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No Joy – “Bits”

Earlier this week Auckland indie rock crew the Beths returned with the new tune “ No Joy ,” and now Jasamine White-Gluz’s project No Joy is back with the latest Bugland single “Bits.” Hopefully that’s not too confusing.

Bleary Eyed – “Easy”

The new Bleary Eyed album Easy is gonna be a good one. The Philly crew has shared lots of previews — like the eponymous EP whose four tracks will appear on the record, plus “ Heaven Year ” and “ Susan ” — and now they’re back with the wonderful title track.

Slick Rick Is Only Looking Forward

There’s a scene in The Sopranos where Paulie Gualtieri is sharing recycled stories over dinner. Paulie cushions his punchlines with thick bursts of nervous laughter, the New Jersey mafia captain sounding a lot like a constipated hyena.

duendita – “piel”

Earlier this year the New York singer-songwriter duendita shared the LP a strong desire to survive , not long after releasing the EP the mind is a miracle . Today duendita is back with more new music by way of the single “piel,” a track that goes a bunch of different directions

Tei Shi – “222” (Feat. Loyal Lobos)

The Vancouver-via-Colombia artist Tei Shi has been making intimate, idiosyncratic pop music on an independent level for well over a decade, and she has collaborated with people like Blood Orange and John Cale. Today, she teams up with Loyal Lobos, another Colombian-born artist

Runnner – “Get Real Sleep”

First off, fuck this song title. “Get real sleep.” Shut up! I know! I’m trying! Jesus Christ, how does anybody do that? All over the world, people are getting so many hours of sound, restorative rest for, what, eight hours a night? Must be nice. That’s what you’re supposed to

The Beaches – “Touch Myself”

Toronto alt-pop quartet the Beaches are about two months away from releasing their new album No Hard Feelings , and it’s shaping up to be something special. Since last year, the Beaches have been steadily dropping songs that’ll appear on the new LP, and all of them are heaters:

Clap Your Hands Say Yeah Turns 20

Few moments in 2000s indie were more explicitly “You had to be there” than Clap Your Hands Say Yeah’s debut album. I mean this in a very literal sense: While prepping for this essay, I asked my wife — a fellow ex-Pitchfork contributor who started meaningfully paying attention