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10. Paul Weller — 66<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The former frontman of The Jam stays away from Mod-rock here, but delivers plenty of soulful, introspective grit that\u2019s wise and heartfelt. <\/p>\n

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9. Seized Up — Modify The Sacred<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Hardcore punk from Santa Cruz that\u2019s forceful, furious and fleeting, Seized Up are just as great as the members\u2019 others bands\u2014BL\u2019AST, Good Riddance, The Distillers and Fast Asleep. <\/p>\n

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8. Spells — Past Our Prime<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The Denver vacation rockers blend garage, punk, pop and hardcore into a gruff and melodic masterpiece. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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7. Dee CRACKS — 20 Years. A Frantic Effort<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n

Austria’s finest in the area of smooth and riff filled punk, Dee CRACKS\u2019 head bobbin\u2019 and toe tappin\u2019 ways across this \u201cBest Of\u201d collection actually has the band re-recording all the tunes for an enhanced listen. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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6. Cock Sparrer — Hand On Heart<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

The English legends never disappoint when it comes to anthemic, rowdy and retro sounding punk that will leave you fist pumping in your kitchen and leaping off your living room furniture into an imaginary pit. <\/p>\n

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5. Andrea von Kampen — Sister Moon<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

A Nebraska folk singer with a voice that you can\u2019t not be in awe of, whether it\u2019s acoustic guitar, keys or cello guiding the mood, the touching songs here make a significant impression. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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4. Samuel Wilbur — The Age<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

A Twin Cities artist who knows his way around shoegaze and folk ideas, there’s plenty of focus on mood and dreaminess to be enjoyed across this diverse outing.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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3. The Vaccines — Pick-Up Full Of Pink Carnations<\/i> <\/b><\/p>\n

The Brit-rockers who never let us down bring their swirling guitars, endless hooks and garage rock energy that further impresses us on this sixth album.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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2. The Lunar Laugh — In The Black<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

A record that might be pop at its core, Oklahoma’s The Lunar Laugh also bring \u201960s ideas, cello and pedal steel to a steady stream of harmonic, jangly and dreamy songwriting.<\/p>\n

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1. Plizzken — Do You Really Wanna Know?<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n

Germany has a long history with seminal punk bands, and Plizzken should certainly be on that list, too. These working class, street punk anthems are as sincere as they are charged, and the gang vocals and buzzing guitars aren’t in short supply, either. <\/p>\n

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(In no particular order\u2026) 10. Paul Weller — 66 The former frontman of The Jam stays away from Mod-rock here, but delivers plenty of soulful, introspective grit that\u2019s wise and heartfelt. \u00a0 9. Seized Up — Modify The Sacred Hardcore punk from Santa Cruz that\u2019s forceful, furious and fleeting, Seized Up are just as great […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":89,"featured_media":48196,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"tags":[],"feature_type":[5609],"class_list":["post-47978","feature","type-feature","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","feature_type-best-of"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feature\/47978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feature"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/feature"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/89"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feature\/47978\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48196"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=47978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=47978"},{"taxonomy":"feature_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyvault.adishjain.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/feature_type?post=47978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}