Frankie Rose, Stranger Gallery, Darkling I Listen

Frankie Rose has spent fifteen years building one of the most quietly distinctive bodies of work in American independent music. Bursting out of the shackles of her legacy on 2023’s Love As Projection, 2026’s Hila builds on the muscular, dance-ready songwriting and transcendent melodies to result on Rose’s most exploratory and affecting record of her career. Imbued with yearning melodies and brooding post-punk dynamics, Hila is Frankie Rose at her most impressionistic and expansive.
Synth-driven punks Stranger Gallery flicker between danceable devastation and seething introspection on their poignant 2024 LP, Echoes from Camden Bridge. Behind the leather and mechanized beats extends an earnest invitation to connect and navigate a time of hard hearts and high decibels. Formed in the disintegration of 2020, Stranger Gallery finds warm welcome performing on frozen Minnesota lakes, balmy NYC boardwalks, and supporting artists like Clan of Xymox, Twin Tribes, and Voltaire.
Darkling I Listen is a gothic post-punk duo. Synth-driven melodies and reflective lyrics create a dark and danceable sound.