Best band in the world right now, at least according to Elton John.
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Best band in the world right now, at least according to Elton John.
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Stuck in my head for a lot of the Summer.
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Stuck in my head for a lot of the Summer.
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I just really love the little guitar piece at the end of the chorus.
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I just really love the little guitar piece at the end of the chorus.
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More pop than blues this time around. I still think Dan Auerbach is one of the most talented people working in music.
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More pop than blues this time around. I still think Dan Auerbach is one of the most talented people working in music.
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Wasn’t expecting much (any) mandolin on the list this year, but here we are.
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Wasn’t expecting much (any) mandolin on the list this year, but here we are.
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Another great album from an Australian act. Also one of the top 3 live shows I’ve seen this year.
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Another great album from an Australian act. Also one of the top 3 live shows I’ve seen this year.
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More great indie/alt pop from New Zealand. The bass line sounds like it was lifted straight out of “Jerk It Out” by the Caesars.
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More great indie/alt pop from New Zealand. The bass line sounds like it was lifted straight out of “Jerk It Out” by the Caesars.
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Probably too granular, but they do a thing on a couple songs from this album where the bass drops out for a split second before the chorus hits near the end that I absolutely love.
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Probably too granular, but they do a thing on a couple songs from this album where the bass drops out for a split second before the chorus hits near the end that I absolutely love.
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This is the one that sucked me in. Impossible not to tap your foot or nod your head.
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This is the one that sucked me in. Impossible not to tap your foot or nod your head.
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Beach Bunny released a really great album this year and followed it up with this banger a few months later. The chorus is such a great hook.
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Beach Bunny released a really great album this year and followed it up with this banger a few months later. The chorus is such a great hook.
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A bit like LCD Soundsystem except James Murphy was horny instead of fussy.
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A bit like LCD Soundsystem except James Murphy was horny instead of fussy.
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More polished and powerful this time around, but still doing top tier shoegaze.
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More polished and powerful this time around, but still doing top tier shoegaze.
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No indie band in my opinion has been more consistently solid over the last 5-6 years in terms of the quality of their output than Momma.
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No indie band in my opinion has been more consistently solid over the last 5-6 years in terms of the quality of their output than Momma.
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Catchy song, great video. Not usually a big falsetto fan, but every few years, EG puts out a single that just floors me.
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Catchy song, great video. Not usually a big falsetto fan, but every few years, EG puts out a single that just floors me.
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I dig the song, but I’m still not 100% sure what to make of these guys. That might be by design?
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I dig the song, but I’m still not 100% sure what to make of these guys. That might be by design?
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Banks’s vocals matches Tycho’s ambience perfectly. I’ve seen one or the other live 12 times over the last 15 years. They’re both in my top 5 artists over that span of time.
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Banks’s vocals matches Tycho’s ambience perfectly. I’ve seen one or the other live 12 times over the last 15 years. They’re both in my top 5 artists over that span of time.
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Of course this makes the list. I love Hinds and the original is one of my favorite songs of the last decade.
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Of course this makes the list. I love Hinds and the original is one of my favorite songs of the last decade.
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Deadbeat is a much better album than the music critics seem to think it is. Joy and fun aren’t their jams sometimes, I guess.
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Deadbeat is a much better album than the music critics seem to think it is. Joy and fun aren’t their jams sometimes, I guess.
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By far the most hyped indie band of the year this year. It took me a while to come around but I’m a convert.
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By far the most hyped indie band of the year this year. It took me a while to come around but I’m a convert.
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Drummers who also sing are cool as hell. This won’t be the last Wolf Alice song on the list.
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Drummers who also sing are cool as hell. This won’t be the last Wolf Alice song on the list.
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They’re responsible in one way or another for 95% of my workout music. #ABGT is still a favorite weekly ritual. This year’s album is phenomenal.
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They’re responsible in one way or another for 95% of my workout music. #ABGT is still a favorite weekly ritual. This year’s album is phenomenal.
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The first single from the combined forces of Phoenix & Braxe + Falcon. A bit warmer and softer, but still unmistakably Phoenix.
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The first single from the combined forces of Phoenix & Braxe + Falcon. A bit warmer and softer, but still unmistakably Phoenix.
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Thoughts: 1) Elizabeth Stokes writes a really nice turn of phrase. 2) An inordinate number of songs on this list are from Australian or New Zealand bands.
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Thoughts: 1) Elizabeth Stokes writes a really nice turn of phrase. 2) An inordinate number of songs on this list are from Australian or New Zealand bands.
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One of my absolute favorite things is discovering a great new artist (to me at least) opening for another act at a show. Heard this song before a Balu Brigada show and got goosebumps.
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One of my absolute favorite things is discovering a great new artist (to me at least) opening for another act at a show. Heard this song before a Balu Brigada show and got goosebumps.
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Excellent grungy rock released a few weeks ago on the deluxe version of their fantastic “Welcome to My Blue Sky.” The fact that they’re not bigger continues to mystify me.
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Excellent grungy rock released a few weeks ago on the deluxe version of their fantastic “Welcome to My Blue Sky.” The fact that they’re not bigger continues to mystify me.
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