“Young” is a fairly typical electro-pop ballad touching on the longing for youth, though with a sugary-sweet construction and upbeat chorus that gives it an oddly addictive quality. The Minneapolis-based Meme are
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Swedish rockers The Amazing are favorable reminders of Jethro Tull, CSNY, and other prog-rock groups originating in the late '60s that balanced jam band aesthetics with swirling psychedelia and blues infusions.
The tightly constructed garage-rock of Young Holidays reminds of early Wolf Parade material, when joyously sloppy guitars, flurries of playful keys, and frenetic percussion resulted in some of the most buzzed-about material
The poppy "Knot in My Heart" is getting some positive early press, perhaps a sign of good things to come for The Zolas' sophomore album Ancient Mars, out October 2nd on Light
Life Size Maps are a rare find in their ability to juggle cinematic atmospheres with glittering pop infectiousness. Their murky vein of electro-rock is without a dull moment, its soaring and infectious
Boy Friends Club pay homage to underground jangle-pop, as well as the bedroom variety in the vein of Ariel Pink, whose early releases are somewhat comparable to Boy Friends Club. They make no
This compilation made a six hour plane ride pass by quickly, which was helpful since I'm never able to sleep on planes. I feel this tracklisting is easy to get lost in.
Raleigh-based producer CGMUZIK handles the beats for OWK (James), an aspiring rapper from South Philly. The latter's location renders the samples on OWK's debut EP, SPTMBR, appropriate. Extracted from gems of Philly
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The Most Important Thing Is Peace Within Yourself is the sixth full-length from Eoin Dolan, a singer/songwriter based in Galway, Ireland. An
MoreChicago-based act wellthen preview their upcoming full-length with The demo EP, representing the project’s first release as a duo — following two
MoreSomerset, UK-based band MothBreath unveil a fantastic dream-pop, shoegaze, and rock intertwining on their eponymous new album. Shades of Cocteau Twins and
MoreAmsterdam-based trio Kolbak impress with an ardent alt-rock sound on the I Make U EP, produced by the band in their own
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