We’ve gone back and forth since we first heard a track from Jukebox the Ghost’s first album Live and Let Ghost. The melodic, bouncy piano tune “Hold It In” was catchy as hell, with pianist and vocalist Ben Thornewill’s falsetto “whooo!” taking the song’s youthful brightness up a few notches. Still, it was a song that our 16 year-old self could really like, but was maybe a little too effortless and carefree for our older self to fully embrace. more ›

Brooklyn-by-way-of-Boston quartet Via Audio is no stranger to serendipity. A couple of years back, singer Jessica Martins passed Spoon drummer Jim Eno a disc of demos at one of the iconic indie band's Boston shows, and Eno immediately invited the young foursome to record at his studio in Austin. That's a tale of near epic proportions, but critical praise for the group's soothing, bedroom-meets-radio-ready pop in the vein of the Decemberists or Snow Patrol has piled up ever since. more ›