ARTISTS TO WATCH

BEACH SLANG The post- punk band’s much- anticipated sophomore album, A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings, will be out Friday. — Mehr WEBSTERX This Milwaukee rapper spits intense, introspective verses atop meditative melodies. — Levy

LUNG

The two- piece band is drawing big local crowds, and now it’s testing its sound out of town. The band’s first album is reportedly due in November. — The Cincinnati Enquirer Staff

CHANCE THE RAPPER

The gospel- tinged Coloring Book made a believer out of many hip- hop heads who took 2013’ s Acid Rap for a fluke. — Acosta

REGRETTES

Frontwoman Lydia Night has a remarkably distinctive songwriting voice for a 15- year- old. — Fessier

PUP

The band’s The Dream Is

Over gives you everything you’d want from a punk rock release: It’s loud, passionate and a little intoxicating. — Leimkuehler

PLAYBOY MANBABY

The band’s Don’t Let It Be is a headlong adrenaline rush through everything that makes these Phoenix rockers such exciting live performers, from Robbie Pfeffer’s unhinged vocals to the No Wave horns and raised- on- punk intensity. Even the title is classic. — Masley

ANGEL OLSEN

Her new album, My Wom

an, moves past any perceived sad- girl status with a rich tapestry of classic country, Laurel Canyon folk and hints of disco, which cushion her trademark warbling voice. — McDermott

VINCE STAPLES

If last year’s introspective

Summertime ’ 06 didn’t solidify his standing as one of hip- hop’s most promising young talents, then this summer’s explosive Prima Donna EP should conceivably propel him to the genre’s upper echelons. — Ryan

CAM

The singer has both rare talent and relentless work ethic, both of which should serve her well as she embarks this fall on her first headline tour. — Goad

LAME DRIVERS

Frontman/ guitarist Jason Sigal has energy and passion to burn. Keep an eye — and an ear — on this pop punk band from Brooklyn. — Beckerman

CAR SEAT HEADREST

The Seattle- based band’s

Teens of Denial may be the best indie rock album of the year. — Cormier

HOOPS

The Indiana- based act wraps dream- pop hooks in lo- fi packaging. Basketball didn’t inspire band’s name; shelters for young plants did. — Lindquist

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