Pretty Matty playfully synthesizes pop and punk in new single “You’re Not There”

Toronto-based Pretty Matty’s music can best be identified as pop punk. But, as their latest single “You’re Not There” proves, it’s the punk which comes first for the band. And if punk lays the foundation of this musical house, then its walls are made with pop-bounce and its roof is a shelling of modern rock.

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Dirtycakes revives “Resist 45” anthem in the wake of American turmoil

Barring the apocalypse, 2020 America rivals the political whirlwind of 2016 where the fate of the nation practically sits on a coin toss. The Los Angeles punk band, Dirtycakes, highlights this likeness with the remaster of their anthem, “Resist 45,” a track originally released in 2017.

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Surfbort’s new single “Silly D” is a memory of what punk was and is

The Brooklyn-based punk group, Surfbort, has released a brand new single: “Silly D.” It’s the second single the band has released in a year, following two brief EPs, and it shows the band’s persistence to their jagged punk sound. In fact, “Silly D” sounds more rough and alien than the band’s average discography, but that’s to the betterment of the single.

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Premiere: Kimi Recor Shares Heavenly New Track 'Bunny'

Splitting her time between Los Angeles and Berlin, multi-instrumentalist and singer-songwriter Kimi Recor has shared ‘Bunny’, the raw, dreamy title track from her new solo-project - a heartfelt collection of songs inspired by falling in love while the world is shrouded in chaos.

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Girl Friday’s Androgynous Mary: A Striking Debut

Since 2017, the LA-based feminist band, Girl Friday, has dropped a steady trickle of post-rock material. Let it be known, however, that any assumption viewing the band as a direct descendent of the 90’s riot grrrl flame should be immediately dispelled. With their debut LP, Androgynous Mary, Girl Friday presents a more reserved and complex perspective of the female experience in the 21st century.

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