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Flyte Are Light as a Feather on their Self-Titled Third Album
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PUBLISHED Nov 2, 2023
Listening to this Flyte record on a drizzly autumn day, as feels intended, casts a warm glow across the room. Like the crackling embers of...
Cloud Nothings Try to Live in the Here and Now on "Final Summer"
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PUBLISHED Nov 1, 2023
Longtime Cloud Nothings fans are bound to raise their eyebrows at the opening seconds of "Final Summer," as the song begin with the whooshi...
Truth Club Push Through the Shadows on 'Running from the Chase'
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PUBLISHED Oct 30, 2023
North Carolina continues its indie rock dominance with Running from the Chase, Truth Club's deeply affecting sophomore rebirth. There's som...
RUSSELL! Steps into His Sweeter Side on "JUST LIKE CANDY"
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PUBLISHED Oct 24, 2023
Although he burst onto the Toronto music scene as a rapper back in the early 2010s, RUSSELL! has been polishing his vocal chops amidst his...
Lost Girls Find Pop Melodies in the Mire on 'Selvutsletter'
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PUBLISHED Oct 23, 2023
Where 2018's Drive EP and 2021's full-length debut Menneskekollektivet were defined by their unruly, serpentine excursions into Jenny Hval'...
Mali Velasquez Embarks on a Series of Beginnings with 'I'm Green'
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PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2023
"I drive you to the ER / But don't feel old enough," Mali Velasquez observes on "Turn Red," the kind of meditation-in-an-emergency Frank O'...
Beabadoobee and Laufey Are Lost in Longing on "A Night to Remember"
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PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2023
Following the TikTok-viral success of "Glue Song" and "The Way Things Go," Beabadoobee, Gen Z's beloved bedroom pop it-girl, continues her...
Shay Lia Is All About Opulence on 'FACETS'
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PUBLISHED Oct 20, 2023
The artist formerly best known for her spirited dancing in Kaytranada's infamous Boiler Room set (and their subsequent team-up on 99.9%'s "...
