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A fun set of short pop songs with a jazzy, lofi veneer. Breaking off from @ for a solo venture, singer-songwriter Stone Filipczak strings together these quaint songs with sticky guitar melodies, wrapped in production that is just as vibrant as it is tastefully prickly. A great example being the jaunty ‘On Earth as it is in Heaven.’ ER Visit turns up the energy with snotty rock tunes like Absolute Midnight, which rocks but also burns up just as fast. The linear opus Braken Mountain ... read more

Indie Rock shows there are still great ideas leftover after Revengeseekerz and they are bubbling HOT. This new mixtape offers a searing mix of molten hip hop, rage, and vocal performances that focus more on energy rather than melody more of that time, like with Audiostalker.

Indie Rock certainly feels like a transitional part of Jane’s career, but thankfully, there’s no compromise in quality along the way.

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On his to-the-point 4th studio album, country progressive Willi Carlisle balances righteousness with a profoundly silly edge.

Alex G kneecaps Headlights with strange experiments in the middle that simply don’t work.