Sharpie Smile is Dylan Hadley and Cole Berliner. They met in 2015, a pair of musically-adept nonconformist teenagers, forming a songwriting and performance duo. Writing initially for a project called Kamikaze Palm Tree, with Dylan on drums and Cole on guitar, they produced two albums of thorny, ear-wormy art-rock. While continuing to play shows and write, there was some session work with other acts (Cate Le Bon, A. Savage, Tim Presley’s White Fence).  And then a shimmering new direction came into view... For Sharpie Smile, that direction is up. The Staircase is a lush and energizing contemporarypop record, a dreamy and ethereal trip throughminimal/maximal electronic production and deep feels. Inspired by SOPHIE, 100 gecs, Oklou and other insane futurists, Sharpie Smile ascend through waves of sound art in a sophisticated musical craft all their own. Their collaborators help facilitate and guide their astonishing transformations: The Staircase was engineered and produced by Cesar Maria, with additional engineering by Spencer Hartling, additional vocal engineering and production by Cairo Marques-Neto and mixing by Mikey Weiland. With singles "Love or Worship" and "The Slide" already out, we hope that The Staircase will provide refuge from the unrelenting vibe of 2025, allowing the journey to clarity to be glimpsed, accessed and shared. Look for The Staircase, LP and full digital dropping June 27th!

In an era where the communal spirit of DIY feels more difficult to achieve than ever, Portland, Oregon's Sea Moss embody the classic ethos of weirdo punk music in all its absurdity and wonder. It’s this same sense of scrappiness that’s earned them attention from legends like Lightning Bolt and Machine Girl, and SEAMOSS2 illustrates why they’re every bit as deserving of their own trophy in the noise-rock hall of fame—one adorned in broken contact mics and scuffed-up scratches from one too many bloody basement shows.

The duo’s setup—which involves a primitive assemblage of hacked feedback oscillators, colorful Rococo tin boxes, and a contact mic plugged directly onto Ver’s neck to capture her barking intonations—harkens back to an era of DIY where live performance meant everything. Blurring the line between reckless improvisation and tightly-knit compositions, the band achieves a disorientingly complex interplay.

Cyra Wirth's music dives deep into her imagination and creates a world of its own. Though, it is not without its influences. It draws from the sounds and styles of Bladee, J Dilla, Yabujin, Soccer Mommy, and many more to create its own dark, punchy, and atmospheric sound.