"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.
impressionistic lyrics and given definition by impeccable production values, "What's My Luck" is a dynamic and cathartic evocation of longing that in less skilled hands could easily have been a mosaic of contrasting musical idioms, but is instead a deft blend of styles that conveys holistically much more than its individual parts suggest.
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Like the desert locales it conjures, which secretly teem with life beneath a vast canopy of sky, "RATHER BE ALONE" makes so much out of so little.
"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.
Up-and-coming indie quartet Nicotine Dolls take their name from an epithet the band's members coined to describe a particular breed of anti-social partygoer who would rather retreat to outdoor solitude for a quick drag than endure a crowd, so it's a bit ironic that the band is perhaps best known in the public eye for similarly shunning the limelight.
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"Schedule I," much like its parent album, is an unadulterated expression of Norman Sann's sharp, consistently refreshing approach to the rap game. Even when tackling topics as well-documented in the genre sphere as attraction or popularity, Sann never falters in wielding language like a saber, with a keen command of wordplay refined to an acute edge.
"El Gato", and Copenhagen 1958 as a whole, not only serve as a time capsule for Ellington's unparalleled artistry and his orchestra's matchless stagecraft, but also as a reminder of the Duke's enduring legacy.
"Emergence," like its creators, is difficult to sum up in simple terms.
PA-based indie rock outfit Sun Not Yellow has made a habit of applying their own distinct sensibilities to a wide array of styles since their 2017 inception, and their latest single "Younger Me" is a perfect microcosm of that melting pot mentality. This latest offering sees the group adding Dawes-esque folk rock to their genre grab-bag, organically touched with the idiosyncrasies that make the group stick out from a multitude of others operating in that same, heavily saturated sphere.