Tag: Indie Pop
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Halfway Down’s “Want You” Sounds Like a Text You Drafted Six Times Before Hitting Send
Okay, real talk: I hit play on “Want You” expecting another St. Paul band chasing the pop punk revival wave, and three seconds in, Halfway Down proved me a total…
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Enola Bedard Returns with “Telepatia,” Showcasing Her Growth as a Pop Artist
Enola Bedard’s new single, “Telepatia,” is the sound of her finally getting loud. She’s spent years as the face on your For You page — the girl mid-spin, hair everywhere,…
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“Corazón de León”: Inside ZIRO’s New Summer Hit from Zaragoza
I want to recommend a track that’s become my absolute favorite this week. It’s “Corazón de León”, recorded fairly recently by indie rock band ZIRO. I stumbled onto it completely…
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CGMB’s Set Your Heart Ablaze Earns Every One of Its Twenty-Six Tracks
Twenty-six tracks. The first question that number raises is: does this person have twenty-six tracks worth of things to say? The second question, which matters more: does the sequencing justify…
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Judas Steals Your Heart (And Your Attention) on “Lying Thief”
Found this one buried in my recommendations feed and had to stop scrolling. “Lying Thief” is the fresh release from Judas, and it’s already on repeat for me. The track…
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Harry Williams Becomes Neon Pilgrim for Debut Album “Invisible Things”
Some people write hit TV dramas by day and keep a guitar case under the bed for later. Harry Williams is one of them. Under the name Neon Pilgrim, the…
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tomeujuanfusterBottles Summer Itself On “TormentaTropical”
tomeujuanfuster’s from Mallorca, and honestly, you can tell. His new indie pop single “Tormenta Tropical” – pure sun on skin and salt in the air. I like how the groove…
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One Morning, One Song: How Die Shiny Built “Gold Star, Good Citizen”
On July 3th weekend, Salt Lake City’s Die Shiny handed America something it actually needed: a gut-punch of a song that asks what “good citizen” even means anymore. “Gold Star,…
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Isa Leight Wraps Heartbreak in Vintage Velvet on “Held Up By Glue”
Some songs just breathe differently. “Held Up By Glue” is one of those tracks that moves at its own unhurried pace, and Isa Leight’s voice is the reason it works.…
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Kendall Gallo Confronts the Life She Built in New Single “The Wrong Right”
Kendall Gallo here to sit with the questions. You now, the uncomfortable ones, the late-night ones, the ones that don’t let you sleep. And on her latest single, “The Wrong…