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Photo by Sabra Binder Khatumu is a first generation American, Sierra-Leonean-German artist, and she just released a new single. "Clothes On" is a mix of folk and pop music that lives in both the mainstream and the world of music snobs. It's the kind of song that is undeniably great. It kind of sounds like if the members of boygenius went a little more country, but stopping just short of being actual country. "Clothes On" is an intensely intimate song, and as slick as the production is, it still has the feel of a confessional bedroom DIY song. Khatumu is the kind of artist that could end up being huge, and you're going to want to hop on her bandwagon as early as possible. Khatumu says of her latest single: "I wrote 'Clothes On' with my then-boyfriend right after our first explosive fight in his car. As luck would have it, he was also one of my producers at the time, and we had a session scheduled immediately after — no time to cool off, no real c...

Photo by Jacq Justice If you also loved meg elsier's 2024 album spittake , buckle up for her latest single. The rising indie rocker recently released "meaning of life," and it takes everything we loved from the artist and goes even harder. In the past I've said that elsier is perfect for fans of Blondshell and Lucy Dacus, and that's still true. But this latest song rocks just a little more hard than that. The guitar has a slightly stronger edge, and there's this great indie rock fuzz once the rock side kicks in. "meaning of life" isn't exactly sludgy, but it's also not not sludgy. Plus, elsier keeps that pop side intact for this latest, giving the entire song a slight sheen over the grit. meg elsier says of her latest single: “ ’meaning of life” is about giving depression company.  It’s being fucking tired, stuck in self-sabotage and procrastination, feeling nothing and living vicariously through other people instead. It’s a pretty goddamn se...