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Greg Mendez – “I Wanna Feel Pretty”
The way the Philly songwriter sets the scene of a cold reality against the warmth in his wordsmith bristle is a pleasantry, even if it’s the last place you’d want to be.
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Avalon Emerson & The Charm – “Country Mouse”
Channeling panic attacks and love in the fast lane, Avalon Emerson & The Charm have got a grip on the guitar-pop form in this highlight off her new album, ‘Written Into Changes’.
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Snail Mail – “My Maker”
The view from above puts everything fleeting into perspective on the ‘Ricochet’ highlight.
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Friko – “Choo Choo”
There’s no stops on this track and they’re a long way from home, but the Chicago rockers are at least in good company in the whirlwind feeling on the second single off ‘Something Worth Waiting For’.
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Recommended Album: Various Artists – ‘RED XEROX: Chicago Youth Beat 2020 – 2025’
This comprehensive compilation of the modern Chicago underground rock scene documents how it may have begun with Horsegirl, Lifeguard, and Friko, but doesn’t sound like it’s going to end with them either.
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Buzz Sound: Cashier
With their debut EP, ‘The Weight’, the Lafayette alternative bayou rockers are careening through the heaviness of life loudly.
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Touch Girl Apple Blossom – “Vacation”
The latest preview from the Austin spangle-pop band’s debut album may sprinkle on the sunshine copiously, but isn’t quite the dream life escape.
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Iceage – “Star”
Iceage reach a new level of awe in their adoration through mirror ball morbidity that leaves even the cosmos dancing in their demise.
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A Place To Bury Strangers – “Where Are We Now?”
On the latest highlight from their forthcoming rarities and B-sides collection, the longstanding NYC wall of sound are opening unexplored doors to new feelings of strangeness by peering at their past from today.
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Lightning Bolt – “CLOUD CORE”
If there’s a deep black hole somewhere out there slowly sucking us all in, the legendary noisenik freaks haven’t reached it yet, and thank whatever for that.