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Foxygen, … And Star Power

It starts with the ellipsis in the album title … And Star Power. Foxygen, the shrinking heirs to Malkmus’ shabby pop throne, open their batshit

Caribou, Our Love

An automated slow-burner, Caribou’s aptly titled Our Love, twists and turns in ways you don’t expect, tricking you with its deceptively straightforward “club-inspired” tagline. By

milo, a toothpaste suburb

The introductory notes to milo’s a toothpaste suburb are not composed with an urgency to connect, in fact it feels as though we arrive at

Glass Ghost, LYFE

Eliot Krimsky holds a little galaxy around himself. He’s one of those songwriters that carries the mythology of a revolving band of urban bohemians, musicians

Purling Hiss, Weirdon

I saw Philadelphia’s Purling Hiss right after the band was created in 2010 to support Kurt Vile. Although four years of brain cell annihilation has

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Busdriver, Perfect Hair

If I’m like most teenagers, then my crisis of being born in the wrong era is simply a thing that happens. We romanticize and fabricate

Dntel, Human Voices

Dntel’s ironically named Human Voice is a strange simulation of sound. Simultaneously stoic and expressive, in one of the most intriguing albums to emerge thus far this

LVL UP, Hoodwink’d

Nearly three years after releasing their debut LP Space Brothers, Brooklyn favorites LVL UP are back with a new record, Hoodwink’d. And while there’s nothing wrong with the

Mr Twin Sister, Mr Twin Sister

Mr Twin Sister opens their self-titled LP with “Sensitive”, featuring nearly the same whirring synthesizer loop as Fleetwood Mac’s “Everywhere”. Though “Sensitive” never elevates from