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Chicago’s own Horsegirl (made up of Nora Cheng, Gigi Reece, and current high-schooler Penelope Lowenstein) create the sort of cool, big-sounding, guitar-driven music that’d be easy to label classic indie rock. It’s no wonder that this, Horsegirl’s first LP, will release on Matador, nor that it was recorded at their hometown’s famed Electrical Audio, nor that the group will soon support the classic indie-rock band, fellow label mate Pavement, during that band’s reunion tour. But simply tossing out that description sells the trio short. There’s a real alchemy happening here—little magical moments when, say, the bass plays an octave higher or the drummer moves to the ride, or a clever lyric pops out of the co-lead vocals—that puts Horsegirl just a cut above the throng of other young, similarly influenced bands. [Tim Lowery]