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Recommended EP: Mr Twin Sister – ‘Upright and Even’
There’s nothing still or symmetrical about this extended play from the NYC avant pop band, even if by their own titular definition.
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Blood – “Self Improvement”
The Philly-based post-punks fry at the thought of nauseating self-care tropes on their contribution to Fire Talk’s Open Tab singles series.
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Recommended Album: Soul Blind – ‘Feel It All Around’
Call the debut LP from the Hudson Valley rockers (heavy)gazing into the abyss, but in this case, very much doing the most to not let the abyss gaze back at you…
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Dummy & Lifeguard – “Hallogallo (Live)” (Neu! Cover)
The near-nine-minute zone out collab with rising Chicago rockers Lifeguard is a good reminder to anyone who pegged Dummy as soft, psychedelic new agers that there’s a punk methodology hiding in plain sight within their sound.
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Zulu – “Fakin’ the Funk (You Get Did)”
The lead single from the experimental powerviolence band’s debut album, ‘A New Tomorrow’, gets real fast and confronts the worst of the takers of the world.
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+Artist Favorites 2022: Healing Potpourri
Simi Sohota, leader of the Los Angeles floral pop outfit, shares his favorite music from 2022.
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MIKE feat. Sister Nancy – “Stop Worry!”
Joined by dancehall icon Sister Nancy, the NYC underground rapper’s latest preview from ‘Beware of the Monkey’ hits like a splash of cool water and awakes you into the present moment.
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Interview: Tay Roebuck of Smut On The Band’s New Album ‘How the Light Felt’
The vocalist of the Chicago-based dream-pop rock band discussed their new album ‘How the Light Felt’, interpreting the personal through their art, and the ‘90s gaze in today’s current music spectrum.
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One Step Closer – “Dark Blue”
Gripping the past and future at both ends hard, One Step Closer are baring the marks of a band doing the most to not let growing pains separate them from either.
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Subsonic Eye – “Aquarius”
“Aquarius” has its head in the clouds, and in case of the Singapore dream-pop band, that’s probably the best place for them to be on the highlight off their latest EP, ‘Melt the Wax’.

