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Clinic Stars – “Only Hinting” & “I Am The Dancer”

Detroit’s Clinic Stars don’t seem to have anything to do with the band Clinic or the band Stars. Instead, the duo of Giovanna Lenski and Christian Molik make gauzy, rapturous quiet-thrum slowcore in their home studio. They’ve already released two EPs, 2021’s 10,000 Dreams and

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Album Of The Week: Los Campesinos! All Hell

“It’s with regret I am succumbing to nostalgia,” goes one of the more pointed lines on All Hell , the seventh album from Los Campesinos! Just moments later, frontman Gareth David likens himself to Orpheus, the bard known in Greek mythology for his ability to enchant anyone and

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G.O.O.N. – “Punished”

Don’t get your Goons confused. There’s Goon, the indie rock band from Los Angeles. There are a bunch of rappers with the word “Goon” in their name: Fastmoney Goon, Goon Des Garcons, Kali The Goon, etc. And then there’s G.O.O.N., the bugged-out DIY punk band from Denver. This is

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Massive Attack Announce North American Tour

Last month, trip-hop elder gods took the stage in Gothenburg, Sweden to play their first live show in five years . They performed alongside two of their greatest collaborators, Cocteau Twins leader Elizabeth Fraser and reggae legend Horace Andy. Shortly afterward, they were

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Alan Sparkhawk – “Can U Hear”

In 2022, Alan Sparhawk’s wife and Low bandmate Mimi Parker died after a long battle with cancer. He’s poured that grief into his upcoming debut solo album White Roses, My God , which he’s teasing today with the cool lead single “Can U Hear.”

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Horse Jumper Of Love – “Today’s Iconoclast”

Another single from Horse Jumper Of Love’s upcoming album Disaster Trick ? Who could say no! So far the Boston shoegaze crew has shared “ Gates Of Heaven ,” “ Wink ,” and “ Snow Angel ,” all of which landed on our lists of Best Songs Of The Week . Album Of The Year contender?

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Noun – “Wanted” & “Consumed”

Last year, the New Jersey punk rock power trio Screaming Females announced their breakup after an incredible 18-year run. Earlier this year, former Screamales leader Marissa Paternoster got together with Don Giovanni Records boss Joe Steinhardt to publish the graphic novel

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Lunar Vacation – “Sick”

Last month, Lunar Vacation announced their new album Everything Matters, Everything’s Fire and unleashed the exquisite single “ Set The Stage ,” which landed on our list of Best Songs Of The Week . Today, the indie rock quintet is back with “Sick.”

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Band To Watch: Combat

“Jesus Christ, I’m 26,” Dan Campbell screamed on the Wonder Years’ “ Passing Through A Screen Door ,” perhaps the earliest onset of midlife crisis ever captured in pop music. Dedicating one’s life to any kind of band certainly magnifies a sense of arrested development when

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Chat Pile – “I Am Dog Now”

Chat Pile back up in this motherfucker! The Oklahoma City noise-rock cineastes made a name for themselves with the 2022 album God’s Country , an underground sensation of the highest order. Since then, they’ve released their soundtrack to the indie film Tenkiller , dropped a

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Wild Pink – “The Fences Of Stonehenge”

Wild Pink announced their signing to Fire Talk this year with the great “ Air Drumming Fix You ,” eventually revealed to be part of an EP called Strawberry Eraser . Now John Ross is ready to roll out his first LP for the label.

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