{"id":2242410,"date":"2026-11-06T22:19:54","date_gmt":"2026-11-06T19:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2242410"},"modified":"2026-11-06T22:19:54","modified_gmt":"2026-11-06T19:19:54","slug":"lizzy-mcalpine-keeps-her-promise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2242410","title":{"rendered":"Lizzy McAlpine Keeps Her Promise"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lizzy McAlpine Keeps Her Promise<\/h1>\n
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Don\u2019t forget to remember.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Every week, we bring you SOUNDCHECK \u2014 your destination for the best new music<\/a> that just hit the web. Because you should always be prepared when someone passes you that AUX cord. This week’s roundup features 12 of our favorite emerging and established artists.<\/em><\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Wheel\u201d by Lizzy McAlpine & The Hunger Games<\/p>\n

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To be part of the Hunger Games<\/em> soundtrack<\/a> is a sacred honor. Lizzy McAlpine<\/a> is keeping its excellent legacy alive, while also proving stomp-clap music can be good when done right.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cTake Me Home (4 Christmas)\u201d by Olivia Rodrigo<\/p>\n

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\u201cChristmas Wrapping\u201d is officially a mother! Congrats to The Waitresses. It\u2019s that time of year once again, when girlfriends everywhere drop subtle hints that all they want for Christmas is to meet the parents. Olivia Rodrigo<\/a> is the perfect person to shed some awareness on this criminally underdiscussed relationship dynamic, though she is laying it on pretty thick for a girl who claims to have big \u201cExpectations<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHey Boyyy\u201d by Slayyyter<\/p>\n

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The term \u201cindie sleaze\u201d gets thrown around a lot (often incorrectly), but there is a guitar lick on here that was ripped straight from the playbooks of early Haim<\/a> and Bleachers<\/a>. \u201cHey Boyyy\u201d is a much softer offering than most of Slayyyter\u2019s<\/a> work this year, but don\u2019t worry \u2014 she still brings the grit in the final 35 seconds.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cBreaks Open\u201d by Dove Cameron<\/p>\n

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From one coloratura to another: how on Earth do you get your voice this dark, girl? Thank goodness Dove Cameron<\/a> found her happy ending, because it sounds like she\u2019s been through it.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cEternal\u201d by Shygirl<\/p>\n

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What a year it\u2019s been for trip-hop. This song makes me nostalgic for an English upbringing that I never had, a true testament to its coming-of-age atmosphere.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cBig Shot\u201d by Chxrry feat. Rema<\/p>\n

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It\u2019s valid to be skeptical of deluxe albums, but trust when we say the sexiness and personality of U, Me & My Ego<\/em> is alive and well on this track and its deluxe counterparts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWhite Collar\u201d by Daine<\/p>\n

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No one hates capitalistic consumerism and the cult of celebrity more than Daine. \u201cYou wanna be Paris, you wanna be Lola \/ But here you’re pretending that you’re friends with\u2005the\u2005owner\u201d is pretty much the meanest thing you can say to these people, even if Daine delivers the blow in a rather matter-of-fact manner. Great refrain, great bridge, great song.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cGod I Wonder\u201d by Bassvictim<\/p>\n

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Normally we\u2019d be weary of the vaguely afro-beats thing going on here, but this time it randomly works? The shouting is really doing a lot of the heavy lifting, so that helps.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHow To Make Your Love (Stay)\u201d by Untitled (Halo)<\/p>\n

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If you like your wistful melodies with a side of earshattering screaming, this is for you.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cDDR\u201d by Yaeji<\/p>\n

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Freaky and unsettling, this song is bursting with tension begging for a release that never fully comes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cHeat\u201d by Blu DeTiger<\/p>\n

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Completely fire, no pun intended. The chorus is irresistible, and the breakdown at the bridge is, in DeTiger\u2019s words<\/a>, a language on its own.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cCurse\u201d by Hannah Jadagu<\/p>\n

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They\u2019re calling this the unofficial situationship anthem.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n