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DFA spin-off label Death From Abroad recently released Tokyo psych-rock outfit Yura Yura Teikoku’s 2007 albums Hollow Me and Beautiful in America. The trio’s rock contains an edge of danciness to it, which explains why they’d end up on a DFA-related label. Pitchfork is currently streaming Yura Yura Teikoku’s “Dekina,” check it out. First you…
New Amunoa: “Alright Now”
Producer Amunoa usually makes swift, sample-skipping tracks that feel like confetti cannons going off. But on “Alright Now,” they go a little bit more inward and try out a more relaxed pace. It opens in a daze, faded guitar notes swirling around before giving way for a beat content to shuffle along rather than burst…
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GAGAKIRISE Cover Puffyshoes’ Finally The Weekend
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