Erin Bensinger

Maxwell Musick’s third single, “Midnight Cowboy,” is a celebration.

Thematically occupied with the realm of passing fads and the cyclical nature of time, Trends is a Los Angeles-based alt-rock band with its own hashtag (#trendsneverdie) unafraid to color outside of the expectations of genre.

Los Angeles-based artist Hana Vu takes us on an electro-pop day trip to relationship purgatory with brand new single “Outside”.

This entire record marks a turning inward, a refocus on the connection and desire for creation that brought the band together in the first place.

B O K E H's latest single, “Options,” is a love letter to anyone who has ever felt repressed due to their true desires, gender or sexuality.

While their name may suggest the opposite, Sour Widows bring a hell of a lot of heart and passion to their craft.

On her first studio-recorded album, Virtual Heaven, songwriter and poet Caroline White presents some of her most cohesive, orchestral work yet.

Over the next few months, Claud will embark on their first ever headlining tour, open for The Neighbourhood on a series of shows, and release their EP Sideline Star. They’ve welcomed us into Claud Season by curating this month’s QUEEROPEDIA …

We love KERA’s unique, unapologetic brand of folk and their refusal to subscribe to any one label. In celebration of their new single, which drops mid-August, we let them take control of this month’s QUEEROPEDIA playlist.

Florist’s 2019 return comes in the form of an introspective, stripped-back solo record by songwriter Emily Sprague on Double Double Whammy.

The sixth single this year from Rosemary Fairweather finds inspiration in the heavens.

American Wolf drifts into dreams with a brand new shimmering, 80s-inspired single: “Softcore Drama”.

Perfect Version finds songwriter Julia Shapiro letting go of the notion that there could ever be a perfect version of anything — a song, a tour, a life.

Brooklyn-based bedroom producer Quelle Rox spins a dreamy web of synth and sadness on new single “Cosmic Gloom”.

KAINA blends a variety of cultural traditions and musical influences into a sultry prayer of a track: “Could Be a Curse.”

On “Asking for Space,” Galaxy Fingers take a delicate, contemplative trip through the universe and the end of a relationship.

Multi-disciplinary artist Sandy Hsu has tapped into her divine intuition to bring us ambient pop so feather-light, it sounds more at home in heaven than on Earth.

Jangly guitars, sharp hi-hats, and the sonic equivalent of that “Oh god, I shouldn’t have had that third cup of coffee” feeling come together flawlessly on Choral Reef’s debut EP.

Over the course of just sixteen minutes, singer-songwriter Hannah Read strums her way through a series of vignettes that delve thoroughly and unflinchingly into the heart of what it means to feel for another.

V.V. Lightbody‘s new song, “Car Alarm,” is a siren song for late summer days.