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  • 2012

    TIE DYE ( YOUR LIFE) by LITERATURE Jangly, lo-fi, and energetic indie pop purists Literature have a new single out for the song “Tie Dye (Your Life),” and it’s a worthy follow up to the very likable album the band dropped earlier this year. Even though the sound of this

  • album

    ARAB SPRING by Literature Literature is a pop rock group whose sound has a lotta jangle and a little lo-fi. It’s a familiar angle, but the songwriting is too catchy for me to ignore, reminding me a lot of groups like Smith Westerns. While most tracks on this Literature

  • If you love cute rock tunes with a dismal outlook on life, Veronica Falls might be the band for you. Their latest LP is simple, immediate, and catchy. I know it’s easy to get down on something that sounds so easy to execute, but the energy and moody aesthetic

  • A while back, I talked up the new Radio Dept. album thanks to a ton of votes in the mod box on our YouTube channel. The band has dropped a non-album single via their label, Labrador, and it’s a lyrical swing at government. For someone like myself who believes

  • c86

    As you could tell from my review of their debut LP earlier this year, I find the pleasant c86 pop of Wild Nothing to be pretty seductive. The band has a new EP on the way via Captured Tracks, and you can download / stream the title track below: MP3: Wild