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Boston garage rock mods The Chelsea Curve are back with a new single off their upcoming album. "Ride" is everything we want from the trio. It's an unbelievably catchy rock track with pop hooks and more of a mod sheen than your typical garage rock song. These days we could use as much fun as we can possibly get, and a song like "Ride" perfectly provides that. This is the perfect song for anyone who has ever had a soft spot for garage rock, mod, or even Brit pop. Plus, The Chelsea Curve get huge on this one. At some points, especially towards the end, it feels like they might be doing their best to channel The Who.  You can listen to "Ride" below. The Rideout is due out on May 1 on Rum Bar Records, and is available to pre-order through Bandcamp . For more on The Chelsea Curve, check out the band on Facebook and Instagram . They'll be playing a killer bill at The Burren in Somerville on June 12 with The Gruesomes and Muck & the Mires. Ride by The...

Artist : Ride Album : Interplay Quick Thoughts : Ride, the legendary shoegaze band, offers a new album, their second since coming back from an extended hiatus. As wrestling fans say, "they still got it," because this is just a glorious reverb-heavy spectacle that makes you realize that shoegaze is generally always good, but when it's great it's almost transcendant. Don't miss this. Songs of Note : "Light in a Quiet Room," "Stay Free," "Portland Rocks" Artist : gglum Album : The Garden Dream Quick Thoughts : "SPLAT!" hit my playlists a while back and I really (and still) fell for it, so the debut album from gglum is more fuzzy buzzy indie rock that just works well. It's drenched in the sort of distortion that we love here, and they're a band that deserves to be better known than they are. Songs of Note : "Easy Fun," "SPLAT!," "Glue," "He Laid His 97's Neatly By the Doo...