Recently transplanted NYC songwriter playing acoustic versions of his usual indie rock tunes

Joshua Slack - Saturday Night
Joshua Slack - Prisoner
Joshua Slack - 57 

Adventurous local rock trio that gets their drum parts from a box. As for the wonderfully-named Philly pop-rock outfit Sweatheart, who do the same, we tend to just run with it whenever bands send us testimonials directly attributable to Spank Rock, so according to Naeem Juwan: “If Sparks, The Bangles, and Blue Oyster Cult made a smoothie, it might smell a little like Sweatheart.”

Sweatheart - Baby Lynette
Manorlady - Boy and Flippers [demo]
Manorlady - Red Juice [demo]

Also featuring Bride of the Narwhal (Narwhal’s sweatheart?)

Classic long-running C-ville Americana troupe.

Lighter set than usual from some of the Kings Of Belmont.

The Kings Of Belmont - The Jerk Store [demo]
The Kings Of Belmont - Git R Done
The Kings Of Belmont - South Bound
The Kings Of Belmont - Beg For More
The Kings Of Belmont - Sway
The Kings Of Belmont - Talking To Myself

Guitar, flute, and African percussion

Jamal Millner and Darrell Rose - Bell Hollow 77

By now you likely know both the synth-driven indie pop of Straight Punch (who, we are reminded, were doing the wolf-howl thing in their songs long before Shakira) and the rocking Americana of Pantherburn, but yikes, what to do with classically-minded Brooklyn chamber-pop quartet The Fancy? They’re huge fans of both Mariah Carey and Fleetwood Mac and count among their numbers a viola player and a bassoon player, the latter an alum — this would be the fanciest part, here — of one of legendary free jazz saxophonist Anthony Braxton’s ensembles.

Straight Punch To The Crotch - Robot Baby
Straight Punch To The Crotch - When Animals Attack
Straight Punch To The Crotch - Summer Sun and Firecrackers

Pantherburn - The Octopus
Pantherburn - Mister Baby [demo]

The Fancy - Breadwinners
The Fancy - Out Of The City

Delta and Chicago blues

Shenandoah Valley a cappella sextet

Local guitarist

Dinnertime pianist