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Earl Sweatshirt – “CRISCO”
The ‘Live Laugh Love’ highlight peels back the last layers we’ve been hearing Earl slowly get to in revealing himself over the years with blunt introspection.
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Buzz Sound: Shaki Tavi
If you desire a range of realism within your shoegaze immersion, the Los Angeles noise-pop songwriter gives it to you in rich sonic detail on his breakthrough album, ‘Minor Slip’.
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Prewn – “System”
The lead single and title track from the Los Angeles-by-way-of-Northampton underground rock songwriter’s sophomore effort wages a dizzying combat with the devil you know coming from within.
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The Berries – “Wind Chime”
The Los Angeles alt-country indie rocker tempts the seasons that haven’t happened yet on the latest highlight off his new album.
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Spiritual Cramp – “Young Offenders”
The San Fran punks’ latest reminds us that it’s okay to make lasting memories from hedonism and fun times even when the world around us is ending.
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fleshwater – “Last Escape”
The Massachusetts heavy-gazers are in a place higher up than ever where gravity has no pull on the latest preview off ‘2000: In Search Of The Endless Sky’.
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Joyce Manor – “All My Friends Are So Depressed”
In which the Torrance punk-pop darlings ask, “Who needs to let out their frustration in a mosh pit anymore when the gentle pits of despair are enough?”
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Black Eyes – “Pestilence”
When it comes to burning everything down, the D.C. artsy noise-punk band are still doing it better — and freakier — than the rest on the lead single off their first new album in 21 years.
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Agriculture – “The Weight”
The Los Angeles experimental black metal band does not withhold at screaming back at daily suffering in its own full metal jacket of emotional resistance.
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Recommended Album: Water From Your Eyes – ‘It’s A Beautiful Place’
On their big, surprising new album, the Brooklyn art-pop duo translate the weight of the world into heavier, guitar-based indie rock of their own interpretive design.
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Dijon – “Baby!”
On the ‘Baby’ standout, the alternative R&B songwriter puts a human(-making) highlight reel together in a single song.
