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1. John Cale: “Shark — Shark”
Eighty-two years previous and nonetheless making bops like this? May all of us be so blessed. Droning guitars, a hypnotic melody, percussion that feels like somebody drumming on a trash can — this single from his forthcoming album “Poptical Illusion” is traditional John Cale.
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2. Nilüfer Yanya: “Like I Say (I Runaway)”
Speaking of mesmerizing loops and suave distortion, right here’s the newest from the British singer-songwriter Nilüfer Yanya, whose earlier album, “Painless,” was one in every of my favorites of 2022.
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3. Carly Pearce: “Fault Line”
There’s a throwback allure to a lot of the music made by Carly Pearce, a millennial nation star with a aptitude for good, quaint craftsmanship. I hear a bit of Loretta Lynn on this fiery and intelligent ditty a couple of relationship on the rocks: “We ought to most likely go and discover a ‘For Sale’ signal,” she sings, “’Cause we’re livin’ on a fault line, and the fault is all the time mine.”
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4. Ibibio Sound Machine: “Pull the Rope”
I confess I used to be not accustomed to the Afro-funk group Ibibio Sound Machine earlier than Jon Pareles chosen this monitor for a latest Playlist, nevertheless it’s actually acquired my consideration now. This title monitor from its lately launched LP “Pull the Rope” is buoyant and catchy, constructing its chorus round an optimistic message: “Even although we’re keen to tug the set off, let’s pull the rope — collectively, we hope.”
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5. Caroline Polachek: “Starburned and Unkissed”
I lately noticed Jane Schoenbrun’s stirring and surreal film “I Saw the TV Glow” and when this Caroline Polachek track performed whereas one of many foremost characters trudges by way of a highschool hallway, I used to be like, “Oh I will be in search of out this soundtrack.” Polachek successfully conjures a sense of adolescent boredom right here, intercut with sudden, if fleeting, moments of vivid rapture.
