Goat Girl, an all female quartet that emerged from the close knit South London music scene and consists of four friends who hung around the same club in Brixton, burst onto the post-punk scene amidst a wave of buzz, signing with Rough Trade Records before they had even started working on their first full-length album. Their self-titled debut, which dropped last month, was met with acclaim, and their biting brand of politicized garage-punk has drawn comparisons to the likes of The Kinks and The Libertines. They made their stateside debut at SXSW and will return in May to support Parquet Courts on their North American tour. (Rough Trade Records)

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One of the most honest, self-effacing and unpretentious pop-stars Britain has produced in a generation, Kate Nash returns to her indie pop roots with her fourth album, Yesterday Was Forever, the follow up to 2013’s critically acclaimed Girl Talk. Containing smatterings of 90’s femme pop rock like Alanis Morrisette and The Cranberries, as well as upbeat dance tracks and spoken word confessionals, Yesterday Was Forever is a biting and bittersweet blend of bubble-gum-pop hooks and driving garage rock, tackling themes revolving around mental health and relationships.

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Frankie Cosmos, the exuberant indie pop outfit of New York-based songwriter and composer Greta Kline, has taken several different shapes since the release of their breakout debut Zentropy in 2014, and sophomore follow up Next Thing in 2016. Their latest offering, Vessel serves as another distinctive chapter in the acclaimed group’s unique biography, containing esoteric and heartfelt narratives expressed with the reveling energy and clarity of a group comfortable with their continuing evolution. (Sub Pop Records)

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Trace Mountains, the side project of LVL UP’s Dave Benton, is gearing up to release their first full-length debut album, A Partner To Lean On at the end of the month, before embarking on a spring tour. The album, which the Brooklyn-based musician describes as a continuation of his “life-long relationship with music-making as a social process,” showcases a collaborative effort of tender and idiosyncratic low-fi pop, brought vividly to life through Benton’s evocative lyrical imagery. (Figure 2 RC)

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Levon and Kennedy: Mississippi Innocence Project is a photo book by acclaimed photographer Isabelle Armand that documents the time she spent over the span of five years with Levon Brooks and Kennedy Brewer, two African American men from rural Mississipi who were both wrongfully convicted of murder in separate trials the early 1990s. Brooks, despite an alibi, was sentenced to life and was imprisoned for 18 years. A few years later Brewer was convicted and sentenced to death. He was incarcerated for 15. In 2008, the nonprofit legal organization Innocence Project in New York exonerated both men. The intimate and at times heartbreaking photographic essay puts faces on the victims of wrongful conviction, capturing their lives, bonds, obstacles and environments, and raising consciousness about the critical issues in our criminal justice system. (powerHouse Books)

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New York trio Sunflower Bean’s spirited sophomoric album arrives almost two years and two months after their critically acclaimed debut Human Ceremony, and finds all three members twenty-two. Co-produced by Unknown Mortal Orchestra’s Jacob Portrait, Twentytwo in Blue stays true to their raucous, rock-inspired roots, while exhibiting a softer and more refined sound, and delving into progressive and political themes without sacrificing an ounce of their blissful, youthful cool. (Mom + Pop Music)

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Keep The Change, the directorial debut from Rachel Israel, which took home the prize for Best U.S. Narrative Feature and Best New Narrative Director at the Tribeca Film Festival, tells the unlikely love story of two New Yorkers who meet in a support group for adults with disabilities. Under the guise of an off-kilter romantic comedy merged with a docu-reality aesthetic, the film features a cast of nonprofessional actors with autism, starring Samantha Elisofon and Brandon Polansky. Poignant and thoroughly charming, Keep the Change offers a portrait of a community seldom depicted on the big screen, challenging our pre-conceived notions of what love is supposed to look like. (Kino Lorber)

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From executive producers Will Ferrell and Adam McKay, OH LUCY!, the full-length directorial debut from Atsuko Hirayanagi, is a remake of the 2014 short by the same name. Starring Shinobu Terajima, Josh Hartnett, and Kaho Minami, this Japanese dark comedy follows Setsuko Kawashima (Terajima), a lonely office worker in Tokyo who discovers a new identity when she takes an English class: her American alter ego, ‘Lucy.’ The film follows her quest to the outskirts of Southern California to find her English instructor (Hartnett) after he abruptly disappears. (Film Movement)

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