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Shamir – “Our Song”
The indie pop polymath’s latest single from ‘Homo Anxietatem’ uses his personal effect to make a song that will always stands out against the rest of convention.
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SPELLLING – “Under the Sun”
Even if we can’t physically see it, the cosmic art pop songwriter brings us closer to what might be out there on the first single from ‘SPELLLING & the Mystery School’.
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Sarah Mary Chadwick – “Looked Just Like Jesus”
A pretty great imitation of how you can go about finding a reason to enjoy the moment out there in this wretched world from one of cynical songwriting’s finest.
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Recommended EP: Lifeguard – ‘Dressed In Trenches’
The young Chicago rockers’ first EP for Matador Records reps the next generation of a community not only in a state of evolution, but a hungry desire to build new branches from it.
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Shamir – “Crime”
The latest (accidental) single from ‘Homo Anxietatum’ puts the focus back on Shamir’s bold sense of fashion choices.
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blur – “St. Charles Square”
The second single from the Brit-pop luminaries’ 9th album, ‘The Ballad of Darren’, howls to a certain age in niche alternative where zonked out guitars and malady hand-in-hand with a fixation on the existential doldrums is its own kind of rage.
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Mary Jane Dunphe – “Stage of Love”
The lead single from the NYC-based songwriter’s solo debut is the body electric fully powered on.
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Restraining Order – “Another Better Day”
Tomorrow best be a better day, or else the WMass and Connecticut hardcore punk band will fix that problem on the latest preview off ‘Locked In Time’.
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Recommended Album: Narrow Head – ‘Moments of Clarity’
The collective alternative energy on the Houston band’s third LP sends their rock even higher without letting go of the heaviness.
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Empty Country – “Pearl”
The new single from the former Cymbals Eat Guitars frontman and co. unfolds through a dark lyrical montage toiled up in prophecy, hallucinations, and the sounds of classic alternative rock.
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Olivia Rodrigo – “vampire”
If ‘SOUR’ was all misery business, then perhaps “vampire” is Olivia Rodrigo’s way of welcoming us to the looming black parade…
