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This isn’t a record review. Or maybe it is. But I fell asleep while listening to this album and had a wonderful dream: I was riding my bike through a fictional version of the city where I was born. You know what I mean- familiar, but strangely new? I rode through predawn darkness. The sun began to rise and made the city glow. Two buildings stood out, a liquor store and a pasta factory. I woke up in a happy mood and carried that feeling throughout the day. Joe
The first solo record from onetime Cold Beat singer Hanna Lew is a synthpop delight, with just a touch of shadow around the edges. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 13, 2026
Soft, sophisticated indie folk from the Austrian singer and songwriter, boosted by neoclassical instrumentation and chamber-pop smarts. Bandcamp New & Notable Jan 11, 2026
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The Reds, Pinks & Purples invoke a very particular moment of the post-C86/Sarah Records outpost of “college rock” before grunge became the de facto form of “alt rock”. This is pop music like they don’t really make it anymore: Catchy, gloomy, literate, jangly, artsy, occasionally frivolous… like some half-remembered video from the Dave Kendall-era of 120 Minutes. Snuffy Spiderlegs