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Cupid & Psyche – “Angels On the Phone”
As Cupid & Psyche, Abe Vigoda’s formidable half mends time lost over a crystallization of ‘80s post-punk glum and dreamy synth-pop on their first single off their debut album ‘Romantic Music’.
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Mary Jane Dunphe – “Always Gonna Be the Same”
Choosing freedom opens up an entirely new worldview, and in Mary Jane Dunphe’s case, a boundless sonic exploration with it.
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The Armed – “Everything’s Glitter”
The Armed still glitter, but the latest highlight from ‘Perfect Saviors’ is also a shattered hall of mirrors.
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twentythreenineteen – “Stain Glass Staring”
It’s easy to love everything going on through the messy, yellow stained window on this highlight from the Sweet Pill guitarist’s new EP ‘All This Love’.
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Lost Film – “Little Things Forever”
The Western Mass indie-pop band wears its homebody sentiment well on the lead single from their new album ‘Keep It Together’,
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Recommended Album: Strange Ranger – ‘Pure Music’
In its most purest form, Strange Ranger’s ‘Pure Music’ is sensory and sonic plasticity whose form may have been sourced from a creator, but ultimately is defined by those who come into contact with it.
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Big Thief – “Vampire Empire”
The latest single from the experimental folk rock outfit continues to fixate on the tiny details in their sound by way of embracing unkempt corners.
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Recommended Album: Restraining Order – ‘Locked In Time’
Consider the Western Mass and Connecticut-based hardcore band’s sophomore effort free therapy in how to let the bad times roll.
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Code Orange feat. Billy Corgan – “Take Shape”
In a move that will surely elicit its detractors, this also sounds like the colossal shape Code Orange was inevitably destined to assume.
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Citizen – “Call Me If You’re Lonely”
Stripping back to sprite guitar-pop hooks with a driving chorus, the post-hardcore band doubles down on the simple joy of good company.
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Angel Du$t – “Space Jam”
The lead single from ‘BRAND NEW SOUL’ confirms what has been long been building: Angel Du$t are hardcore’s modern day aliens, wilding out in their own trajectory around the sun.
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Slowdive – “skin in the game”
The English shoegazers embellish finer details and visible contours within their orb, though the dreamlike movements in which they float isn’t without its blurring effects.