Stream: Drinking Flowers, ‘Black Monday’
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Start of the workweek got you in the doldrums? Drinking Flowers have joined the post-punk revival and have just the song for you.
Stream: Freedom Fry, ‘The Words’
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L.A. duo Freedom Fry’s latest single is a “hybrid disco-folk” song with a nifty play on words. Add it to their je ne sais quoi.
Stream: The Spires, ‘Dreamconfusion’
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Ventura’s The Spires check in with yet another subtle but engaging platter of jangling, reverb-laden guitar-pop. Enter the state of “Dreamconfusion.”
Stream: Open Mike Eagle & Paul White, ‘Check to Check’
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Open Mike Eagle teams with U.K. producer Paul White on the new album “Hella Personal Film Festival,” out March 25. The single “Check to Check” is full of the rapper’s typically dizzying wordplay.
Premiere: Glass Spells, ‘Rebellion’
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Glass Spells’ synth-spiked dance-punk charges forward on the SoCal quartet’s new single “Rebellion.” Take this four-on-the-floor to your local dancefloor.
Ears Wide Open: Blacktop Queen
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The muscular first single from L.A. trio Blacktop Queen recalls the alternative ’90s, with massive chorus to boot.
Stream: Gallant, ‘Skipping Stones’ (ftr. Jhené Aiko)
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Part of a two-track digital single out Friday, “Skipping Stones” is a stunner featuring the sky-high vocals of Gallant and Jhené Aiko.
Ears Wide Open: Gonzalla
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Cody Randall — aka Gonzalla — unveils a single equally informed by his Orange County youth and the four years he spent honing his craft in the U.K.
Stream: Luke Top, ‘Lucky Penny’
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Fool’s Gold frontman Luke Top unveils the second single from his solo debut, “Suspect Highs,” which comes out March 4.
Stream: Matthewdavid’s Mindflight, ‘Unfolding Atlantis’
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Experimental beatmaker Matthewdavid gets all new age and we’re invited to take off our shoes and join him on the blissed out side of the tracks.
