Mike Katzif
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The stars of Seattle's underground rock renaissance have never felt this vulnerable, or as relatable.
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Guppy is one of those ecstatically empowering records you'll return to again and again.
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The pop-punk duo's debut album will give those weathering tough times the confidence to pick themselves up and dance.
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Hiccup's members first met while playing in the house band on a public-access comedy show. Its new song captures that same frenzied and fun dynamic, but with more space to stretch out.
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Oakland-based indie-rock musician Melina Duterte plays every instrument and produced nearly every sound on her new record.
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It's rare for a band to make a comeback album like Last Place that stands up alongside its best work.
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With a woozy hook that's as dissonant as it is catchy, the Philadelphia band's new song mixes the pretty with the messy.
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Beloved psych act The Flaming Lips delivers its newest brainteaser with the conceptual Oczy Mlody. Relishing in serious shenanigans, The Lips reach backwards in time with ceaseless self-reinvention.
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Melina Duterte's new song as Jay Som starts with a gentle strum and hushed whisper, but swells to a romantic, orchestral peak.
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Sadie Dupuis' new solo songs are brimming with taut hooks, layers of flittering keyboards and electronic beats that'll get everyone bobbing and moving on the dance floor instead of in the mosh pit.