"Try" is the first single by Harriette Pilbeam's solo project. A shimmering shoegaze debut, its video depicts the Australian musician's hometown — fireworks and all.

Big Dipper's "LaCroix Boi" is a smooth R&B jam about seduction by way of sparkling water.

Before Elizabeth Powell of the indie rock band Land Of Talk could make the band's third album, Life After Youth, she had to deal with family illness, losing her voice and a crisis of confidence.

The solo recordings of Maryn Jones, a member of All Dogs and Saintseneca, will be reissued on vinyl this June.

Sophie Allison graduates from lo-fi pop to something far more self-assured, but Soccer Mommy's stuck-in-your-head melodies remain.

Pageant is a soundtrack for outsiders on the way to loving themselves — queer and complicated as that process may be.

Experimental but precise, curious but composed, Palm's new song feels put together like a Jackson Pollock jigsaw puzzle.

"I have no interest in upsetting people before they even get to the point of interfacing with my art," Gabrielle Smith says.

The tightly-wound single from the Brooklyn supergroup, featuring members of Porches and LVL UP, never stays in one place too long.

On "I'm Not," Daddy Issues deals with a deep personal trauma through a languid take on pop, rock and punk.

On "I'm Not," Daddy Issues deals with a deep personal trauma through a languid take on pop, rock and punk.

D.C. producer and songwriter Jules Hale zeroes in on the darker, denser side of her sound with a dream-pop salve for women, who she says "deserve to swim in euphoria for a bit."

The self-described "existential basement pop" band's new single, from a forthcoming EP, muses about the value of advice women are very sick of hearing.

The stepsister duo teamed up with Veruca Salt's co-frontwomen to write its New Trick EP. The first single — and its video — gives a warning about poisonous relationships.

There is only one Tiny Desk Contest winner, but there were so many incredible musicians who entered this year. Here are 10 we loved.

Artists from Adele to Vagabon to First Aid Kit weighed in on women's rights and gender equality with tweets, songs and more.

Brooklyn duo Diet Cig lament that "it's hard to be a punk while wearing a skirt" — but its new video for the song "Tummy Ache" celebrates exactly that.

As the Philly trio prepares to release its first album on its own label, Plum Records, it shares a video that speaks to the band's self-determination and its members' reliance on one another.

In a shimmering slice of indie pop, Nandi Rose Plunkett reflects on the idea that our geography cannot change our history; we carry our demons with us wherever we go.

The Boston band takes you on a two-minute roller coaster ride that puts your heart in your throat and leaves it there.