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IDLES
It's difficult to think of a band that's had a bigger breakthrough in 2018 than IDLES, but then again, it's different to think about anything else wh…
7 years, 7 months ago
Johnny Marr
A musician who needs no introduction, Johnny Marr is responsible for some of the most thrilling and innovative rock music of the last half century. T…
7 years, 7 months ago
Smokey Brights
2018 is "the year of two EPs” from Smokey Brights, with a pair of releases bookending the band's busiest year yet. The pop-rock Seattle staples join …
7 years, 7 months ago
Bodega
Incisively driving and immediately arresting, Bodega's slicing post-punk doesn't pull any punches. The Brooklyn outfit join Troy Nelson in the KEXP L…
7 years, 7 months ago
JFDR
Jófríður Ákadóttir's work as JFDR is baroque and graceful, but remains powerful without ever relying on volume. The Samaris-member performs four song…
7 years, 7 months ago
Kiasmos
Somewhere between the ethereal and the emotional, Kiasmos glide with their atmospheric, stirring brand of electronic music. Ólafur Arnalds and Janus …
7 years, 7 months ago
Spirit Award
So fuzzy you can practically hear the fog leaking out of their amplifiers, Spirit Award's razor-sharp rock songs get gloriously filtered through a re…
7 years, 7 months ago
The Beths
One of 2018's breakout bands (in either hemisphere), Auckland, New Zealand's The Beths exploded with their debut album Future Me Hates Me, a collecti…
7 years, 8 months ago
Spesh
Like a lipstick-stained group of New Romantics, Spesh's scuzzy neon blur is infectiously accessible and thrillingly dynamic. The Seattle quartet ente…
7 years, 8 months ago
Let's Eat Grandma
Let's Eat Grandma's second album, I'm All Ears, isn't just a huge leap forward for the Norwich duo, it's one of the finest art-pop albums of the year…
7 years, 8 months ago