@stereobar.netAmerican Motors - "marlboro miles"
No chorus, just reverb, hit-then-pause drums and a lost photo of a woman surrounded by cigarette coupons. Doesn't need a hook.
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@stereobar.netBack seat of a bus, world collapsing outside. The Nightingales' "Hand Me My Backside" pairs hard post-punk with noir strings and a siren-like harmony, all in under three minutes. Limited flexi disc.
@stereobar.netCovering Joy Division usually ends badly. Automatic's "Shadowplay" keeps the song's bones, adds hard synth bass and noise, and sounds like theirs. First release as a duo.
@stereobar.netMoses Boyd's first lyrics: jazz looseness toughening into drum & bass, and Shantéh singing faith and doubt like testimony. "Criticise" judged; "More To Life" consoles. Out Oct 30.
@stereobar.netDoes where you're born decide how far you can go? Sampa The Great's "LOCATION" takes on African music's global reach and the West's grip on the money. Nu Zamrock out Oct 30.
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@stereobar.netFriedberg rewrite a grandmother's marriage as a dancefloor escape. "Goodwife", co-produced with Hot Chip's Al Doyle and Joe Goddard, is heavy story, light feet. Play it loud.
@stereobar.netCompton meets Buffalo again: MC Eiht and Conway The Machine trade verses over Ferhan C's booming West Coast beat on "Everyday". Two veterans, zero filler.
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@stereobar.netPlaya Haze gives Che Noir a gritty, smooth beat and she just raps, no gimmicks. "Grandma's Cookies" starts in nostalgia and lands on substance. It Takes A Village out Oct 23.
@stereobar.netLo Moon's "Satellite" was a 7-inch handed out at gigs. Now it's out for everyone: the biggest they've sounded, 90s alt muscle with 2000s blog-rock sheen. Worth the wait.
@stereobar.netSESTRICA's "TMFL" runs on breakbeats: broken, shuffling drums pushing an electronic track forward, lean and direct. Turn it up.
@stereobar.net4am, the rave behind you, sky going pale: untitled (halo)'s "sex" is their most dance-minded track yet, glitchy and grinning with a crowd of echoing voices. Debut album out Nov 6.
@stereobar.netSam Quartin thinks the screen is out to get her. "OUTLAW" is the counterattack: cavernous bass, glitched beats, a chant of gunshots and a victory lap on a police car. Put the phone down.
@stereobar.netTHAO writes to her estranged father over her own hip hop-leaning beat, with Adrian Quesada on guitar. Low, stripped back, and it hits hard. Show Me out Oct 30.
@stereobar.netMy Purse dig a pit, fall in, and watch the other person walk away. "The Hole" is bare, wiry post-punk: interlocking guitars, a bossy bassline, stacked vocals. Small hole, long fall.
@stereobar.netInspired by Asteroid City, golden diskó ship's "Prepare To Be Born" starts in a weightless hush and ends in a euphoric call-and-response hymn. Big payoff. On tour in DE and AT now.
@stereobar.netMike Ladd sounds hungry on "Time Has": the West's tantrum as a forest on fire, and a video by his nephew on how everyone else gets through it. Nonechosen out next month on Backwoodz.
@stereobar.netTwo new Liily songs, one video shot in a homemade Ames room. "FOREVER" floods glitchy nerves with distortion, "EVERYDAY" breaks into a huge chorus. First music on Atlantic.
@stereobar.netEx:Re's "Sleep" started as a demo in a Paris hotel room, and that guitar is still in there: looped, vocodered, over a drum machine, like a party through the wall. Save As out Oct 30.
@stereobar.netJohn Glacier's most direct track yet. "Lights" puts bells and winding synths over skittering drums, and she looks at life on camera in a voice that makes the surreal sound ordinary. Out now.
@stereobar.netGhost Funk Orchestra plug the fuzz back in. "Leave Me Alone" is garage-rock guitars, spacey Wurlitzer and Camellia Hartman telling someone exactly where to go. Album out Dec 4.
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