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Callie Flanagan was recruited by Julian Casablancas to support the Strokes - now at the age of 21, she's writing songs filled with the raw emotion of youth from New York. UK tour kicks off November 4 Making music at a young age after a pandemic feels strange. So here are a few more curve balls. Imagine the happy, youth-friendly indie you posted online in your early teens, the record

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My Piledriver Heart's next album is out now. The UK tour starts on November 4th

Making music at a young age after a pandemic can feel strange. So here are a few more curve balls. Imagine the breezy, youth-friendly indie you posted online in your early teens landing you a record. Covid happens. You move to New York, change your artist name, and then Julian Casablancas looks at an open mic and invites you to open for the Strokes in Colorado, 18, on your own.

It's the pinball game of the music career of superfan, aka Callie Flanagan, who's now 21, and her latest album, My Piledriver Heart, offers a codex of buzz-worthy miniature bildungsongs.

Flanagan's primary instruments are some of the simplest: tight, tight acoustic guitars (which he calls acoustico) and powerful, hushed vocals reminiscent of Elliott Smith or Alex J. There are rummy drums and distortion in songs like In the Gold Room or Keeping Your Smile.

The album's real strength is Flanagan's ability to spin emotion out of simple melodies, phrases or constructions, thanks in part to masterful cello work by Omid Almasi (who also played with Bar Italia): pick the way the strings soar from a guitar line at the height of Miss W. Jones or Dr. Van Jones Bassroom or Dr. Van Jones Bassi. take off). However, just when you think Flanagan is onto something concrete, he isn't: it's the music that evokes the new. Feelings in every listen. Isn't that what growing up is all about? Archie Ford

The Philadelphia duo, who in a previous generation might have been labeled freak-folk, released their album Autosmile today, and it's one of the best of the year. This particular song has a charming mix of innocence and experience, with anthemic yet worn vocals.

An absolutely stunning, minimalistic R&B ballad with shades of Maxwell on the chorus and mk.gee on his guitar as Aalegra breaks down about how she betrayed a lover.

Although Johnny Marr wrote it and delivered the simple, big riff, the lead single from the New York legends' first album in nine years is all about Debbie Harry, speaking rhythmically through the chorus with a husky, worn-out tone in her voice.

Carissa's Wierd - I don't feel like I'm thinking straight

In the 25 years since their last album, the US indie duo have amassed a streaming audience that will no doubt flock to this new single, a romantic tug-of-war whose tension continues even as the epic drums kick in.

His day job is playing bass for Little Sims, but Keter's own music is worth seeking out: Libra is a Latin lead, with delicate vocals from Margaridas — and, predictably, a killer melodic bass.

You can reliably beat 'Buy It Now' on anything Melbourne label Efficient Space releases, including contemporary artists and box-digging collections. This is a catchy 1981 song from an overlooked American jazz singer, from Future. The second sample is titled Nothing Ever Was.

Guitars are rarely distorted as wonderfully as they are here, with sounds like a wind-attacked microphone shifting in the melodic hardcore post of the Brighton trio.