Playlist | April’s Best New Music

boygenius, Pearl & The Oysters, Sunny War, Angel Olsen and more.

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Featuring a few dozen new tunes from local, regional, national and international artists, our Fresh Squeeze playlist includes the best new music emanating from Northeast Florida and beyond. Handpicked by our team of contributors, there are no rules or genre restrictions; just songs we thought were worth a share.

Our latest Fresh Squeeze playlist includes music from supergroup boygenius‘ monumental new record, Angel Olsen’s first new song since her 2022 full-length and the latest from sunny Los Angeles dream-pop group Pearl & The Oysters. We’ve also got the latest from New Zealand jangle-pop group The Beths, Americana singer-songwriter Sunny War, a collab between Bully and Soccer Mommy, as well as music from Mattson 2 co-founder Jared Mattson‘s solo debut.

Plus there’s plenty of music made right here in our own backyard, including new tunes from indie-folk outfit Bobby Kid, hip-hop from Mecca Tha Marvelous, garage rock from Ducats and the first single from Cory Driscoll‘s full-band project Eureka Springs.

All songs featured in Fresh Squeeze are handpicked by the JME team and in rotation on The Independent 89.9 HD4.

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JME Live Music Calendar

Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Reverend Peyton’s Big Damn Band
Cafe Eleven
Tue. 01/28 @ 8:00 PM
The Bunny The Bear
The Bunny The Bear
with Dancing With Ghosts, Kill Tactik and Monday Afternoon
Jack Rabbits
Thu. 01/30 @ 7:00 PM
Danielle Todd and Grady James
Danielle Todd and Grady James
Blue Jay Listening Room
Thu. 01/30 @ 8:00 PM
House of Hamill
House of Hamill
Cafe Eleven
Thu. 01/30 @ 8:00 PM
Vitamin String Quartet
Vitamin String Quartet
The Florida Theatre
Thu. 01/30 @ 8:00 PM
Arkansauce
Arkansauce
with Firewater Tent Revival
Intuition Ale Works
Fri. 01/31 @ 7:00 PM
Albert Castiglia
Albert Castiglia
Cafe Eleven
Fri. 01/31 @ 8:00 PM
Herd the Cat
Herd the Cat
with DigDog and The Portrait
Jack Rabbits
Fri. 01/31 @ 8:00 PM
Kaskade
Kaskade
Decca Live Grand Opening
Decca Live
Fri. 01/31 @ 10:00 PM
Rock the Dock Music and Beer Festival
Rock the Dock Music and Beer Festival
with Inspection 12, Idle Acres, Ticker Tapeworm Parade, Friendly Fire, Tides and more
Grace Note Brewing
Sat. 02/1 @ 1:00 PM

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