Lars Gotrich
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A two-minute bruiser taken from the Toronto five-piece's new album, Conditioned to Chaos.
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The latest from the kaleidoscopic songwriter features a self-sensuous hook that curls up inside your psyche.
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With its shufflin' rhythm section and a bendy line harmonized by double guitar, "You Gave Me the Key" choogles along to Doiron's bright rasp tinged with a touch of life's uncertainty.
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"To Kill A Wind-Up Bird," off of multi-instrumentalist and composer Patrick Shiroishi's upcoming solo album Hidemi, layers saxophone and woodwinds in a frantic, yet controlled splatter.
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A new reissue uncovers Mitch Easter's original mix for Love Tractor's most popular song. The jangly rock band was featured in the Athens, Ga.: Inside/Out documentary.
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John Prine's self-titled album came out 50 years ago. Bonnie Raitt, Jim Rooney, Fiona Prine and Jody Whelan guest in an online listening party with host Ann Powers.
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In "Mythical Serpents," tremolo-picked riffs undulate with ambient synths and aerobic drumming, billowing but never blowing up the melody, as if to sit inside and meditate on the music.
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A drum machine-beat mingles with an organic kit as a jangly guitar melody bounces through misty synths, creating a liminal space to process loss: a spiraling nightmare of regret that is oh so pretty.
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The metal band rips once again.
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There's a savagery and a delicacy to the Parisienne rock trio that grabs you by the scuff of the neck and plants a kiss on the cheek.