1.St. Vincent: “Broken Man”
There’s often an unnerving poise to the music of St. Vincent — an almost eeri iciness that Annie Clark delights in shattering with sudden blurts of guitar. All that tension is dialed up to great effect on “Broken Man,” the corrosive first single from her upcoming seventh album, “All Born Screaming.” One of my favorite things Clark has ever done is his menacingly badass live cover of Big Black’s “Kerosene,” and there are certainly echoes of that thrilling industrial sound here.
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2. Zsela: “Fire Escape”
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