We first caught up with Fitz & The Tantrums back in 2009 when they played live on Morning Becomes Eclectic around the release of their debut album Songs For A Breakup: Volume 1.  Now a multi-platinum (many times over) band, their first new music of  2025 continues to showcase their humor and dance floor-ready tunes. 

Seattle-based Americana musicians and poets The Brudi Brothers have been friends and bandmates since they were kids. The music they make draws from their travels and showcases their humor.

“Melodie Is A Wound,” Stereolab’s second single ahead of their forthcoming LP Instant Holograms On Metal Film (their first in over 15 years!), is offering so much more than dulcet tones. The song arrives with a Stereolab-themed cryptic crossword puzzle, compiled by The Guardian’s puzzle editor (and Stereolab superfan) Alan Connor. Of course, the tune stands on its own so grab it now as a free download while you count the days until you can marinate in the album as a whole when it drops on May 23 via Warp Records. 

NYC-based, indie-folk-rocking artist Cass McCombs shares “Priestess,” an economical requiem that cuts right to the chase and showcases his poignant songwriting. 

It’s hard to believe that My Morning Jacket is celebrating the release of their tenth studio album in 2025, 20 years after making their radio debut on Morning Becomes Eclectic in 2005.  Their first full-length collection in three years — titled is — has all the bells and whistles that make My Morning Jacket an epic band whether you see them live, or simply listen to their music on the go. 

Native Texan Danny Lee Blackwell makes music under the moniker Night Beats, and has explored the connective tissue between myriad genres. “Behind The Green Door” is a song Blackwell initially recorded as a lone star instrumental and you can hear it in the pacing and rhythm.  The lyrics, which came as the cherry on top at the very end of the process, are drawn from unwavering love and transcendence.

Rising Spanish star Judeline racked up co-signs from fellow artists (and fans) like Rosalia and Bad Bunny early on in her career, and she just made her US debut at Coachella to rave reviews. 

Tulsa-based Broncho’s fifth studio album, Natural Pleasure, is one for your headphones. Let its dreamscape sounds enrapture you. Start with this free download of “Think I Pass,” a trippy adventure into gauzy textures and shimmering sonics. 

“Renacer” or “Rebirth” is exactly that for the solo artist Bardo, formerly the frontman for Chicano Batman. Born from a voice memo during a jam session when Combo Chimbita visited Bardo’s home studio, “Renacer” forecasts a polychromatic sonic palette and more stellar collaborations with the NYC-by-way-of-Colombia band. 

DJ, producer, and singer-songwriter duo Eli & Fur share reimagined cuts from their 2024 recording Dreamscapes. You’ll hear creative remixes from artists like the German brother duo Monkey Safari on this bubbling version of “Oceanside.”