Quick Takes
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Pile All Fiction
Filled with distorted imagery, the Boston trio delivers a percussive, chillingly evocative set of vignettes that feel like a fever dream.
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Nighttime Keeper is the Heart
Nighttime's third album is a love letter to English folk music.
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Fucked Up One Day
Recorded in one day, the Canadian hardcore punks' sixth LP delivers one unforced, shout-out anthem after another with great vitality.
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Lusillón Pensando Mucho y Mal
Everything about the laidback bedroom pop of the Spanish singer-songwriter goes down easy.
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2nd Grade Easy Listening
On their 2nd LP, the Philly outfit embrace the sweeter, melodic side of power pop.
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Lean Year Sides
On their second LP, the Virginia duo unleashes complex emotions in quiet torrents with aching honesty.
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Wombo Fairy Rust
The Louisville, Kentucky trio's unearthly musical language inverts the conventions of post-punk as far as possible.
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Watchhouse Watchhouse (Duo)
Watchhouse (Duo) finds Andrew Marlin and Emily Frantz presenting stripped-down acoustic versions of their self-titled 2021 LP.
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Bartees Strange Farm to Table
Though he now relies on a band to achieve a fuller musical scope, Bartees Strange's second full-length feels distinctly more insular.
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Market The Consistent Brutal Bullshit Gong
The debut LP by the Brooklyn indie rockers taps into singer-songwriter/producer Nate Mendelsohn's unease with touching insight.