The Most Important Song

Out she's later in the distance, shouting out a warn
Out she ran too persistent, whoa, our mind is so absurd
Whoa love, whoa love
Jumping jolly to the end, I wanna be your friend
I wanna be your best friend
Don't want you to be my girl
I wanna be your best friend
Don't want you to be my
I don't want you to be my

I saw Palma Violets a couple of years back at SXSW and became best of friends with their gritty, British garage rock sound. "Best of Friends", today's Most Important, made some significant waves when it came out, and they've had a few solid follow-ups. 2015's Danger In The Club is a terrific album and single. I'm not sure what they're up to now, but my hope that we'll hear more from them soon.

RIYL: The Jam, Parquet Courts, The Cribs, The Rakes

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She broke right through the mess he made
Shoved an apple in his face
And impaled him with a long and gnarly stake
And I give thanks for it everyday
But I still think of god in the same way:
As the moment in my dreams
When I'm fading away
And what takes my place
Is a radial gradient of cops and priests
And mounting things
Fucking everything
Making rules for a body within me

The first time I heard New York garage outfit LVL UP I was reminded of the first time I heard Built To Spill. I mean the old, kind of rough-but-awesome stuff, not the more polished (still awesome) less-old stuff. "Hidden Driver" is the kind of song, like Built To Spill's "Car" that catches you a bit unaware each time you hear it, exciting you as it worms its way in through your ears. Their latest release, Return To Love, is an intelligent, complicated fuzzy, lo-fi treat. Check it out.

RIYL: Built To Spill, Cayetana, Porches, Car Seat Headrest