Maria Sherman
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The debut single from the Seattle grunge-pop band doesn't ignore the gracelessness of youth. It embraces it.
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The gothy teens of Gothenburg, Sweden's Agent Blå mix indie-pop and post-punk to make what they call "death pop." The first single from the band's debut album is sinister and sweet.
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The band excels at crafting impossibly memorable pop songs, and it does so here with a capital P.
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The Philadelphia band gets at the heart of youthful romance with peculiar — and, frankly, gross — scientific specificity.
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New member Melina Ausikaitis leads this weird pop song as Joan Of Arc's members bike and skateboard during a fireworks display.
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The first single from Nightmare Logic possesses a certain monolithic quality Lemmy would admire: a massive rawness and heavy hopelessness that thrashes with punk immediacy and metal intricacy.
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The Philly post-punk band's intimate story of war gets under the skin, cold and heavy.
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The teacher-turned-rapper knows that nerds are having a moment. In "Weirdo," she rejects anti-geek social stigma in favor of a celebration of self.