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Recommended Album: Gilla Band – ‘Pugnello’
The fourth LP from the Dublin avant-punks, in all of its catastrophe on a personal and cultural level, is wholly that of the band’s lived experience and one that stands out boldly.
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Prize Horse – “The Big Picture”
Sometimes, you just need to let the mood do what it does. In Prize Horse’s case, the collapsing view is vividly accurate on the Minnesota trio’s new single.
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FFO: Chillin – “Forward Perpetual Motion”
On the early highlight off their debut album, ‘High Horse’, the New Hampshire punks have no consideration or chill in the highest regard.
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Cloud Nothings – “Death Keeps Me Alive”
The veteran indie rockers are not only living to die another day, but reincarnating themselves into this whole other state of being that goes harder than ever on the lead single from ‘What Kind of Hell Did You Survive?’
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Buzz Sound: Gollylagging
The way the Boston DIY scene rockers do it all so well on their debut album, ‘Real Life’, you’d think they’ve lived several lifetimes over to get to this point.
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Krill – “Hawaii”
It’s no “Mele Kalikimaka” kind of vacation, but New England weather wouldn’t have it any other way on the latest preview from ‘Secret Language’.
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Pet Fox – “Balance”
The urge to just go with it works wonders in sending the title track off the Boston rockers’ new album airborne in a way that leaves you feeling right where you should be in it all.
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Full Blown Meltdown feat. ERGOtheEGO – “OhShitOhGodOhDamnOhFuck”
The grass may be greener, but Full Blown Meltdown has made the view from the ugly, nihilistic side sound like a place to live out your best worst life.
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listen to these: dazy, Graham Hunt, Spiral XP, and Wishy
Recommended highlights amping up the cooler currents in guitar-based indie rock with the latest albums by dazy, Graham Hunt, Spiral XP, and Wishy.