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10. Cults, 'Cults'

Amazon

A cup full of Kool-Aid helps the cyanide pill go down. That’s the best way to describe the sugar-sweet, streaked-with-darkness throwback rock of Brooklyn duo Madeline Follin and Brian Oblivion, who rode the ‘60s pop wave that flooded the indie scene but spiked it with Jim Jones samples and romantic abduction anthems. -- J.O.