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First Transmission: JJ Draper, Zero-Sum.

22nd September 2017 by Josh Holliday

‘So much greater than the sum of its seemingly discrepant parts’, stream polymathic Londoner JJ Draper’s sublime Zero-Sum.

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First Transmission: Kindling, Destroy Yrself.

22nd September 2017 by Josh Holliday

A ‘serrated, tense’ introduction to their forthcoming sophomore full-length, Hush, stream Easthampton, Massachusetts outfit Kindling’s Destroy Yrself.

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First Transmission: Tidal Rave, If That’s All.

22nd September 2017 by Josh Holliday

Stream Kiwi quintet Tidal Rave’s ‘jangling, ramshackle garage-rock grind’ If That’s All, lifted from their recent, eponymous extended-play.

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First Transmission: Emma Jensen, Make You Mine.

22nd September 2017 by Josh Holliday

Joining the steadily extending list of exemplary Norwegian pop vocalists is Oslo’s Emma Jensen, whose Make You Mine is now online.

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First Transmission: Laverne, Seagull.

22nd September 2017 by Josh Holliday

‘Loosely redolent of fellow Canadians Ought, dosed up on Codeine spoon-fed by Britt Daniel,’ stream Vancouver trio Laverne’s Seagull.

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Angel Olsen, Special.

21st September 2017 by Josh Holliday

From her forthcoming Phases compilation, Angel Olsen streams both the basic, scrappy Fly On Your Wall, and the reverb-heavy reverie that is Special.