New Music

"Outside" sets the tone for Injury Reserve's deeply claustrophobic, delightfully warped experimental hip-hop album.

"Valentine," the title track from Snail Mail's forthcoming sophomore album, finds a pair of lovers at circumstantial odds.

In "Mythical Serpents," tremolo-picked riffs undulate with ambient synths and aerobic drumming, billowing but never blowing up the melody, as if to sit inside and meditate on the music.

Cleo Sol's immense and personal sophomore album, Mother, comes to a conclusion with "Spirit," a song that leans heavily and wonderfully on gospel instrumentation and '70s soul production.

A drum machine-beat mingles with an organic kit as a jangly guitar melody bounces through misty synths, creating a liminal space to process loss: a spiraling nightmare of regret that is oh so pretty.

With "Pressure," the Dreamville Records vocalist elevates her status as a neo-soul touchstone, referencing the soul divas before her and leading the way for those to come with fearless charm.

"Departures" draws strength through its resistance to stability; the track ripples and morphs across melancholic, synth-soaked '80s melodies, rocking jam sessions and cooing vocal breakdowns.

The metal band rips once again.

This #NowPlaying discovery of DALIA comes to us from this year's Tiny Desk Contest.

It's hard to get more SoCal than this.