Anita Wills

Ears Wide Open: Molly Horses

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Post-punk quartet Molly Horses debut today with the jagged, blistering single “Beatty,” a diatribe about small-town malaise, with frontman Happy James speak-singing acidly about getting a job at the Dairy Queen.

Desert Daze

Ears Wide Open: Indio Downey

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Indio Downey will release “Cigarettes in Bed,” his first solo EP, in January. His latest single “Dume” references the point in Malibu, but it’s more about addiction — the doom of “self-destruction.”

Ears Wide Open: Indio Downey

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Indio Downey will release “Cigarettes in Bed,” his first solo EP, in January. His latest single “Dume” references the point in Malibu, but it’s more about addiction — the doom of “self-destruction.”

Video: Lapel, ‘I Lose Myself’

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“Brutal Joy,” the new EP from Lapel (aka songwriter Debbie Neigher), is an alluring collection of intimate, ’80s-tinged pop. It’s easy to get lost in the opening track “I Lose Myself.”

Ears Wide Open: Yungatita

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Yungatita, whose debut album comes out in January, packs a lot of emotion into their angsty, ’90s-styled rock. The latest single, “Whiplash,” is just that.

Levitt 2024

Ears Wide Open: Rah Rah Rabbit

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Rah Rah Rabbit is the vehicle for the continuing songwriting adventures of Laura Anne Lacy. Now fronting an ace six-piece band, they have their boots planted in the soil of cosmic country and Americana.

Ears Wide Open: Gale Forces

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L.A. quartet’s Gale Forces have released their sophomore album, “Highlights of Existence,” a hard-hitter for fans of heavy alternative rock that lives on the edges of punk.

Levitt 2024

Video: Ty Segall ‘My Room’

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Ty Segall’s 15th full-length, “Three Bells,” comes out in January. Give that man a banana … or, as you’ll see in the video for “My Room,” don’t.

Video: Ty Segall ‘My Room’

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Ty Segall’s 15th full-length, “Three Bells,” comes out in January. Give that man a banana … or, as you’ll see in the video for “My Room,” don’t.

Ears Wide Open: Dove Armitage

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“Concernless,” the second EP from Dove Armitage, is out this week. The project of veteran bassist Quincy Larsen, the six-track release invites the listener into a world of dark, moody, glitchy and ultimately compelling electro-pop.

Video: Dolly Dagger, ‘Sick’

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Heavy music meets heavy metaphors in Dolly Dagger’s “Sick,” a single from the artist’s debut EP, out this week. Dagger celebrates the release with a show Friday night at the Paramount.

Permanent Records

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