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Every week, 88Nine music director Erin Wolf shares a sonic gem she found using her nearly 20 years of new-music exploration experience. You can hear all her discoveries live on 88Nine at 10 p.m. every Monday on <\/i>What\u2019s All This: Adventures in New Music<\/u><\/b><\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n For anyone who\u2019s a big fan of Sharp Pins \u2014 a jangly project equally indebted to \u201960s pop and Guided By Voices \u2014 get stoked. The Chicago project just announced a new album called Balloon Balloon Balloon<\/i>, although that may not actually be news to the band\u2019s Milwaukee supporters.<\/p>\n Sharp Pins-heads got treated to an in-store earlier this year thanks to Irving Place Records, as well as a show at X-Ray Arcade. So there are a few folks in our area who already know how great this album\u2019s going to be.<\/p>\n The Chicago project led by Kai Slater of post-punk band Lifeguard turns out a more bedroom-warbly pop-rock sound than Lifeguard\u2019s harder one. You can hear it clearly on the slow-fi and sweet sound of \u201c(I Wanna) Be Your Girl.\u201d It\u2019s one of my favorite songs that Slater has turned out to this point, and we\u2019re going to get 20 additional tracks from Balloon Balloon Balloon<\/i>, which will float our way Nov. 21 via K Records.<\/p>\n Hear \u201c(I Wanna) Be Your Girl\u201d from Sharp Pins by listening to the latest episode of What\u2019s All This<\/i> via the player at the top of the page. Then tune into the show at our new time as I bring you all the best new music at 10 p.m. every Monday on 88Nine.<\/p>\nBest new indie music this week<\/h2>\n
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