scott.

■ Foliage, “Missing Hearts” — Manuel Joseph Walker teases his first Foliage album in five years with the feel-good single “Missing Hearts.”

■ Kat Meoz, “Show Me What You Got” — The bluesy burner “Show Me What You Got” is the latest from Kat Meoz.

■ ALEXSUCKS, “Autopilot” — ALEXSUCKS, the L.A. band led by Alex Alvarez, mines to the post-punk-derived garage-rock of the ’00s on “Autopilot,” the title track of the quartet’s new album, out Feb. 20. Live March 25 at the El Rey.

■ Unpolished*, “Feet Pics” — Hard-hitting quartet Unpolished* (Mary Bugbee, Celinda Chang, Jasmine Day and Stephanie De Santos) make old-school rock ’n’ roll bangers. Some come with a wink, such as “Feet Pics.” Show us your tootsies?