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Pohgoh – “Weeds”
A masterclass in emotive indie rock with flawless pop craft, the cult emo trailblazers continue defying timing simply by being present in their art on the lead single from their new album, ‘du und ich’.
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Recommended Album: Pool Kids – ‘Pool Kids’
When the Tallahassee emo band goes big, they level up and make a splash on their sophomore effort.
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Regulate – “Why Can’t We?”
Fast, furious with with a flair for the NY melodic hardcore band’s own identity in Latin music bubbling beneath, this one knows and stays true to the self.
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Ela Minus & DJ Python – “Pájaros en Verano”
Ela Minus softens the bulbs in a reprieve for personal space and meditation on alongside fellow NYC-based producer DJ Python on the first offering from their joint EP.
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs – “Burning”
Engulfed by memory, Karen O is the patron saint of effigy, guiding the path of flames around her on the latest preview from ‘Cool It Down’.
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Alvvays – “Easy On Your Own?”
Maximized in technicolor sound through soaring anthem and HD production, the Toronto dream-pop rockers capture a singular focus of by not letting any of the crushed wooziness of life in a whirl out of their frame.
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No Age – “Tripped Out Before Scott”
Electricity running through coarse chords, a steady snare surfing over tempo, and eventually all-consuming its expanding energy, Dean Spunt and Randy Randall tap into the psyche wonders in good company with the latest from ‘People Helping People’.
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2nd Grade – “Strung Out On You”
The sounds of the ‘70s and Big Star influence lives on the surface, but so are the Philly power-pop band’s own way of telling on the heart in every word along the way with the first preview off their sophomore effort, ‘Easy Listening’.
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High Vis – “Trauma Bonds”
The emotional centerpiece of the London post-punk and hardcore-indebted band’s forthcoming sophomore effort, ‘Blending’.
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The Mars Volta – “Vigil”
The latest preview from the Mars Volta’s return album is more outwardly political in tongue-slitting throats, though its cosmic groove continues to evolve that angry energy into a vibe out that carries further.
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Thanya Iyer – “slow burn”
Self-care meditative properties have always played an important part in the spiritual sound growing from the Montreal-based artist’s music, but here it feels even more so necessary.
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Recommended Album: Chat Pile – ‘God’s Country’
Splattered noise and unfiltered disgust color over endless blue skies, painting the picturesque American horror on the Oklahoma City noise rockers’ unforgiving debut full-length.