Ears Wide Open: Chalk Talk
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Indie-rock quartet Chalk Talk has released the brash new single “The Idiot” ahead of their winter-break tour, which starts tonight with a show at Genghis Cohen.
Stream: Singles from Black Polish, Edgar Everyone, So Many Wizards and Tropa Magica
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Singles roundup: Hear new songs from Black Polish, Edgar Everyone, So Many Wizards and Tropa Magica.
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.
Stream: Meatbodies, ‘Hole’
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Meatbodies introduce their new full-length with “Hole,” a majestic single that reflects the rough place main man Chad Ubovich was in when he embarked on the album. “Flora Ocean Tiger Bloom” will be out in March.
Stream: Day Wave, ‘As You Are’
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“As You Are,” the first single from Day Wave since last year’s acclaimed album “Pastlife,” dissects the benumbing feelings as a relationship ends. It’s an almost-cleansing melancholy.
Stream: Singles from Livingmore, Hazel English, Polyglam and Joy Downer
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Singles roundup: Songs that grabbed us by the earlobes from Livingmore, Hazel English, Polyglam and Joy Downer. Stream them all …
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.”
Stream: Jonathan Rado, ‘Easier’
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Jonathan Rado salutes two late friends, including Richard Swift, on his new album “For Who the Bell Tolls For,” out Friday. It’s reverent, done irreverently — a ride as wild as its grammatically challenged title.
Ears Wide Open: Mimi Pretend
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Dream-pop artist Mimi Pretend will release her second EP in January. Both her debut EP, “Sick Eros,” and her latest single, “Nobody Lives in Wyoming,” cast her diary entries on an ethereal, cinematic scrim.
Stream: Lone Kodiak, ‘Inner Monologue’
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Lone Kodiak’s debut album. “If We Have a Future,” will be out in February. Their new single “Inner Monologue” punctuates the band’s transformation into hard-rock beasts.
