RGV Music Roundup: 12/27/25
A roundup of new RGV music featuring flamboyant electropunk, a cinematic pop ballad, and a thrilling Jimi Hendrix cover.
Lueme - 4me
Thriving pop band Lueme hits their stride in “4me” through breezy vocals and a hypnotic retro haze that also packs a punch.
Cannon the Dealers - Over It
Instantly sticky and exuberant, wrapped in their signature ache and fuzz, Cannon the Dealers’ latest release was one of the summer’s most memorable.
monos retros - keep your word
Monos Retros graces us with another swooning and brooding single, all wrapped in a ghostly blur.
Pillowsnake - CROSSTOWN TRAFFIC
A cover that’s given a blaring Pillowsnake thrill, while emphasizing the greatness of Jimi Hendrix, who is so strongly recognized as a genius guitar player, that we often overlook his songwriting prowess. . . but not this time.
Edwin Voyager - P055557GR23
The latest sporadic drop from the enigmatic Edwin Voyager, built around meditative atmosphere and slippery rhythms that are equally dazzling and disorienting.
Orpheus Bloom - absolute cinema
Orpheus Bloom fully leans into their cinematic pop passion in this picture-perfect earworm.
Rora Wilde - Say it
Rora Wilde’s new single has her shining post-break up, just like her flourishing R&B performance.
Eric Amoeba - Demo 2025
An electropunk project from Eric Linares (I Killed Techno!/Crust Fund) full of violent, sexual, flamboyant anti-cop anthems to feed your transgressive conviction.
Valley Swerve - Taxilane
Valley Swerve returns to his vaporwave brilliance that feels both soulful and estranged.
Citrus Dream - Runner
Affable indie rock band Citrus Dream deliver their keening darkest single, and also their most propulsive riffage yet.