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jasmine.4.t and Phoebe Bridgers Offer an Effortless Exercise in Contrasts on "Guy Fawkes Tesco Dissociation"
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PUBLISHED Mar 17, 2025
Phoebe Bridgers announced plans to "take a massive step back" in 2024, and she's been true to her word — but she unassumingly emerged from...
Jonathan Personne Charts a Majestic Power Pop Course on 'Nouveau Monde'
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PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2025
'Nouveau Monde' mixes together unreleased songs from different eras of Jonathan Personne's writing, and a press release even goes so far as...
Jordan Firstman Comes in Hard with "I wanna see my friends dicks"
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PUBLISHED Mar 14, 2025
I know I've been taking some liberties with my Staff Picks lately, but as Exclaim!'s resident the Dare apologist, hear me out on this one...
Hannah Cohen Makes the Winding Road an Heirloom on "Dusty"
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PUBLISHED Mar 12, 2025
Every song I've heard from New York-based singer-songwriter Hannah Cohen's forthcoming fourth album 'Earthstar Mountain' has been good — and...
Car Seat Headrest Can Do Whatever the Fuck They Want on "Gethsemane"
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PUBLISHED Mar 11, 2025
Recently announced rock opera 'The Scholars' is Car Seat Headrest's first album in five years, and its lead single "Gethsamane" is a...
Marie Davidson Humanizes Electronic Music on 'City of Clowns'
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PUBLISHED Mar 7, 2025
In this City of Clowns, Marie Davidson is the mayor, and her first decree is that dancing is mandatory. "I want your ass on the floor," she...
Frog Eyes Lay It All Out on 'The Open Up'
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PUBLISHED Mar 7, 2025
The room feels alive on 'The Open Up,' the follow-up to 2022's 'The Bees' and Frog Eyes' 10th studio album. Not only is it alive, but you're...
illuminati hotties' "777" Is a Slow-Motion Montage
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PUBLISHED Mar 6, 2025
For self-described "tender punk" peddler Sarah Tudzin a.k.a. illuminati hotties, the standalone single "777" represents a vibe shift. While...