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More New Sextile and Everything Else You Heard Upstairs at Club Underground, 7/18/25

More. Pulp notebook and pen. Pulp swag from Club Underground in Los Angeles, July 2025 (Photo: Liz Ohanesian)
More. Pulp swag. And it’s a notebook and pen. Things I actually use a lot. (Pic: Liz O.)

Last night was Club Underground’s Pulp Party, but I played in the not-Pulp room, which is why you heard a mix of ‘80s, ‘00s and new indie, darkwave, etc. upstairs at the Grand Star all night. “Women Respond to Bass” by Sextile is this summer’s banger, but I wanted to get “Rearrange,” from the duo’s latest album, into the set as well because it has a very DFA thing going on it.  Also, the lyrics are extremely right now. Teddybears (featuring Iggy Pop) made a comeback with “Punkrocker” thanks to the Superman movie that I haven’t seen. There was also new music from Ships in the Night and Mareux in the set. If you want to see what was played, keep scrolling. Oh, and shout out to the small group of Fontaines D.C. fans who happened to be upstairs for both “Here’s the Thing” and “Starburster.” 

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New Music

The 15 Best Albums of 2024 According to One Really Opinionated DJ

Fontaines D.C. Romance Album cover
Spoiler alert: Romance by Fontaines D.C. is the album of the year.

Year-end lists are tough. I don’t even know how many versions of my top 2024 albums I drafted before settling on this one. It was, originally, a 10 album list. That just wasn’t working, though, so I expanded it to 15 and still ended up cutting a bunch of albums that are fantastic. What I’m getting at is that I’m not going to argue with anyone about what isn’t or isn’t on here. I already spent a few weeks arguing with myself and will probably continue to second-guess every choice until it’s time to make the 2025 list.  If you don’t like it, make your own list.

All of these are albums that I like to listen to in full. A few of the picks have songs that turn up in my club sets, but club-friendly music is not a requirement here. I’ll have another list for that and, likely, a mix as well, so keep checking back between now and New Year’s Eve. Until then, read on for my top 15 albums of 2024. 

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New Music

Post-Punk, Synthpop, Darkwave Roundup: Molchat Doma, Ploho, Leathers and More

Molchat Doma Belaya Polosa album cover
Molchat Doma Belaya Polosa album cover

To be honest, I wasn’t a huge Molchat Doma fan. I could hang with a few songs, enough to oblige the frequent requests at clubs, but their albums just didn’t really resonate with me. Then, last Friday, I gave Belaya Polosa a listen and immediately bought it on Bandcamp. Molchat Doma’s fourth album is their best so far. 

But, I’ve been hesitant to write about the album because even AP has done that, on account of Molchat Doma’s now four-year-old TikTok hit, and there’s a digital stack of music that I’ve been meaning to write about, but haven’t. So, I’ll just try to squeeze as much as possible about all of it here. 

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