Just Mustard’s “Pollyanna” is one of the songs we can’t stop playing this week.
Kate Lawlor
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Kate Lawlor
This week, Nate Chinen, editorial director for WRTI in Philadelphia, returns to help update our running list of the year’s best songs. The contenders this week come from Atlanta’s Upchuck, the shoegaze group Just Mustard and more.
Featured artists and songs:
1. Upchuck: “Plastic” (single)
2. The Westerlies (with Sam Amidon): “Paradise,” from Paradise
3. Just Mustard: “POLLYANNA” (single)
4. Brandon Woody: “Beyond the Reach of Our Eyes,” from For The Love Of It All
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