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\u201cWolf Lie Down\u201d – The Fresh & Onlys. Man, I hate bands that hold their music back from streaming services. This song was released as a single back in June but F&O didn\u2019t allow it to stream until recently. This kicks ass and is a perfect summer song. Oh well, at least we get to enjoy it now.<\/p>\n
\u201cEmotion\u201d – Curls. Christopher Owens once had a band named Curls. Then they broke up and he started a new band called Girls. Then he went solo. Now he has a new band called\u2026Curls. Hmmm. Not that any of that matters, because this is just a good song.<\/p>\n
\u201cEvery Day\u2019s the Weekend\u201d – Alex Lahey. Another fantastic female artist from Australia. Lahey is way poppier than Courtney Barnett, but she still has some of Barnett’s conversational style to her lyrics. Her debut album I Love You Like A Brother<\/em> is really, really good.<\/p>\n \u201cWhat Can I Do If the Fire Goes Out?\u201d – Gang of Youths. Here\u2019s my latest musical obsession. Writer Steven Hyden tweeted earlier this week that he missed their album Go Farther In Lightness<\/em> when it came out earlier this year, but had been digging it of late. He described them as \u201cThe National on steroids.\u201d I took a listen and was hooked. Yep, there\u2019s a lot of The National in their sound. There\u2019s also some of the grandiosity of Arcade Fire. You can hear a little early Springsteen in there as well. The entire album is a magnificent monster of a listen. It hit the threshold of me enjoying it enough to buy the entire thing, burn it to disk, and pop it in the vehicle CD player, which only happens a few times each year.<\/p>\n