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Courtney Barnett singing into a microphone while playing a Fender guitar
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Courtney Barnett Turns the Mundane Into Rock and Roll

On Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit, house hunting and swimming laps become some of the most quotable songs of the decade.

Kurt Vile singing and playing a sunburst guitar through stage smoke
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Kurt Vile Blows the Perfect Smoke Ring

His 2011 breakthrough is a hazy, finger-picked daydream that turns restlessness into the warmest kind of comfort.