Tame Impala: “Apocalypse Dreams”

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With less '70s guitar groove, the Sgt. Pepper's-resembling "Apocalypse Dreams" displays a different kind of pop sensibility within Tame Impala's neo-psych palate. "This could be the day we push through," wonder...

Wye Oak: “Spiral”

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Baltimore duo Wye Oak look to obey no musical boundaries. Since signing with Merge Records in 2008 they have bravely let their sound morph into different shapes, giving the impression that they let the music na...

Peaking Lights: “Beautiful Son”

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Aaron Coyes and Indra Dunis complete each other musically, she with a knack for crafting solid pop structure and he filling in the framework with textures of heady electronic sounds and noise. "Beautiful Son" i...

Menomena: “Heavy is as Heavy Does”

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Portland's Menomena have been rocking in refreshing and experimental ways since the turn of the century. Guitarist Brent Knopf programmed software called Digital Looping Recorder, which the band uses to craft a...

Echo Lake: “Wild Peace”

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Danger: this Echo Lake title-track has the potency to break listener's down. Soon they will be tempted to call a significant other, a friend, or a past lover just to have someone near. This song is hard to list...

Wild Nothing: “Shadow”

Songs
Wild Nothing has yet to wake up from the musical dream that Jack Tatum created alone at age 21. "Shadow" keeps the sleepy sounds coming, with clean guitar chords strummed to perfection and a straightforward bea...

DIIV: “Sometime”

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"Sometime" swirls intoxicating guitar melodies with wafting vocals of: "You're really necessary sometime, your birth is just the start of your death." Fortunately, these words remain weightless enough to never ...

Young Prisms: “Floating in Blue”

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For any person born in the 1980s-1990s, "Floating in Blue" is a nostalgic journey to before your very first memory, revisiting your first moments on Earth and tapping into a place within the self never gone bef...