Tag: dead oceans
-
listen to these: Avalon Emerson & The Charm, Charli XCX, Hilary Duff & Robyn
Recommended highlights from across the alternative pop spectrum with the latest albums by Avalon Emerson & The Charm, Charli XCX, Hilary Duff, and Robyn.
-
Greg Mendez – “I Wanna Feel Pretty”
The way the Philly songwriter sets the scene of a cold reality against the warmth in his wordsmith bristle is a pleasantry, even if it’s the last place you’d want to be.
-
Avalon Emerson & The Charm – “Country Mouse”
Channeling panic attacks and love in the fast lane, Avalon Emerson & The Charm have got a grip on the guitar-pop form in this highlight off her new album, ‘Written Into Changes’.
-
Avalon Emerson & the Charm – “Jupiter and Mars”
The highlight from the NYC stylistic polymath and her band’s new album, ‘Written Into Changes’, sweeps up a spell of synesthesia with an electric pulse for the star-crossed.
-
Mitski – “Where’s My Phone?”
Mitski sounds free even in the renewed fright of being unshackled from her screen on the lead single from ‘Nothing’s About to Happen to Me’.
-
Recommended Album: Wednesday – ‘Bleeds’
In which Karly Hartzman carves out the faceted styles within her dirtbag hipster-goth Americana niche in greater detail with a meticulous bend of the knife.
-
Wednesday – “Pick Up That Knife”
Karly Hartzman crashes out but at least finds a proper resting place for it in a great song on the latest ‘Bleeds’ single.
-
Wednesday – “Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)”
Death re-emerges in such strangely delightful ways when you’re interpreting it through Karly Hartzman’s eyes on the latest highlight off the Asheville country-gazer’s new album, ‘Bleeds’.
-
Recommended Album: Scowl – ‘Are We All Angels’
Scowl prove that the scene’s purest angels are never the ones who let the surrounding noise define them, but rather dare to let their wings burn by flying nearest to the sun of their own ambition.
-
Scowl – “Tonight (I’m Afraid)”
The only thing anyone has to be afraid of when it comes to the Santa Cruz modern hardcore crew is just how easy they’re making their eclecticism sound…
+rcmndedlisten 