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Dream Pop for a Lonely Heart. - Esmé Patterson: Light In Your Window
Dream Pop for a Lonely Heart. - Esmé Patterson: Light In Your Window

Explores the complexity of a desire to feel connected to something that no longer exists, and makes peace with the slow rhythm of emotional recovery.

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Languid Dream Pop from Albany. - Laveda: If Only (You Said No)
Languid Dream Pop from Albany. - Laveda: If Only (You Said No)

Laveda brings their unique, collaborative vision to an extension of 90s shoegaze, and into the modern spectrum of languid dream-pop.

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Badass LoFi Slow Funk. - Grandma x Rico Nasty: Stomp and Grind
Badass LoFi Slow Funk. - Grandma x Rico Nasty: Stomp and Grind

Gritty visuals, oversaturated colors, and a sizzling vocal performance from Rico Nasty underscore the primal yawp of this urban get-down.

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Unforgettable Indie Pop from Nashville. - Savannah Sgro: Friends With Your Girlfriend
Unforgettable Indie Pop from Nashville. - Savannah Sgro: Friends With Your Girlfriend

Leverages an honest and disarming soprano against a heartfelt lyricism that draws from universal touch-points of daily life.

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Understated Acoustic Folk FFO Bon Iver. - Jesper Hasnaoui: Warm Night In Oslo
Understated Acoustic Folk FFO Bon Iver. - Jesper Hasnaoui: Warm Night In Oslo

A soothing and romantic moment of introspection, served over an understated shuffle and a complement of muted brass.

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Indie Folk from the UK FFO Alexi Murdoch. - Rainy: Still Here
Indie Folk from the UK FFO Alexi Murdoch. - Rainy: Still Here

An inviting call for emotional solidarity across all lines of division.

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Mysterious Dream Pop from Austin. - Bryson Briight: Foolish
Mysterious Dream Pop from Austin. - Bryson Briight: Foolish

A little bit cryptic, a little bit in-crowd, and sluggish-sexy like a strip club, on acid, where someone keeps playing the same two chords on a Rhodes piano.

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Spiritual Hip Hop from Los Angeles. - Dax: Dear God (music video)
Spiritual Hip Hop from Los Angeles. - Dax: Dear God (music video)

If a single song can dismantle centuries of religious hegemony, and serve as a soul-cry for countless generations of unheeded suffering, this is it.

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