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Jo Passed

“Like literally every other millennial keeping up with the news cycle, main songwriter Jo Hirabayashi is knee-deep in existential woes, and the music won’t let you forget it: grooves are mangled, whammy bars throttled, fretboards set ablaze. This band’s got chops, and thank goodness those chops are in service of some strongly crafted pop-rock.”

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JO PASSED

“I was prepared for some things to happen, like maybe we should change the track order or cut this song, and that didn’t really happen.”

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clipping.

For context, clipping. are doing well. Beyond the trio’s acclaimed releases on Sub Pop, their varied fortunes are respectively a burgeoning PhD in music theory,…

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No Age

03 Fever Dreaming No Age’s new album Everything In Between is being released at the tail end of a huge year in indie rock; a…

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Jaill

Creative spellers and Milwaukee four-piece Jaill sound like the type of band that “practices” rather than “jams.” Every song on their big label debut That’s…

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Male Bonding

Male Bonding – Crooked Scene Comprising of Robin Silas Christian, John Arthur Webb and Kevin Charles Hendrix, English rockers Male Bonding have a small but…

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No Age

L.A. art punk staple No Age is set to release a four-song teaser EP on Oct. 6. Losing Feeling, like many of the duo’s releases,…

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Grand Archives

Fronted by Mat Brooke, formerly of Band Of Horses and Carissa’s Weird, Seattle’s Grand Archives is a dreamy, low-key project that is chock full of…

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Pissed Jeans

Sure, this music has its qualities, though they’re pretty hard to detect after the first listen, and maybe even harder after a further ten listens….