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Recommended Album: Yo La Tengo – ‘This Stupid World’
When the latest from the venerable indie rockers unfurls, it’s extraordinarily beautiful against this earthly mess in typical Yo La Tengo form.
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Sidney Gish – “MFSOTSOTR”
Gish does and says a lot with a little on the acronymically-titled B-side and arguable highlight from the New York-based songwriter’s Sub Pop Singles Club contribution.
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Dougie Poole – “Beth David Cemetery”
Many see the literal darkness behind death, but the Brooklyn country crooner finds silver linings in it on the latest preview off ‘The Rainbow Wheel of Death’.
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Recommended Album: Paramore – ‘This Is Why’
The curtains in the room may be drawn and it may reveal dimmer color waves, but Paramore’s elder emo status continues to create sophisticated flourishes from where they stand today.
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Truth Cult – “Clearskin”
The latest burst from the Baltimore post-hardcore band’s sophomore LP, ‘Walk the Wheel, sees the point of this life through from a higher level beyond what’s physically tangible to grasp.
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Recommended Album: Big Laugh – ‘Consume Me’
The debut album from the Milwaukee hardcore band has them barely hanging onto the ledge, and it’s exactly where they want to be.
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DEBBIE FRIDAY feat. UÑAS – “I GOT IT”
The latest single from the Toronto-based electronic-pop artist’s debut album, ‘GOOD LUCK’, beats faster than the human heart can keep up.
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Scowl – “Opening Night”
The first preview from the Santa Cruz alternative hardcore band’s new EP, ‘Psychic Dance Routine’, rips through the scene with even more vigor.
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crushed – “milksugar”
A sweet, crestfallen drift from the dreamy indie rock duo’s imminent debut EP, ‘extra life’, stargazes into a certain romantic feeling.
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DRAIN – “Evil Finds Light”
The lead single from the Santa Cruz’ thrashers’ sophomore LP, ‘Living Proof’, is a healthy way to workout the wreckage of stress and anxiety rather than giving yourself a breakdown.
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Spiral XP – “Free Thinking”
The brain waves the latest single from the Seattle rockers ripple reverberates from the subconscious.
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Recommended Album: M(h)aol – ‘Attachment Styles’
The sophomore effort from the Dublin post-punk band circulates the kind of mania that only comes from living through the same tired shit daily, but creates a different end result by sheer willpower.