Author: Rob Moura
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Spectreview: Mamalarky – Mamalarky
LA-based Mamalarky burst right out of the gate with a confident self-titled debut that crosses psychedelic textures with prog and jazz.
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Spectreview: Golden Flavored Champagne Sweatshirt – Expectant
Golden Champagne Flavored Sweatshirt bridges the gap between dream and nightmare in the industrial clamor of Expectant.
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Spectreview: Pink Siifu & Fly Anakin – Flysiifu’s
Pink Siifu and Fly Anakin set up shop (and put on a clinic) in the revelrous, freewheeling grooves of FlySiifu’s.
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Spectreview: The Garages – LIVE @ HECKDANG
The Garages’ powerful four-song set from Heckdang’s recent Halloween livestream might be your best entryway into the collective’s unique, inclusive take on DIY punk.
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Spectreview: Peach Kelli Pop – Lucky Star [EP]
Peach Kelli Pop delivers a benevolent punch of breezy, comforting indie rock in her new Lucky Star EP.
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Spectreview: Emily E. Meo – The Found EP
Emily E. Meo's stretches household objects into nimble melodies throughout her new, joyously-constructed EP.
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Spectreview: Róisín Murphy – Róisín Machine
Róisín Murphy holds a mirrorball to the world in the liberative disco grooves of Róisín Machine, her best record to date.
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Spectreview: Floating Rooms – Tired and True [EP]
Maya Stoner articulates her exhaustion over five stellar indie songs in Floating Room’s self-explanatory Tired and True.
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Spectreview: Oceanator – Things I Never Said
Elise Okusami fills her debut LP under Oceanator with simply-crafted songs lined with striking lyrics and delivered with a bracing honesty.
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Spectreview: sous chef & swingset – Saturn
Saturn, a collaboration between Seattle’s Antoine Martel and Jordan Lowe, is a breezy jazz-inflected package speckled with collages.