MØ: “Pilgrim”

Songs
I need more of this. I need more of this right now. This was all I could think when I finished listening to "Pilgrim" the first time all the way through. Despite having only two songs in circulation and bein...

Yellow Ostrich: “Ghost”

Songs
Get ready for a song that makes you stop and listen, because Yellow Ostrich's new single "Ghost" offers a punch in the stomach that is going to make you rethink every relationship you've ever had. Lyrical conte...

Blonds: “Time”

Songs
Turn down the lights and get ready to make some questionable decisions, because I've got just the soundtrack for your night of sweatin' and swayin'. Enter Blonds, whose lead single "Run" expertly mixes '60s sou...

California Wives: “Marianne”

Songs
For whatever reason, the opening chords of "Marianne" remind me of a John Hughes movie. I think this is partially for technical reasons and a lot because of the nostalgic nature of California Wives' sound and l...

A.C. Newman: “I’m Not Talking”

Songs
As a kid who was familiar with The New Pornographers before she even known what the word meant, it is needless to say that the day I found out frontman Allan Carl Newman had emerged with a solo act was a great ...

Divine Fits: “My Love is Real”

Songs
Given the extensive experience with the band members of Divine Fits, this was a collaboration clearly waiting to happen. Made up of Spoon frontman Britt Daniel, Wolf Parade's Dan Boeckner, and New Bomb Turks' S...

Tilly and the Wall: “Love Riot”

Songs
I like Tilly and the Wall. I like the their sound, I like their attitude. Something about their music makes me nostalgic for my angsty preteen days when I wore an extremely age inappropriate Runaways t-shirt to...

Foreign Fields: “Taller”

Songs
Musically speaking, Wisconsin has yet to disappoint this year. Though drawing inspiration from time spent in Chicago and Nashville, the Wisconsinite group Foreign Fields joins Midwestern brethren such as Field ...