A texturally diverse, folksy, psych-pop sound characterizes Success Party, the latest release from RUGS. A melding of loose, enthusiastic, harmony-flavored tones juxtaposed by moments of minor, somewhat chaotic-disjointed noise creates a perplexing marriage. You’ll want to spin this through a few times.

Drawing Down The Moon, the debut EP from Cynthia Ann Schemmer's (Radiator Hospital) musical vehicle known as Swanning, won’t be officially released via Salinas Records until this Friday, May 27; however, it’s streaming over at Stereogum. So, the wait is over. On first listen, the album has an ever-evolving, jagged, melodic intimacy. Catch Swanning’s record release show on Tuesday, May 31 at PhilaMOCA with Allison Crutchfield, Littler, and Empath.

Piece of Cake released their self-titled LP earlier this month and recently released a video for the album's second single "Crazy".

You can catch Piece of Cake at Water Street Studios in Batavia on May 27th with Hungry Mountain, Collar Bones, and Thighclops.

Below is a lovely new single from Little Strike, a.k.a. Tamar Dart, called "Come Out Alright." "Back in the states after a year of work and travel in China, I received an email from a close friend revealing that he had been doing heroin, and that I was the only person that he chose to tell... The chorus is directly taken from the email I received. He's better now, not fighting alone." Dart will be performing next in Philly on Saturday, June 4 as part of the Sundrop Music Fest.

Yoni Wolf and Chicago's Serengeti have released a video for their song "Madeline". The track comes from their recently released album Testarossa which was released by Joyful Noise on May 6th.

Yoni & Geti will be performing at Lincoln Hall with Advance Base and Coins on June 1st.