Once in a blue moon, the list of submissions to the Seven Days music desk gets so long, the old two-reviews-a-week system just won't cut it. So here are six new records from Vermont artists that are worth your time, from experimental to metal to folk. Dig in! James Kochalka Superstar, BUMP (Self-released, digital) The simplest way to describe the musical phenomenon that is James Kochalka Superstar is this: James Kochalka does whatever the hell he feels like. The Burlington singer-songwriter and cartoonist has a deep catalog that is bizarre, adorable, sometimes edgy, childish and occasionally hilarious. Fresh off of releasing Beats, Motherfucker, an EP full of marquee collaborations and remixes with artists such as Moby, Dan Deacon and Bit Shifter, Kochalka is back on his bullshit with BUMP. It's a wondrously weird collection of music somewhere between indie rock and kids' music with lyrics straddling the line between cute and suggestive. The album features Kochalka's skewed take on: tripping balls, the difference between Black Sabbath and the Grateful Dead, and partying well past your prime. It's another effervescent release from one of Vermont's most original and tireless artists. Key Track: "Bump" Why: Kochalka might have written his finest lyrics on this one, with lines such as "All the ladies in my birth class / Are workin' on a hard task / They wanna bump tummies with somebody new." Where: kochalka.bandcamp.com The Gifts, Slimline Artifacts (Self-released, digital) Jeremy Mendicino is one busy dude. The Burlington producer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist splits his time among a bevy of projects, from being a part of the team at the music collective/recording studio VT Music Lab in Essex Junction to playing with the likes of singer-songwriter Thea Wren to his own indie-rock project, Holding Napoleon. Mendicino also happens to own a large collection of what he describes as "rare, strange, and vintage equipment," which he puts to good use on the latest release from his experimental music project the Gifts. Slimline Artifacts is as much a description as an album title, as the record's beating heart is a collection of samples of breaks that Mendicino collected on his trusty vintage Panasonic Slimline cassette deck. He then doused the sampled breaks with an array of strange sounds and ghostly hints of melody, creating a sonic cauldron that bubbles with elements of techno, ambient and even flashes of industrial music. Key Track: "SLIM6"…