Lars Gotrich
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Threadbare demos on a new reissue of 1998's Overcome by Happiness illuminate Joe Pernice's songwriting paradox: Brill Building pop woven from homespun scruff, sarcastic but always sure-footed. -
The band recaptures a shredded tension on its second new album after a two-decade hiatus: You feel the crushing effects of the world upon humanity, and the occasional glimpse of beauty.
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The singer and co-founder of the psychedelic group died at home in São Paulo.
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The minimalist English octet stresses a communal spirit in its Tiny Desk performance.
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With a who's who of forward-thinking guitarists, Bill Orcutt brings his ecstatic minimalism to the Tiny Desk.
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As much as Pedigo's songcraft has changed, a tender smirk remains behind each pluck and strum here.
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The Athens, Ga., group has always felt like a myth hidden in plain sight. In a newly unearthed studio session, hear the band reverse-engineer punk's primitive roots to craft a circus-like surrealism.
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The New Zealand band writes sparkling indie pop underpinned by empathy. At the Tiny Desk, you can hear that support and camaraderie in the band's stripped-down arrangements and dry banter.
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Songwriter Tommy Marolda delivers a deliciously clever power-pop soap opera in three minutes.
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The guitarist responds to the quietude and complexity of his subject with bursts of compassion and even confusion.
