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Ducks Ltd. – “Harm’s Way”
The crisp, jangled Toronto indie-pop band digs deep into the realization that the true pit of life is that of our social decline at the hand’s of a select few wealthy on the lead single off their new album, ‘Harm’s Way’.
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The 30 Best Songs of 2023
From perfectly crafted songwriting, finessed prose and futuristic beats, the cutting edge of pop, and a new class of alt-rock anthems, these are the 30 Best Songs of 2023.
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Empress Of – “Femenine”
The effervescent techno-house passion play of Empress of puts her full aura and mystique together on the experimental pop songwriter’s first all-Spanish glimpse into her new album.
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Recommended Album: Full of Hell & Nothing – ‘When No Birds Sang’
The collaborative album between the modern shoegaze and experimental grindcore bands showcases each’s insatiable desire to explore even further outside the depths of the void which they’ve already ventured.
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Lana Del Rey – “Take Me Home, Country Roads” (John Denver Cover)
Lana is about to aptly soundtrack many a wistful posts about coming home this holiday season with her cover of the John Denver classic.
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Tori Amos & Trevor Horn – “Swimming Pools (Drank)” (Kendrick Lamar Cover)
Tori Amos remains a master of reinterpreting vibes in her own strange way in her collaborative cover of the ‘g.o.o.d. kid, m.A.A.d. city’ hit.
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Recommended Album: Sufjan Stevens – ‘Javelin’
An adorned creative arch bridging Stevens’ solo folk kindling and whimsical avant-pop experiments in the enduring knowledge that sadness often exists only because of the light that came to us first.
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Cloud Nothings – “Final Summer”
The latest single from the indie-punk band reinvents its own wheels by way of outlasting time.
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Glitterer – “Just A Place”
Existential ponderings on what it is to have a home and a new found appreciation for old haunts in the spangled guitar-pop of the latest preview off ‘Rationale’.
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The Chisel – “Fuck ‘Em”
The fast, foul-mouthed lead single from the London hardcore punk band’s sophomore LP, ‘What A Fucking Nightmare’, need not explain its stance on the chorus’ pissed off position.
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Recommended Album: Sweeping Promises – ‘Good Living Is Coming For You’
Pop hooks beam through the duo’s post-punk anthems like ominous warning signs through a concrete wall, laying out the path toward staying one step ahead of whatever jagged turning points in life may come.
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LAPÊCHE – “Christmastime” (Smashing Pumpkins Cover)
‘Tis the season in all its dark, magical winter wonderland aura on the dreamy Brooklyn post-punks’ cover of the Smashing Pumpkins alternative holiday classic.