Ears Wide Open: Katie Alice Greer
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Former Priests singer Katie Alice Greer serves up cacophonous, glitchy glee on “FITS/My Love Can’t Be,” the single that announces her debut solo album, “Barbarism.”
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Video: Joyce Manor, ‘Gotta Let It Go’
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Torrance rockers Joyce Manor churn out airtight hooks on the new single, “Gotta Let It Go,” which announces the June arrival of their sixth album, “40 oz. to Fresno.”
Video: Surf Curse, ‘Sugar’
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Nick Rattigan and Jacob Rubeck continue to save their most combustible material for the band that made them famous, Surf Curse. The new single “Sugar” — which gets the late-night TV treatment in the video — previews their major-label debut for Atlantic Records.
Ears Wide Open: Primer
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Alyssa Midcalf, who makes bracingly honest, ’80s-inspired dance music under the moniker Primer, is prepping her sophomore album. “Feel the Way I Do” is the darkly compelling new single.
Ears Wide Open: Erin Anne
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New Jersey-born, L.A.-based Erin Anne announces her sophomore album with a catchy, queer pop-punk tune inspired by “Killing Eve.” The album, “Do Your Worst,” will be out in June.
Video: Zola Jesus, ‘Lost’
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Nika Roza Danilova announces her sixth Zola Jesus album, “Arkhon,” with a bone-chilling single and video.
Ears Wide Open: Jame Minogue
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Dominican-Irish artist Jame Minogue announces his forthcoming album “Príncipe Azul” with a slick, salsa-inspired earworm.
Premiere: Katmaz, ‘Every Time I’m Away’
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Buffalo-born, Brooklyn-bred musician Matt Kaz — aka Katmaz — came west in 2020, recording his album “Tell Me How Great You Are” along the way. Must have been an interesting journey — the first single “Every Time I’m Away” samples frogs.
Video: More*, ‘Really Want To See You Again’
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More*, the duo of Malcolm McRae and Kane Ritchotte, dip into groovy, danceable psych-rock on their latest single. Guitarist Blake Mills guests.
Video: Liily, ‘Man Listening to Disc’
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If their 2021 album didn’t make it clear, Liily’s new music video “‘Man Listening to Disc” shows that the Los Angeles post-punk band is rocking out on their own raucous terms.
