Local Music Singles Roundup: March 2026
Local Music Reviews
Ninety-nine tracks of local music on the wall, ninety-nine tracks of local music. You take six down, pass them around… I lost count. Pour one out for the melophile in your life with this boozy edition of Local Music Singles Roundup!
Gabí
“For the Sake of Future Generations”
Distrokid
Street: 11.07.2025
Gabí = Roberta Flack + Leith Ross + Clairo
In the midst of a global climate crisis and widespread dystopia, Gabí’s third single “For the Sake of Future Generations” fights back despair without ignoring reality. The strong bass-line combines with bright guitar and a catchy rhythm to create an uplifting effect ― both musically and emotionally. Gabí’s earnest voice gains power and volume with every truthful lyric as she implores you to “hold on tight,” to “write that book and plant that tree before the devastation,” to “Stand by what you say! / Represent yourself! / No one else will raise the flag you carry in your hands / Don’t let them take it away.” The song is a clarion rallying cry that will shoot straight to the hearts of listeners, especially those seeking a flame of hopeful resistance to push back against fear and gloom. I’m totally adding it to my revolution anthem playlist. ―Rebekah Bowman
GUINEVERE
“Kiss&Tell”
Big.Ass.Kids / FAE
Street: 01.21.2026
GUINEVERE = Clairo + Brittany Howard
“Kiss&Tell” is the latest agonizingly catchy single from local solo artist GUINEVERE. I get the feeling that I’ll still be humming the melody over my fifth cup of coffee this afternoon. (Is it stuck in my head, or is it caffeine-induced psychosis?) The song drips with melody and a whole hell of a lot of ear candy, starting from the top with a gentle backhand slap of vibes and BPM. GUINEVERE has a sort of lidocaine voice that does a good job soothing the heartbreak insinuated by the lyrics. Produced by the Midas Touch of Nate Pyfer, “Kiss&Tell” has the pop structure formula down pat and dynamics that guide the listener by the pinkie from start to finish. With a pounding rhythmic grit reminiscent of The Strokes, it’s perfect for those sunny spring morning drives that are creeping ever closer. —Cole Stocker
Number One Babe Team
“r.i.p. 2 u & me”
Self-Released
Street: 02.13.2026
Number One Babe Team = Michael Cera Palin + Michael Cera
Released on the first Friday the 13th of 2026, “r.i.p. 2 u & me” is a cheeky breakup anthem and the perfect antidote to your lingering Valentine’s Day woes. Sprinkled with horror references and spooky puns, the song reflects the reality that sometimes, you get hurt so ridiculously bad that you just have to laugh. Still, there’s real emotion behind all the jack-o-lantern and zombie references. Austin Rian adds a tasteful amount of whine to his voice: “You stabbed at me a thousand times / A thousand cuts to end nine lives / But tell me how you’re supposed to kill a ghost?” The synth bridge sounds like a deleted fight scene from Scott Pilgrim vs. the World complete with Bly Wallentine’s elegant flute trills. It’s the perfect companion to the band’s December single “Devil’s Plaything,” which also features album art by John-Ross Boyce. While Number One Babe Team’s 2023 album See You Later served up soft, melodic indie refrains, these two tracks mark a welcome turn toward playful, punchy emo pop. —Asha Pruitt
OMNI
“ice cream sandwiches”
Self-Released
Street: 02.14.2026
OMNI = lo-fi Bad Bunny + Djo + Choker
OMNI’s latest single is like catching a yawn from your favorite person. Featuring a jazzy riff of the Cocteau Twins variety, which bookends a wall of washed-out Latin shoegaze, OMNI raps lines to his sweetheart in a contented, lovestruck, lazy manner. His silken delivery makes lyrics like, “My hands were made to give you everything,” and, “I could survive but I could never live without you,” sound cool, rather than mushy, and when he switches into Spanish, his romanticism flourishes with a keen, sensual zeal. When he says, “I see you in everything,” you can picture him watching the sunset as it dapples the green boughs of leaves in the forest and seeing not the trees, but the one face of his unnamed lover in the beauty of it all. He sounds so genuine that it makes you believe this contagious track must have come easily, while fitting the mold of OMNI’s typically sleek but bare honest style. —Kyle Forbush
The Kilans
“Haunt Me”
Mom+Pop Records
Street: 02.13.2026
The Kilans = Cardinal Bloom + The Frights x The Backseat Lovers (but like not in a cliche way)
Can people turn into ghosts before they’ve died? How does love turn our hearts cold when it’s meant to warm our bodies and minds? The Kilans bring together these polarizing sensations into a single preluding their upcoming album release. “Haunt Me” tells the story of boy-meets-girl, who wants to keep her so badly that he would rather have his bones and home possessed by her essence than lose her entirely. The lyrics, “Suck all the air / Out of my lungs” and “I’m tongue-tied with lost eyes” create a monstrosity of desire. The soft guitar chords slowly ramp up in imagined necessity until the chorus breaks down. By the end of the track, you are sucked into this feeling of hopeless desire for what’s already passed. Afterlife and life meet each other more often than we would like. If they were two entities who fell in love, I am certain their romance would sound like this song. —Marzia Thomas
Silverine
“Antiblind”
Self-Released
Street: 12.17.2025
Silverine = Thursday + Dance Gavin Dance – math rock
“Antiblind” is the debut single by Salt Lake two-piece Silverine. It’s metal, but a scenery type of metal — a subgenre I have recently heard termed “swancore.” Under the distorted rhythm guitars there is a watery, pleasant melody that feels as ethereal as something floating in space. The song twists like a whitewater route, eschewing a verse-chorus-verse situation in favor of a proper journey. It feels cold, moody and as melancholic as a Linkin Park AMV. The vocals alternate between growling and soaring; though the singer’s voice shows cracks as it hits the upper registers, it’s refreshing for a debut single. Too often in independent music there is a fear of over-exertion and a tendency to play it safe, but there is a real beauty to pushing one’s tools to their limits in an effort to make something the way you want to make it. Antiblind might be a tad “-core” for some metalheads, but it’s brilliantly uncompromising, tightly produced and undeniably passionate. If you enjoy this track, “Azimuth” by Distant Lands will be up your alley as well. —Tín Rodriguez
Read more past Local Music Singles Roundups:
Local Music Singles Roundup: March 2026
Local Music Singles Roundup: February 2026
