Julie once again pulls the veil of context for their final song telling us, “this is a song about ketamine therapy,” soliciting a knowing chuckle from select audience members…

Following a rowdy sound check, Emma Troughton of Blankslate cheekily acknowledges the audience, “We’re going to be loud…”

Musing on the uncertainty of life, the chorus is a celebration of living for the present and savoring moments of joy…

Cassidy examines the ideas of control and release, holding the tension between seeming opposing forces in a way that is neither too tight or so hard, but beautifully balanced.

The themes of heartbreak and mortality permeate this oddly uptempo track…

Their flows are dynamic and intellectual, speaking to the power that comes from being the master of one’s mind…

The topic is heartbreak, but with a hopeful message of bigger better things in the future…

Go see Avery J and the BA as soon as you can. The soul is smooth and the groove is real.

I found my own experiences in the lyrics, relating to the struggles of a conflicted, wandering, yet oddly hopeful generation.

Her lilting voice and honest melancholy lyrics soothe the listener the same way a good cry might…

Ishka successfully dabbles with spoken word mid-song, keeping the listener on their toes throughout this up-tempo number.

…her introspective and honest lyrics passionately delivered to a captivated audience.

…Americana morphing into an emotive indie crescendo that questions, “what’s the point in waking up.”

…illuminates unexpected corners of the listener’s heart with a sense of universality.

He delivers this range with a casual demeanor that shows he’s not taking himself too seriously at all, but he means everything he’s saying.

He’s the embodiment of the archetypical alone but not lonely folk singer, rambling on to what will come.

They’ve got a sleepy quality, but their groovy rhythms won’t be denied.

He strips us all down to what we are, animals subject to forces of nature beyond our control…

With all of her music, there’s an experienced perspective that love is never simple, never easy…

Lucius is thoughtful resistance. He’s stubborn success. He’s an example of being sharpened by that which doesn’t want you to be sharp...

This feels like the best version of lounge ballads there could ever be...

Sometimes we’re on the same page; sometimes we’re not. What’s most important is that we keep talking...

Leave it to Jessica to turn a Nintendo soundtrack into an entire room of people admitting their panties drop down...

Her voice trembles with strength when she sings folky narratives that invoke memories from centuries ago...

Songs shift from soulful blues to surf punk to a dark waltz that could be the soundtrack for a gun-point meeting in a back-alley speakeasy...