Original New York City art-rock, forcefully delivered and wildly inventive, but remarkably well-organized, is what The Whimbrels are all about. The powerful debut LP from musicians associated with Swans and Glenn Branca, among others, is an experimental guitar playground, where a three-headed monster of fresh riffs, hooks and harmonies lurks. Meet it head on.

Airy and beguiling, with all the winsome beauty and smooth intricacy of The Sea and Cake, “From Dust” is a lovely, mesmerizing five-song EP from Wild Blessing that dabbles in post-rock, indie-pop, and folk, its youthful charms and concerns casting a spell.

Iconic indie-rock veterans The Feelies return with more superb covers, recorded here and there over the years. Tightly remade with their jangle-pop expertise, these versions crackle with life.

On this, their second proper album for Tapate Records, Comet Gain unleash a glorious, often anthemic and highly literate, indie-pop outpouring of empathy for those living on the fringes of society. It harkens back to ’60s guitar-pop and British R&B rave-ups, with stopovers in the ’80s and ’90s, whisked away on big dreams and even bigger hooks.

It’s not only rock ‘n roll for Ezra Furman, as the wide-ranging Goodbye Small Head explores chamber-pop and orchestral arrangements, stylish synth-pop and deep indie-folk expressions on her latest album. An audacious and compelling listen, from stem to stern, the LP is going to leave a mark.

After the pandemic lockdown, Holy Wave wondered what kind of world awaited them on the other side. Survival was top of mind for the Austin, Texas, shoegazing/dream pop drifters, as they recorded 2023’s Five of Cups and toured in early 2022, before swimming even deeper in their liquid, darkly intoxicating sounds while conjuring material for Studio 22 Singles and B-Sides, with “Cowprint” and “Chaparrel” floating and spinning freely in hazy pop epiphanies.