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Paint It Back – “Famine”
The title track from the Philadelphia melodic hardcore band’s first album in a decade reenters the atmosphere in a state of combustion targeting American apathy.
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Interview: Dan Shaw of Landowner On The Band’s New Album ‘Escape the Compound’
The vocalist from the very anxious Western Mass post-punk band talks how the album’s themes emerged, history informing his songwriting, aging rock guys, the ’90s, and where to eat while visiting the Five College area.
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SOUL GLO – “If I Speak (Shut The Fuck Up)”
The truth hurts, or in this case, brutalizes when SOUL GLO dunks on prioritizing online aesthetics over creative substance.
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Recommended EP: Spirit of the Beehive – ‘i’m so lucky’
Hearing Spirit of the Beehive being shook by the human heart into a close brush with stillness is equally a thrill to observe on the Philly experimental indie rock trio’s new EP.
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Oneohtrix Point Never – “A Barely Lit Path”
The first preview from ‘Again’ is the sonic topographies over-arching the experimental electronic composer’s career merging into a single plane with cinematic effect.
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Jlin – “Paradigm”
The experimental artist’s laser focus on creating her own blueprint to being unlike any other is evidence of an intelligence design on the latest from ‘Perspective’.
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FINAL GASP – “Mourning Moon”
The Boston heavy rockers tear through the existential fabric with a beautifully terrifying realization of what we gain knowledge to when we fully grieve on the title track of their debut album.
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Recommended Album: Slowdive – ‘everything is alive’
More in touch with the physical form without departing the cosmos fully, the seminal shoegaze band’s second post-reunion album evolves what its sound can be.
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Marnie Stern – “Plain Speak”
Nothing about the lead single from the NYC guitar supernova’s first new album in 10 years translates to an easy read, and that’s the way rock music should be.
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Cupid & Psyche – “Serenity’s Pit”
The latest preview from the former Abe Vigoda members’ debut album as Cupid & Psyche is a vision of realms unknowns, yet touches moments past familiar.
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Armand Hammer – “Woke Up and Asked Siri How I’m Gonna Die”
Levitating above death, Armand Hammer are far out there on the latest off ‘We Buy Diabetic Test Strips’.
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Mannequin Pussy – “I Got Heaven”
The lush Philly indie punk band finds their calling in tearing down temples and restoring true faith in humanity by channeling spiritual aggression on their new single.