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Sounds like:
girlpool,
Courtney Barnett,
Sonic Youth
By
Jana Sabrina
on
Aug 27, 2019
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German slacker-queen, Ilgen-Nur, is soon to release her debut album Power Nap. The second single "Easy Way Out“ is arguably one of her best songs to date. During all her releases she has shown vulnerability and the...
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2

Sounds like:
infinite bisous,
column,
Connan Mockasin
By
Christiana Bartolini
on
May 23, 2016
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r mccarthy encapsulates experimental instrumental bliss in "Loving On Moon."
A little acoustic, a little electronic, and a lot exploratory, r mccarthy somehow finds a soothing factor within dissonant chords. It's not an easy feat to make the atonal ...
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3

Sounds like:
Golden Daze,
Whistlejacket,
Happiness
By
Christiana Bartolini
on
Apr 20, 2016
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Holy Wave’s single “California Took My Bobby Away” is the epitome of must-listen summer slack music.
As breezy and lethargic as this track may sound, there is still a very apparent uplifting component to its composition. Lush swirls of reverberated ...
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4

Sounds like:
Mac DeMarco,
Unknown Mortal Orchestra,
Beck
By
Sarah Jukes
on
Mar 30, 2016
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I love the idea of slacker rock. Making rock music like you just don't care! Haha. Jokes aside, slacker rock is serious stuff and he's an excellent taste of some that I'm almost certain you haven't heard before.
So who is Galkin? He's a young guy bo...
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5

Sounds like:
The Jesus and Mary Chain,
Twerps,
Smith Westerns
By
Hugh McClure
on
Jan 15, 2016
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Melbourne's SMILE has the honor of my first review of 2016 -- funny enough with a track entitled "Holiday" (and this writer has just returned from one). The lads have been close to my heart since their debut release a couple of years back, and have s...
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6

Sounds like:
Mac Demarco,
Real Estate,
Wild Nothing
By
Hugh McClure
on
Nov 13, 2015
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This isn't just one of my favorite Australian bands going around at the moment; Good Morning might just be one of the more prolific, too! Having recently returned from a visit to this year's CMJ Music Marathon in New York which saw them play 11(!) sh...
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7

Sounds like:
Smith Westerns,
Twerps,
Cloud Control
By
Hugh McClure
on
Oct 6, 2015
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Melbourne band SMILE has routinely been a favorite of mine since I first happened across them a couple of years back. They're not just another slacker band, hovering somewhere in between the current genre and something from a bygone era.
The four-pi...
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8

Sounds like:
The Bees,
Connan Mockasin,
Ducktails
By
Hugh McClure
on
Sep 22, 2015
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One of my favorite new Australian bands, Crepes, released a new track a couple of weeks back, but I've been stupidly slack with reviews recently and am only getting to it now.
That said, "Size of your Town" has probably been my favorite release of t...
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