{"id":8336,"date":"2014-03-05T15:00:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-05T20:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/?p=8336"},"modified":"2014-03-05T18:46:19","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T23:46:19","slug":"best-new-alt-tracks-of-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.northcountrypublicradio.org\/allin\/2014\/03\/05\/best-new-alt-tracks-of-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Best new alt-tracks of 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"
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So we’re a few months into the New Year and new music has been feeling a little scarce. I mean, personally I feel\u00a0like I’ve had the same songs on repeat for\u00a0weeks<\/em>\u00a0now!\u00a0I know I’m not super patient, but I can’t sit around, anxiously waiting for the great songs of 2014 to come and sweep me off my feet. So I did a little digging, and came up with these eight new tracks.<\/p>\n

Speedy Ortiz- \u201cAmerican Horror\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n

Speedy Ortiz’s debut album Major Arcana<\/em> was arguably one of the best albums of 2013. But\u00a0“American Horror,” one of the songs off Speedy Ortiz’ recently released EP\u00a0Real Hair,\u00a0<\/em>delivers. Singer\/guitarist\/90’s princess\/lioness Sadie Dupuis continues to spew out a mouthful of meticulously crafted lyrics, but the tone of “American Horror” feels a little more uplifting than the tracks on last album. Dupuis continues to spew out a mouthful of meticulously crafted lyrics and Robidoux’s gut-wrenching guitar riffs continue embellish Dupuis’ shrill voice. But the overall tone quality of this single feels a little more uplifting than some of the tracks on Major Arcana<\/em>.<\/p>\n