emo

Hearts on sleeves, volume to eleven: Matt DeMello delivers a "truly unhinged" collection of B-sides and covers, while Eversame blends alt-rock and shoegaze with screamo parts on their refined second studio album. Audio Mirage Studios curates 12 DIY artists for their Xmas Alternative compilation, and Stress Dolls crafts rock with punk persuasion that's "as if the angry music you listened to in high school grew up and started listening to NPR."