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El Michels Affair &bull; <i>Yeti Season</i>

El Michels Affair • Yeti Season

They couldn’t figure out why they kept returning. At first, the hookah lounge was a noxious hangout, bearable only for the crushed-on bartender. Then, suspicion of nicotine addiction. Finally, the realization that it was the music on the jukebox.

Caravan Palace &bull; <i>Chronologic</i>

Caravan Palace • Chronologic

Caravan Palace uses old-fashioned swing music for its digital building blocks and emerges with something like audio caffeine

Spin Doctors &bull; <i>Face Full Of Cake</i>

Spin Doctors • Face Full Of Cake

No denying this band exists in a dual space of Gen X ridicule and genuine nostalgia. The new album is filled with the same sunny indie-rock wink-and-grin disposition that rightfully earned them the title, broadcasting into/from the airwaves of 1994.