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Tasha, “All This and So Much More”

Movement is central to the Chicago-based songwriter’s third LP, with a dynamic new indie-rock kick helping to propel its central thesis about love and loss.

September 23, 2024
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illuminati hotties, “Power”

After mastering the art of irreverent power-pop, Sarah Tudzin tones down the mischief on an uncharacteristically sincere document of honeymoon contentment and goofy domestic bliss.

August 22, 2024
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Jessica Boudreaux, “The Faster I Run”

The former Summer Cannibals band leader tempers her sound but reaches new levels of freedom as she steps into the role of main character on her first solo album.

July 17, 2024
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La Luz, “News of the Universe”

Preoccupied with a sense of new beginnings, the West Coast psych band’s fifth album faces instability head-on with some of their most unpredictable tunes.

May 23, 2024
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Dog Unit, “At Home”

The London post-rock band’s debut collection of instrumental vignettes is music to get lost in—though you certainly won’t forget it’s playing.

April 03, 2024
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Another Sky, “Beach Day”

Overflowing with euphoric rock anthems and personal epiphanies, the London outfit’s second album finds unfettered joy where there wasn’t any before.

February 28, 2024
Club Records Is Here to Champion Ontario’s Weird and Wonderful DIY Indie-Pop Scene

Co-founded by fanclubwallet’s Hannah Judge and chemical club’s Michael Watson, the indie label discusses their community-minded approach to spotlighting music from the Canadian province they call home.

November 21, 2023

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Alvvays: A Deeper Shade of Blue

In our latest digital cover story, the band—along with recent tourmate Maggie Rogers and album producer Shawn Everett—reflect on Blue Rev ahead of its one-year anniversary reissue, and how trusting the deep dives (and each other) makes it all worthwhile.

October 03, 2023
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Patio, “Collection”

More cohesive than its title suggests, the second album from the Brooklyn trio is a snappy, bouncing clatter of post-punk vitality.

September 20, 2023
Bethany Cosentino Is Done Looking in the Rearview Mirror

The Best Coast vocalist on ripping up the rulebook and rediscovering herself during the creation of her first solo album, Natural Disaster.

July 26, 2023
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Strange Ranger, “Pure Music”

Impressionistic contemplation of the past and discomfort with the present is buried under sodden, water-logged synths and glitchy samples on the genre-defying group’s third proper album.

July 19, 2023
Mezzi & Me: Bully on the One-of-a-Kind Companionship Behind “Lucky for You”

Alicia Bognanno details how the huge sound of her new LP comes from an intimate place.

May 30, 2023
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Why Are There So Many Horse Bands All of a Sudden?

From buzzy broncos feeble little horse to folk supergroup Bonny Light Horseman, there seems to be an increasing number of equine-named artists; we investigated this phenomenon.

May 22, 2023
Slip Slidin’ into Modernity: Craig Finn on The Hold Steady’s Topical New Album

Finn talks about The Price of Progress, the group’s new collection of distinctly modern fables, and continuing to grow as a band after 20 years.

April 06, 2023
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PACKS, “Crispy Crunchy Nothing”

Madeline Link finds hope in unlikely places on her warm, cranked-up second full-length.

April 03, 2023
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Heartworms, “A Comforting Notion”

The buzzy UK group’s debut EP showcases Jojo Orme’s dizzying vocal style, as well as the Rolodex of varied influences she mines to produce something wholly original.

March 23, 2023
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Disq, “Desperately Imagining Someplace Quiet”

On their second LP, the Midwesterners try on a host of different costumes, revealing multiple iterations of their malleable indie-rock sound.

October 05, 2022
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2nd Grade, “Easy Listening”

The Philly-based five-piece encompasses the guitar-pop gamut, all the messy layers of human emotion, and a healthy dose of stars-and-stripes ephemera on their third LP.

September 29, 2022
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Sports Team, “Gulp!”

In spite of characteristically good songwriting, the London-based post-Britpop group’s sophomore record wraps without any substantial revelations.

September 21, 2022
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Death Cab for Cutie, “Asphalt Meadows”

The sonic postcards and arcane references on the band’s tenth studio album are driven by a newfound curiosity, one that succeeds in stretching their best components farther than ever before.

September 15, 2022
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