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Brick + Mortar • Meta Meta Etc.
• released 2018-08-24
Diverse mix of influences, from synth pop to hip hop to plain old indie rock.
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Wolf Parade • Cry Cry Cry
Dense arrangements of fragile parts, a wide palette of textures and tempos, and a pervading sense of drama make this a collection of pensive songs
A Giant Dog • Toy
Good collection of power pop, with male / female / duet vocals.
The Aggrolites • Super Atomic
Sparkling clean Jamaican sounds from this soulful Los Angeles outfit can extend your summer by a few weeks and keep you warm through the winter, and well, it's good for any season you'd like to infect with good vibrations.
The Claypool Lennon Delirium • The Great Parrot-Ox and the Golden Egg of Empathy
As expected, it sounds like the first half of a Ray Bradbury novel, where the bright colors, joyful sounds, and easy smiles let you know something is deeply, deeply wrong, or possibly just inexplicable, or mysterious, but unabashedly psychedelic.