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Vundabar &bull; <i>Surgery and Pleasure</i>

Vundabar • Surgery and Pleasure

These Boston kids with a New York attitude don't have time for your little dance on the street, you better keep your eyes on where you're going. It's all an act, because under the gritty glitter and trash talk is a heart that beats warm and true.

Yo La Tengo &bull; <i>Sleepless Night</i>

Yo La Tengo • Sleepless Night

A new collection of covers from Yo La Tengo is not unusual, but their frequency does allow for some measurement of the band’s current mood, and the songs are always trailheads for musical exploration.

Kurt Vile &bull; <i>Speed, Sound, Lonely KV EP</i>

Kurt Vile • Speed, Sound, Lonely KV EP

Kurt Vile’s surgical lyrics and out-there guitar playing overshadow the fact that he is a bona-fide troubadour, a distinctive voice and presence that hangs out in your head and strums out their weird tunes from an armchair in the corner.

Omni &bull; <i>Networker</i>

Omni • Networker

A strange confluence of influences, with a lot of dynamic arrangements and plenty of weird hooks that shouldn’t work but are lethally effective.