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The World Is a Beautiful Place has announced their third album, titled Always Foreign, and with that has come a somewhat divisive lead single. The sound the band goes for here is closer to pop punk than Midwest emo, but I can appreciate it as one of the catchiest songs
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Liars have released two more singles from their upcoming album Theme from Crying Fountain – “Coins in My Caged Fist” continues down the rabbit hole of uncanny electronica, while “The Grand Delusional” is a predominantly acoustic affair. TFCF is out August 25 via Mute.
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Here’s the second single from Chelsea Wolfe’s heavy new album Hiss Spun. “Vex” has pretty much all the qualities I liked about “16 Psyche,” but I especially love the grim, growled vocals lent by Aaron Turner this time. Hiss Spun is out September 22 through Sargent House.
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Converge is back with their first pieces of new music in five years! Admittedly, the lead single “I Can Tell You About Pain” kind of strikes me as the band by the numbers, but the B-side “Eve” is fucking epic and effectively expands upon some of the slow and sludgy
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The Killers have a new album on the way titled Wonderful Wonderful, and this latest single is a peppy piece of post-punk revivalism that I’m pleasantly surprised to say lives up to that title. The album drops September 22 via Island.
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Susanne Sundfør teams up with former Czars frontman John Grant on “Mountaineers,” probably her spaciest track to date – with an amazing ending to boot. It’s the second single from the Norwegian singer-songwriter’s upcoming album Music for People in Trouble, which will be released August 25 via Bella Union.
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This new Wolf Parade single brings back the visceral rock instrumentation and dramatic lead vocals that made the band exciting in the first place. Cry Cry Cry, their first album in seven years, drops October 6 via Sub Pop.
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Of all the singles to have come out in promotion of Grizzly Bear’s new album Painted Ruins, this latest one strikes me as being the most powerful in terms of composition and instrumentation. You can give it a listen above, along with its video, which offers quite a surreal
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Written at Night by Uncommon Nasa Staten Island MC Uncommon Nasa is dropping his first entirely self-produced album next month on Man Bites Dog Records. It’s called Written at Night, and the tracklist looks almost like a who’s who of current underground hip hop, featuring Open Mike Eagle,
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Deerhoof makes its mark on the Adult Swim Singles Program with “Your Dystopic Creation Doesn’t Fear You.” Probably one of the wordier titles in the series, and it features a gritty opening verse from “My Vag” rapper Awkwafina, who fits the band’s angular riffing remarkably well. The track