Track of the Week

Dub FX – Flow feat. Woodnote

Dub FX – Flow is Rumor Control’s new Track of the Week. This is a rare time when a live...

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Cazwell – Ice Cream Truck

Ok, this track of the week is for all the people love those hot summer months, and just can’t wait...

A photo of the members of the band Peach Pit lying on the grass

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Earlier this week, Vancouver-based Indie darlings Peach Pit dropped their new track "Magpie" in advance of its eagerly anticipated, similarly titled parent album. Magpie's October 25th release will be the band's most recent since 2022's From 2 to 3, with this titular single being their first musical offering since that album's "Vicky." "Magpie" sees Peach Pit - who have previously characterized their music as "chewed bubblegum pop" - coloring their trademark aesthetics with layers of rich harmonic fuzz. No pun intended.

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Casey Desmond – Bad Habit

Casey Desmond is Rumor Control’s new Track of the Week pick with her new song ‘Bad Habit’. Her pop songwriting...

An image of the members of the band Pon Far. One looks to the left while the other two look directly forward

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Pon Far – Clean

"Clean," a dreamy indie delight courtesy of Brooklyn-based bedroom pop artisans Pon Far (Star Trek please save your knowing looks), is a paragon of its genre.

The cover of Royel Otis' album "Pratts and Pain," showing both band members from the back gripping a concrete railing

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Royel Otis – Claw Foot

"Claw Foot" ... is a tightly constructed and eminently catchy exemplar of Royel Otis' sterling approach to alt-pop/rock. The song's bass-heavy rhythmic figure and chimey guitars are immediately evocative of genre paragons like Joy Division and The Cure, while it's breakneck pace and chanted chorus keep things sounding fresh and the energy high.

The cover of the single "Alone" by the Cure

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The Cure – Alone

Though frontman Robert Smith might protest easy categorization, The Cure are without a doubt one of the seminal gothic rock bands of all time. Pop-twinged and radio friendly hits like "Friday I'm in Love" or "Just Like Heaven" exist alongside the kind of haunting, angst-filled odes like "One Hundred Years" or "Lullaby" that helped define the goth rock phenomenon. "Alone," the legendary band's first new release in well over a decade and the lead single from their upcoming album Songs of a Lost World, sees the band return to that latter sort of peak brooding form after a considerable hiatus.