Living for the weekends is all we have So we wear them like they’re life jackets As part of London-based outfits Paperjets and Crash Island, it’s no wonder Yusuf Laher pines for Friday night. Add to his resume the new…
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The “yes” moment of “Amalie” comes at the ten second mark once the throbbing guitar comes in, portending the menace of Sonya Carmona’s swelling vocals. Originally a duo, in the two years since the band’s last release, Polychronic, the Costa…
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Some 20 years too late, “Katydid,” the new single from Missouri’s Cantalouper, would have been an MTV and pop radio staple alongside Nada Surf and Weezer. It’s sad how times have changed. Getting their start with help from David Bazan,…
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Recording under the moniker of The Paper Shades, British duo Jon Rixon and Sarah Dollar have spent the years since the 2012 release of their Where You Lay EP on the road, testing out new material for their planned debut…
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Having just released Wolfman Fellowship, a ten-track cassette of songs recorded in 2013/14, Little Rock post-punkers Bombay Harambee return with “Dotted Line.” A lo-fi first right of refusal, “Dotted Line” is the second single of the band’s new double a-side…
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Raw power that immediately recalls Iggy and the Stooges, “All Sliced Up,” the new single from Norway garage rockers Short Skirts, is a harrowing tale of a night gone wrong. Packed with aggression, “All Sliced Up” still manages to revel…
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Canadian studio auteurs Allegories return with a new video, one which could be taken as a PSA for proper workplace hygiene and kitchen safety. Casting MEAGHA as the video’s domestic diva, “Evaporate” is the first collaboration between the two parties….
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There’s a verdant hopefulness within the icy folk of “Deep Wind,” the new single from Sweden’s Olgwi. The solo project of Olof Widenfalk, Olgwi was birthed in 2010 before delivering minimalist songs in 2012. Working with co-producer and multi-instrumentalist Nicke…
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The frivolity of pubescent rage is punctuated by the jangling guitars on “Tearing the Posters Down,” the second single from Dick Diver‘s forthcoming album, Melbourne, Florida. Having released first single “Waste the Alphabet” late last year, the Australian quartet will…
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Touring and recording sporadically since releasing 2011’s In The Light EP, NY-based experimental artist Shana Falana took a no-second-guesses approach to her forthcoming debut LP, Set Your Lightning Fire Free. A musical Hydra, Falana’s disparate interests have always remained separate,…
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Liverpool, England duo The Little Secrets have woodshedded since forming in 2010 at the city’s famed Cavern Club. Honing their craft in the following years, Kevin Dixon and Stacy Jo have released their debut single, “All I Need.” An infectious…
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On the heels of his Best of 2014 release, Ancestor, Nashville cat of nine lives Stone Jack Jones is back with “Shine,” the second single from his forthcoming album Love & Torture. Album-opener “Shine” is a one-sided dialogue with Death; Charon’s anesthetized…
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