Pop
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Some vintage pop rock with schizophrenic tendencies on this new Foxygen track, “Shuggie,” which is set to come off the band’s next album, which is ambitiously titled We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic. It’ll be out January 22nd via Jagjaguwar–you know, the same
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On Piramida, the Danish band Efterklang seems to tone things down even further from the more subtle move the band made with their previous LP. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Black Moth Super Rainbow drops a new track with the band’s latest album, Cobra Juicy, coming out officially on October 23rd. I’m really enjoying the straightforward dance quality of this track. I could really see this getting play in a club, and I’m really feeling the Daft
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On Breakup Song, the experimental rock outfit Deerhoof–not Deefhoof, duh–goes, well, electronic, incorporating loads of synths, beats, and samples. WATCH THE REVIEW
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I WANT TO BELIEVE by Religious Girls 3-piece experimental outfit from California who are pretty difficult to describe to anyone who has not heard them before. There is a certain element of mathcore to them, but they branch off into all kinds of ridiculous directions like pop and electronic music.
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Chris Cohen hits the nail on the head with an odd, breezy little pop rock number titled “Caller No.99.” It’s got a funny little guitar lead I’m sure most listeners will compare to the likes of Ariel Pink right away, and let it be known that influence
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On his second full-length album as How To Dress Well, singer and producer Tom Krell shows some stellar improvements in his production techniques, delivering a set of much clearer songs that sound almost heavenly. If you’re down for some adventurous, R&B-influenced dream pop, try it out. WATCH
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This new David Byrne & St. Vincent collaboration is quite horny. Get it? WATCH THE REVIEW
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While the name of energetic new wave rockers California Wives might be a misnomer–the band actually consists of four men currently stationed in Chicago–the quartet captures the freewheeling California ethos highly effectively. Listening to “Purple,” a standout track from the band’s debut album Art History, elicits the
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French producer Breakbot delivers a fun, cheeky love song in “One Out Of Two” until you watch the video that is. The song by itself is a really good time; one of the more uplifting tracks that I have heard this year actually. It will get its catchy hooks you
