The Field Effect, Ogunquit ME

"So let's go, anywhere but home/I don't know these roads, my dear/But I don't really care," offers the Field Effect's convincing Doug Orey in this high-octane love song. The Boston quartet's 2013 debut LP Cartography is a guitar-rock joyride that crosses a state line at every musical bridge.

Little Daylight, Restart

Little Daylight's bustling brand of synthpop hits sonic overdrive in Restart. Where Glitter and Gold is a bumper-to-bumper, electronic pop pulsator, the revved-up Restart is perfect for open roads.

Black Light Dinner Party, I Was Right

Born in Boston but raised in Brooklyn, BLDP create songs to absorb while gazing at city skylines. From this quartet of electronic producers, I Was Right is an update on new wave with a modern flair for dramatics.

Magic Man, Paris

If BLDP write songs for approaching city limits, Magic Man craft tunes to get away from them. The Providence ensemble just signed a deal with Columbia and white-hot New York boutique imprint Neon Gold. A potential next big thing, Magic Man create soulful synthpop for those in the know.

Lower Dens, Brains

Blending indie rock with electronics, Lower Dens is the brainchild of songwriter Jana Hunter. They embody a warm mental state of music, and Brains is easy to get lost in while the highway rolls forward with seemingly no end.

Potty Mouth, The Spins

Boston may hold down the global rep of Massachusetts, but it's the western end of the state that's churning out brilliant, sludgy guitar-rock. The Spins, off debut LP Hell Bent, is brash-but-polished punk'n'roll with gravitational garage rock pull.

Screaming Females, It All Means Nothing

Off the Ugly LP, It All Means Nothing is the band at their noisy, guitar-rock best. SF are almost good enough to forgive New Jersey for anything that happens on its shore.

Bent Shapes, Panel Of Experts

Whipsmart jangle-pop out of Boston, the trio formerly known as Girlfriends released debut LP Feels Weird this summer and it's as much a showcase for Ben Potrykus's lyrical bite ("New England's dreaming…") as it is the band's hooky garage-pop tunes.

Coke Weed, Sunseekers

There is indeed scenic salvation along the East Coast, and it starts at the very top in the land called Maine. Coke Weed, from Bar Harbor, take sun-splashed indie-psych from a Lower 48 high point and raise the stakes for southern California from 3,000 miles away.

Kurt Vile Wakin' on a Pretty Day

Vile's hazy, lo-fi Walking on a Pretty Day is the sound of a long journey coming to its end. And, at 10 minutes long, it's pretty much a journey on its own.

Michael Marotta is the editor and founder of Boston-based online music magazine Vanyaland

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