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Fears, “Affinity”

Densely textured yet sparsely minimal, Irish songwriter Constance Keane’s second solo album is unrelenting in its intense emotions.

March 25, 2024
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Carpool, “My Life in Subtitles”

The Rochester emo-pop four-piece gets the balance of tender elegy and post-adolescent reckless abandon perfectly right on all 12 of their sophomore album’s formidable songs.

March 22, 2024
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The Jesus and Mary Chain, “Glasgow Eyes”

The Scottish duo’s first album in seven years shimmers with a noticeable sense of freedom as the tracklist unspools into a free-for-all collection that’s both challenging and fulfilling.

March 21, 2024
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Boeckner, “Boeckner!”

Although dominated by his distinctive vocal warbling, Boeckner’s solo debut is far from just Wolf Parade lite as it leans into retro-futuristic takes on Springsteen, Depeche Mode, and other sounds of the ’80s.

March 14, 2024
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Mother Mother, “Grief Chapter”

A powerful meditation on the real nature of death, their ninth album demonstrates that the Vancouver five-piece hasn’t settled into anything even remotely routine.

February 26, 2024
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Friko, “Where we’ve been, Where we go from here”

Fueled by the same raw and unfiltered emotional gravitas that haunted Bright Eyes’ early recordings, the Chicago duo’s lush debut draws you into a rich, layered world.

February 23, 2024
First Listen
Best Ex Enlist Soft Faith for a Valentine’s Day Remix of “Die for You”

Mariel Loveland and Soft Faith’s Aaron Thompson chatted with us about their burgeoning creative partnership and the heavy themes beneath the track’s pop sheen.

February 14, 2024
First Listen
Strung Out Find Room for Hope, Community, and Defiance in Video for New Track “New Gods”

The California punk band’s tenth album Dead Rebellion arrives April 5 via Fat Wreck Chords.

February 13, 2024
First Listen
My Satellite Combine Futuristic Sonics with Analog Instrumentation on New Track “Minotaur”

Bryan Stage and Andy Marshall’s experimental project shares the first taste of their new LP Person, which documents a failed relationship from beginning to end.

February 09, 2024
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J Mascis, “What Do We Do Now”

The Dinosaur Jr. frontman’s fourth solo album is haunted and melancholic, wistful and naively questioning—Mascis at his finest.

February 06, 2024
First Listen
Thrice’s Dustin Kensrue Channels His Grandparents’ Spirits on New Country Ballad “Death Valley Honeymoon”

With a feature from Cat Clyde, the single arrives with news of a new LP from Kensrue titled Desert Dreaming.

February 06, 2024
Essay
Daniel Johnston in the Digital Age

Opening the vault on the late songwriter’s live recordings, Kramer’s Shimmy-Disc label repurposes Johnston’s most ramshackle analog sounds for the streaming era.

January 24, 2024
First Listen
Mean Jeans Find Their True Calling in Courtroom TV–Themed Video for New Single “Lost My Mind”

Blasted, the Portland punks’ first album in five years, arrives February 9 via Fat Wreck Chords.

January 23, 2024
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The Sees, “Conversations with My Future Self”

The debut LP from the Brooklyn rockers is made with care and precision—it’s as much about the spaces between the songs as it is about the songs themselves.

November 17, 2023
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Racetraitor, “Creation and the Timeless Order of Things”

The hyper-political Chicago hardcore outfit’s second post-reunion record is marked by a restlessness so powerful you can almost hear the effects of systemic oppression within its songs.

November 16, 2023
First Listen
Carpool Attempt to Curb a Panic Attack with New Single “Can We Just Get High?”

The Rochester punks share a new track alongside the news of their SideOneDummy debut My Life in Subtitles arriving March 22.

November 15, 2023
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R.E.M., “Up” [25th Anniversary Edition]

Newly remastered and packaged with a rare 1999 live performance, the alt-rock icons’ debut record as a trio remains perfectly in tune with the world—both musically and lyrically.

November 13, 2023
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The Gaslight Anthem, “History Books”

The heartland-punks’ first record in nine years takes influence from both before their hiatus and from vocalist Brian Fallon’s recent solo work, though never in any predictable fashion.

October 27, 2023
First Listen
Super Cassette Juggle Hope and Futility on New Single “Path Through the Past”

The queer-pop sibling duo’s debut album Continue? arrives December 1.

October 25, 2023
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The Menzingers, “Some of It Was True”

The Scranton punks mostly nail the balance between nostalgia and pure emotion on their seventh LP, if occasionally coming across as Menzingers-by-numbers.

October 20, 2023
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