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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.
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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.
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Ratboys Throw Open The Window
Chicago's best-kept secret delivers its biggest, warmest, most generous album yet — eight-minute guitar jam included.