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https://ovlov.bandcamp.com/album/buds-2
Since 2009, Ovlov’s transmissions have been sporadic, but they’ve always been impactful. The band’s early run of EPs established the Connecticut four-piece as a modern update on a certain strain of northeastern indie-rock. By the time the band’s debut album Am was released in 2013, Ovlov was getting comparisons to Dinosaur Jr. and Sebadoh tossed in their direction, and while those elements were certainly present in their sound, Ovlov always let catchy pop hooks slip into the mix too. On their third album, Buds, those pop elements are more pronounced than they’ve ever been before.
https://okwasher.bandcamp.com/album/come-back-as-a-bug
Washer is a rock band originally from Brooklyn, NY featuring Mike Quigley on guitar/bass/vocals and Kieran McShane on drums. Since forming in the late months of 2013, the duo have become a staple of the local DIY scene, another hard working band playing countless shows throughout the eastern and central US. They've garnered a strong reputation in that time thanks to the band’s scrappy energy and infectious indie leaning garage punk anthems. Impossibly catchy and deceptively complex, Washer’s songwriting stays with you, burrowing deep into the recesses of your mind as the band aim to “do a lot with a little”. Punk rock minimalism at its finest.