Teens in Trouble, The Dreaded Laramie, + Friends

The Dreaded Laramie delivers high-energy hooks and first-rate musicality, with trademark guitarmonies that scratch a very specific itch. Their intersection of glam-rock and power-pop kind of feels like lighting a ‘90s coming-of-age official motion picture soundtrack on fire. Or like, if Randy Rhoads went through a really big Weezer phase.

Specializing in catchy hooks, heavy guitars, and disarmingly direct lyricism, Teens in Trouble is the bright-blazing indie-punk project of Asian-American singer, guitarist, and songwriter Lizzie Killian. Blending the melodic confessional snap of Weezer with the Pixies’ loud-quiet punch, the band makes anthemic, emotionally driven indie rock built for shouting along to big choruses. Killian’s writing cuts straight to the point: vulnerable, sharp, and delivered with a cathartic vocal power that’s distinctly hers.