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It starts on a dusty road in Arizona and ends up tanned, penniless, and spent at a beachside bar just north of San Diego. In the process, it becomes the Ladybug Transistor's best work to date.

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Blitzen Trapper: Wild Mountain Nation

Wild Mountain Nation is a feast for name-droppers, lads, and the rest of us.

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Palomar: All Things, Forests

All Things, Forests is a loud, punchy feast of power-pop anthems. And though it can feel like a long meal by the end of the album, it’s ultimately a tasty find.

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The Great Northern: Trading Twilight for Daylight

As a first album, Trading Twilight for Daylight feels too much like a retrospective: It has a lot to say about where it’s been, and very little about where it’s going.

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The Ladybug Transistor: Cant Wait Another Day

It starts on a dusty road in Arizona and ends up tanned, penniless, and spent at a beachside bar just north of San Diego. In the process, it becomes the Ladybug Transistor's best work to date.

The Only Children: Keeper of Youth

The Only Children's "comeback" puts the "sophomoric" in sophomore album.

Georgie James: Need Your Needs

First single of post-Q and Not U poppers heralds big damn things to come.

The Dynamites: Kaboom!

In their quest to reach the essence of funk music, the Dynamites march out a cadre of old funk tropes and well-tested jazz techniques. And they do it in rare form.

Blitzen Trapper: Wild Mountain Nation

Wild Mountain Nation is a feast for name-droppers, lads, and the rest of us.

Palomar: All Things, Forests

All Things, Forests is a loud, punchy feast of power-pop anthems. And though it can feel like a long meal by the end of the album, it’s ultimately a tasty find.

The Great Northern: Trading Twilight for Daylight

As a first album, Trading Twilight for Daylight feels too much like a retrospective: It has a lot to say about where it’s been, and very little about where it’s going.

Auto Interiors: Lets Agree to Deceive Our Best Friends

Let’s Agree to Deceive Our Best Friends may be the holy grail of power pop albums.

Electropop's CMON Feel the Noise on 'Confusing Mix of Nations'

Shintaro Kago's 'Dementia 21' Showcases Surrealist Manga

Anna Burch Creates a Sophisticated Slice of Indie Dream-Pop with 'If You're Dreaming'

Adrian Younge and Ali Shaheed Muhammad Proclaim 'Jazz Is Dead!' Long Live Jazz!

'Harmony' Is About As Bill Frisell As a Bill Frisell Recording Can Be

'Everything's Gonna Be Okay' Is Better Than Okay

Country Music's John Anderson Counts the 'Years'

Rory Block's 'Prove It on Me' Pays Tribute to Women's Blues

"I'm an Audience Member, Playing This Music for Us": An Interview With Keller Williams

"I'll See You Later": Repetition and Time in Almodóvar's 'All About My Mother'

Jordan Rakei Breathes New Life Into Soul Music

Bill Withers and the Curse of the Black Genius

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