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Smerz - You got time and I got money
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When I wrote about this song earlier this year, I pondered if it would be my “song of the summer” and it turned out I was right, and it was also my song of the fall as well. Shout out to Smerz for putting out a remix album with my faves Erika De Casier, Astrid Sonne, and a remix of this song with MIKE, Fousheé and Elias Rønnenfelt from Iceage which is like a 2020s version of those 2000’s era songs where it would be like Pharrell and Julian Casablancas on a song specifically written for a Converse commercial.
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Amaarae - Girlie-Pop!
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Song moment of the year is the way it literally switches genres when she says, quite literally, “switching genres til we make it pop—POP POP POP POP POP POP POP POP.”
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Nourished By Time - BABY BABY
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Nourished By Time was one of my big faves last year, and I admittedly slept a bit on this record (maybe I overdid it), but this track was a highlight. I like the part where he goes “BABY, BABY...BABY, BABY...BABY BABY!!!”
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Mamalarky - #1 Best of All Time
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Should I rent a convertible? Never drove one before. Only was a passenger in one like twice. (Unless you count the Cars ride at Disneyland—then 4 times.)
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Gut Health - Beat to Beat
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I’ve talked about my love of Gut Health (the band and the concept) a lot before. The Melbourne/Naarm group’s lead singer Athina Uh-oh is super fun to watch onstage. But I recently read something comparing her voice to Sue Tompkins of Life Without Buildings, and this is totally what that band would sound like if they rocked a bit more.
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Madeline Goldstein - 1996 Expectations
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Songs for planning to murder your husband to.
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Optic Sink - Don't Look Down
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One of my very favorite bands down in Memphis, Optic Sink add a cool CAN-y influence to their synth-y post-punk sound.
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Jadu Heart - Aux
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Jadu Heart is Alex Headford and Diva-Sachy Jeffrey, who dated for nine years, then broke up, kept their band going, then made an album about it. #couplegoals
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untitled (halo) - Blunt Subconscious
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I like a band where one person sings and then the other people patiently vibe in the background until it’s their turn to sing.
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babybaby_explores - Nice Sometimes
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I’ve posted about this Providence band but this song is maybe their biggest earworm. “But sometimes…I can be…not that…NICE” is exactly I say to my opps when I want the smoke.
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Frank Medley - Scars
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This hits hard! Vocals on the track are from Lioness & Queenie from about seven years ago, rapping over a new track from Frank Medley. They rapped quite a bit before the sun went down completely that day. Here’s what Queenie is up to lately. This rules so hard I can’t begin to explain it.
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Honningbarna - Amor Fati
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This song rips. It’s kinda like if The Hives decided to make an IDLES record and did a better job than IDLES.
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Bar Italia - Fundraiser
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Hey it’s the guy from Peep Show! This is Bar Italia sounding the most they ever have like an mid-2000s band I would have loved in high school that’s ripping off XTC.
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Water From Your Eyes - Life Signs
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KoЯn influence detected.
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BACKXWASH — 9th Heaven
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Backxwash is a rapper from Montreal who has previously won the Polaris prize and while she’s always pushed the boundaries in her music, this feels like a big shift in style and sound. I saw the world “horrorcore” thrown around but that’s also ICP, and I won’t do that to her. (FYI, I know one ICP song by heart but it’s NOT available for karaoke at any of the Ktown spots.)
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Destroyer - Bologna (feat. Fiver)
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Every once in a while I’ll read that magazine that is on the plane and it’s like, have you considered a trip to this five-star resort in Porto? And the eventual answer is, “I will never own a home and I sometimes can’t afford normal regular food,” but for a blissful moment the answer is “I am seriously considering a trip to this five-star resort in Porto” and that moment is the sweet spot to put some Destroyer on.
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