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Marnie Stern – “Plain Speak”
Nothing about the lead single from the NYC guitar supernova’s first new album in 10 years translates to an easy read, and that’s the way rock music should be.
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Cupid & Psyche – “Serenity’s Pit”
The latest preview from the former Abe Vigoda members’ debut album as Cupid & Psyche is a vision of realms unknowns, yet touches moments past familiar.
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Armand Hammer – “Woke Up and Asked Siri How I’m Gonna Die”
Levitating above death, Armand Hammer are far out there on the latest off ‘We Buy Diabetic Test Strips’.
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Mannequin Pussy – “I Got Heaven”
The lush Philly indie punk band finds their calling in tearing down temples and restoring true faith in humanity by channeling spiritual aggression on their new single.
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Corker – “Molotov”
The Cincinnati punk band commandeer pyromania unto everything around them on the latest highlight from their debut album, ‘Falser Truths’.
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Spiritual Cramp – “Talkin’ On the Internet”
A sharp reminder to touch grass every once in awhile from the Bay Area punk band’s self-titled debut album.
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Recommended Album: Ratboys – ‘The Window’
On the fifth studio effort from the Chicago post-country rockers, the band captures the thrills of being alive and get their flowers.
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Mitski – “Heaven”
The fault is in her stars through the simple elegance of Mitski’s country balladeering.
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Sprain – “We Think So Ill of You”
An uncomfortably loud listen from the Los Angeles experimental noise-rockers’ sophomore LP, but it’s hard to turn away.
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Recommended Album: Mary Jane Dunphe – ‘Stage of Love’
The fascinating debut album from the NYC-based songwriter smears feelings of forlorn across heavy brush strokes of ’80s synth-pop and wild lines of amorphous guitar rock that singe through the listen’s harnessing of self-preservation energy.
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Citizen – “Hyper Trophy”
The second single from ‘Calling the Dogs’ is an exercise in how a “hardcore adjacent” band can still pump muscularity into their art by perfecting their form.
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Recommended Album: Fiddlehead – ‘Death Is Nothing to Us’
On their third LP, the Boston post-hardcore rockers are barreling harder than ever into the void, doing their most to avoid it, and making every second count for us all.