Body

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Written By Michael Gutierrez

Los Angeles’ Mona Demone crafts danceable house that sprinkles in the occasional break beat flourish. The songs on the latest LP S3RP3NT are “meant to be anthemic.” They’re mostly anthems without a singalong choruses. The heavy techno washes and lazer beams do most of the talking.

On our highlighted track “Body” Mona Demone employs a lighter touch, piecing together a fleet-of-foot beatscape that could transition from an innocent spin session soundtrack to something more wicked late Saturday night.

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Nyesui Loe and Loman: “50,000 YEN”
Nyesui Loe and Loman: “50,000 YEN”

A glitzy downtempo soul-inflected hip hop promenade.

Public Faces: “All The Luck”
Public Faces: “All The Luck”

Mellow, Beatles’ psych-tinged popper.

girl ultra: “bruce willisss”
girl ultra: “bruce willisss”

Bruce Willis is in a strange space.

Time and Place: “Liar and a Cheat”
Time and Place: “Liar and a Cheat”

The folk punkers are back at it with a new single.

JPEGMAFIA: “Exmilitary”
JPEGMAFIA: “Exmilitary”

Hip hop drama don drops a medium tempo banger.

Sulaiman: “What Other Options”
Sulaiman: “What Other Options”

A medium tempo hip hop ambler.

Blue Heron: “Qui n’aroit autre deport”
Blue Heron: “Qui n’aroit autre deport”

A medieval banger from everyone’s favorite early music group.

Perfect Saturday: “Christmas In My Hometown”
Perfect Saturday: “Christmas In My Hometown”

An acoustic punk Xmas strummer.

Cinchel: “Dance Butterfly Rosebush”
Cinchel: “Dance Butterfly Rosebush”

Noise, experiments, experimental noise.

James Brandon Lewis: “Send Seraphic Beings”
James Brandon Lewis: “Send Seraphic Beings”

Tenor saxophone in the new Old School fashion.

SUSS: “Flight”
SUSS: “Flight”

Cosmic Americana?

Daniel Knox: “Don’t Forget To Cry”
Daniel Knox: “Don’t Forget To Cry”

Where in the world is Daniel Knox?

Claire Rousay: “iii”
Claire Rousay: “iii”

Film scores are not everyone’s cup of tea.

Pearl Sugar: “FKA Unicorn”
Pearl Sugar: “FKA Unicorn”

Kind of a rangy, dissonant mid-90s Sonic Youth-style intro.

p1nkf1re: “red 155”
p1nkf1re: “red 155”

Don’t lean on Aphex Twin comparisons in your writing.

Jessica Pratt: “Better Hate”
Jessica Pratt: “Better Hate”

What you been up to lately, Mexican Summer?

felicia: “waitsfield river”
felicia: “waitsfield river”

A sweet lofi folk strummer.

Kerrin Connolly: “Talk Therapy”
Kerrin Connolly: “Talk Therapy”

An uptempo pop rocker straight out of the gates.

Don’t Grow Old: “Committed”
Don’t Grow Old: “Committed”

Local post hardcore hootenanny takes on an Unsane cover.

Laney Jones: “Waiting On You”
Laney Jones: “Waiting On You”

Psych, stoner rock out of Nashville.

Ekko Astral: “Baethoven”
Ekko Astral: “Baethoven”

No points deducted for misspelling Beythoveen.

Exit 18: “Glitter On”
Exit 18: “Glitter On”

Hard rawk…with a little glam?

Donato Dozzy: “Franca”
Donato Dozzy: “Franca”

A 7-minute minimalist techno banger.

American Ink: “Wait For Me. . . Again”
American Ink: “Wait For Me. . . Again”

A slick & slippery lead guitar on the opening.

Parlour Bells: “Dixies”
Parlour Bells: “Dixies”

A medium slow tempo roadhouse growler.

Hereboy: “Moonblue”
Hereboy: “Moonblue”

This song’s been “kicking around” for a while.

YHWH Nailgun: “Tear Pusher”
YHWH Nailgun: “Tear Pusher”

Electro post punk.

Greg Freeman: “Tower”
Greg Freeman: “Tower”

An indie rock banger with real build.

Kalia Vandever: “Unfaltering”
Kalia Vandever: “Unfaltering”

Minimalist, slowcore trombone-led jazz.

Plant Fight: “Vacant Agent”
Plant Fight: “Vacant Agent”

Boxy artcore.

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