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Cola – “Hedgesitting”
The Montréal trio extend their over-thinking punk rock-and-a-hard-place sound’s reach on the lead single off their new album, ‘Cost of Living Adjustment’.
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Kathryn Mohr – “Property”
A glimpse of hope — or perhaps just the sight of hope tempting you from an unobtainable far and away distance — from the Bay Area droning experimentalist’s new album, ‘Carve’.
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Sparkler – “Pet Hotel”
A big bang moment in the most celestial calming way from the San Diego truegaze band’s debut album, ‘Glidewinder’.
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Hilary Duff – “Weather For Tennis”
On the ‘luck… or something’ highlight, the pop star’s return playfully serves an argument for the argument as being a part of the long game.
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Alan Sparhawk Solo Band – “JCMF”
The resurrection of the God-mad version of the Low frontman and his solo band delivers a much needed day of reckoning.
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sunn O))) – “Butch’s Guns”
The latest from the drone metal vets’ Sub Pop debut is like imagining the tree spirits have come back to take back what is theirs, and their branches are armed and dangerous.
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Chat Pile – “Masks”
With their contribution to Sub Pop’s storied singles catalog, the Oklahoma City noise rock bastions channel their grungy guitar heroes when carrying on the warning of an evil cloak and dagger.
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Irreversible Entanglements feat. MOTHERBOARD – “Don’t Lose Your Head”
On the early highlight from their new album, ‘Future Present Past’, the free jazz collective contain a cooler head of warning for a hotly reactionary time in a more tempered energy — though not completely tamed.
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Haywire feat. Dropkick Murphys – “New England Forever”
The present and future of Boston hardcore-punk hit the mark with a hometown pride anthem fit for a fight.
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Gun Outfit – “Unfelt Loss”
The return listen from the Los Angeles-by-way-of-Olympia mystique rockers allows the mind to settle still into a perspective that takes in the wonder of the world, even as it burns.