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Some heart-warming pop coming through on this new Plume Giant video for the track “We Got It Made,” which was shot and directed in New Haven, Connecticut. The song’s got a pretty joyous finish, and it’s honeyed throughout with some tight vocal harmonies that bring some nice personality
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Attached to a set of visuals by Emily Hubley, here’s the latest track from Yo La Tengo. It’s set to be released on the famed New Jersey band’s next album, Fade, and it’s sounding quite beautiful and ambitious horns and strings. Still, despite the step up
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Instrumental stoner rock outftit Stallone has a new EP that came out this past October. If this kinda music is up your alley, you may already be familiar with guitarist Juan Montoya due to his contributions to the band Torche on albums like Meanderthal. However, since leaving the band, it
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Deftones make a lighter and more ethereal left turn with their latest album, much like they did with Saturday Night Wrist in 2006, but the end result is nowhere near as experimental or expansive, unfortunately. Though much of the songwriting is enjoyable here, for this most part, this album feels
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mono no aware: between eternity and the burial by shizune Italy’s Shizune, which is a group of post-hardcore revivalists that I’ve featured on the site before, have a new EP streaming on their Bandcamp, and the band’s production sounds slightly improved. Nice! Of course, their tight playing,
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King Krule drops some visuals on what’s one of this year’s catchiest singles. Can’t wait for this dude to drop a full-length. Check my review of his last EP right here.
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History Eraser by courtney barnett Hailing from Melbourne, Australia, singer-songwriter Courtney Barnett specializes in writing infectious garage pop/rock tunes. Her most recent single is “History Eraser,” and it follows the debut EP she released back in April, which is titled I’ve Got a Friend Called Emily Ferris. Stream
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After an incredibly sweet and lovable debut album, UK indie pop outfit Veronica Falls is gearing up to release its sophomore album on Slumberland Records this February. “Teenage” is the first track to drop from it, and it’s a slight change in mood for the band, featuring a slightly
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On its third full-length, New Jersey’s Titus Andronicus goes a bit simpler, but still maintains the life-affirming energy that made past releases so good. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Some loose, dissonant post-punk from Silver Arm on the track “Man the Falcons,” which hits the ears with a pretty wild groove right from the get-go. Clearly noise and psych rock are influences in addition to danceable punk grooves, and the performance the band gives in the track ain’t
