Stream: Beacon, ‘Preserve’
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Electronic duo Beacon share the first single from a new album on Ghostly International. It’s all about time and decay in the ambient-house sense of things.
Stream: Deep Sea Diver, ‘Secrets’
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The Seattle indie quartet fronted by singer-guitarist Jessica Dobson will release their second full-length in February. Powerful vocals and heady guitar work are on display in the shape-shifting title track.
Stream: Squeeze, ‘Cradle to the Grave’
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Seventeen years since their last album and 40-plus since they started, Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook sound like the new kids on the block on “Cradle to the Grave” (out Friday). The play L.A. on Saturday.
Stream: Homme, ‘Fingerprints’
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The Chicago duo of Sima Cunningham and Macie Stewart have a six-track debut on the way, and a Los Angeles show on Sunday night.
Stream: Pell, ‘Almighty Dollar’
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The New Orleans triple-threat’s album “LIMBO,” made with TV on the Radio’s Dave Sitek, is out today. Pell plays L.A.’s Lyric Theatre tonight.
Stream: Coldplay, ‘Adventure of a Lifetime’
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Meet the new dance-pop kids known as … Coldplay. Their seventh album (“A Head Full of Dreams,” Dec. 4) features guests Beyoncé, Noel Gallagher, Tove Lo and Merry Clayton.
Stream: MIGHTY, ‘Fingertip’
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The debut EP from 20-year-old Angelo Fiaretti, reminiscent of the underdog indie-rock of the ’90s, was produced by Grouplove’s Daniel Gleason and is out Friday.
Stream: POP ETC, ‘Bad Break’
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POP ETC, the trio of Santa Monica-reared brothers Christopher and Jonathan Chu along with Julian Harmon, will release their new album “Souvenir” in January.
Stream: Eleanor Friedberger, ‘He Didn’t Mention His Mother’
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The singer-songwriter’s third solo album “New View” will be out in January on Frenchkiss Records. Hers is a warm, inviting voice.
Stream: Reptar, ‘Amanda’
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The Athens, Ga., quartet hits L.A. this week behind their sophomore album “Lurid Glow,” a collection of wildly inventive indie-pop.
