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Jason Isbell is extremely good at writing songs. Not exactly the most controversial statement, we know. After all, Isbell is commonly recognized as one of the best — if not the best — singer-songwriters working right now. He can write intimate character studies about fictional people who feel as real as your neighbors, as well as broader, statement-driven numbers that reflect the lives of millions of Americans. He’s the closest thing that millennials and young Gen-Xers have to their very own Bruce Springsteen. (If this were an era in which people like Springsteen became pop stars, he would be a household name.) On May 15, his discography will grow by another album, Reunions, his seventh overall. It speaks to his consistency and reliability that one of the new LP’s singles, “Only Children,” deserves to be ranked among his very best tunes. Check out this ranking of our favorite Isbell songs.

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THE 1975

We’re still about four weeks away from Notes On A Conditional Form, but The 1975 continue to drop singles from their anticipated 22-track fourth album. Their latest, “If You’re Too Shy (Let Me Know)” is a glossy homage to brassy ’80s pop. To us, it sounds like the Pretty Woman soundtrack.

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It’s been 10 years since Jonsi, the This innovative producer/artist last frontperson of Sigur Rós, put out put out an album with 2016’s Oh new music. But thankfully Jonsi No, which was shortlisted for a has come back in a big way with Polaris Music Prize. Lanza is now the new single “Exhale,” a ready to properly follow that up symphonic sweep of a song that with another full-length, All The recalls the evocative, larger-than- Time, which is due out July 24 and life soundscapes of Sigur Rós’ previewed with the glitchy, oddly most memorable work. funky single, “Face.”

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DEEP CUTS JONATHAN WILSON COUNTRY WESTERNS

This eccentric L.A. studio No matter their name or place of wunderkind is probably best origin, this Nashville band doesn’t known for his work on albums by so much twang as sneer with some Father John Misty and Dawes. But good old fashioned rock ‘n’ roll on his own he makes wondrous energy. Their forthcoming self- headphones music that recalls the titled debut, due out June 26, pop-rock glories of SoCal’s past. balances jangle and grit like some His latest, Dixie Blur, sounds like of the great American bands, like Meddle-era Pink Floyd made a R.E.M. and The Replacements. stoned country record. LISTEN LISTEN

VINYL OF THE WEEK

'1975-1987 BOXED SET' by FLEETWOOD MAC Through May 1st, Indie Mixtape subscribers get 10% off this individually numbered, limited edition Fleetwood Mac boxed set. Between 1975 and 1987, Fleetwood Mac released five(!) consecutive(!!) multi-platinum albums, and the entire era is catalogued in this unique set, including Fleetwood Mac on white vinyl; Rumours on clear vinyl; Tusk on a silver vinyl 2-LP set; Mirage on violet vinyl; and Tango In The Night on green vinyl.

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THROWBACK

'FIGURE 8' by ELLIOTT SMITH On one hand, it can be dangerous to play music this beautifully depressive during a quarantine. On the other hand, who can resist Elliott Smith’s most Beatlesque album, which positively bursts with unforgettable melodies.

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