Browsing: indie
The New Pacific “Yesterday” Heavy Towards The Light “Yesterday” by The New Pacific starts off sounding like a song by Blur or another Brit Band, then…
Foxwarren “To Be” Foxwarren Hear some true Canadian prairie music from Foxwarren. This great band, coming from scattered small towns around the Canadian plains, is comprised…
Antarctigo Vespucci “White Noise” Love In The Time Of E-Mail What a great, humorous song (not surprising because of their name – no, I won’t explain…
Alison Sudol “Escape The Blade” Moon There is something twilightish about Alison Sudol. Her voice is lovely like a red/purple sky at dusk. This is music…
Crimson Apple “Can’t Get Out Of Bed” Amazingly poppy song, which, if you listen closely, is actually a dark indictment of a culture that thinks that…
Briston Maroney “Under My Skin” Carnival Briston Maroney is one of those super-honest singer/songwriters that have taken notes from the Neil Young songbook but have gone…
talker “Intimidated” talker is Celeste Tauchar (a play on her last name). Born in Frankfurt, Germany, she grew up in Sacramento, California with a German Catholic…
Holy Wars “Born Dark” The best indictment of our society’s way of forcing gender behavior on our society since Hole, Holy Wars turns the whole beauty…
Deerhunter “Death In Midsummer” Why Hasn’t Everything Already Disappeared Deerhunter is one of the most intense bands. Sometimes they sound like the Byrds, then they get…
Ward “Slowfast” My god, I love this guy’s voice. As I’ve said before, he is this generation’s Richard Ashcroft. Again, he and his band have come…
Billie Eilish “When The Party’s Over” I am not exaggerating how wonder Billie Eilish is. Her voice has this range that divas would kill for. She…
SOAK “Everybody Loves You” SOAK has done it again. This musician from Derry, Northern Ireland, has definitely overcome the so-called ‘sophomore’ curse by releasing another heart-breaking…
Kurt Vile “Bassackwards” Bassackwards Another great song from Kurt Vile. He is always so honest, so real. It’s no wonder he collaborated with Courtney Barnett, because…
Lana Del Rey “Mariners Apartment Complex” Lana has scored again. This might be the most beautiful and courageous song Del Rey has ever made. The lyrics…
Scarlet Sails “Upside Down” A new single from Scarlet Sails; exactly what this world needs, and it’s a complete killer. Russian born singer-songwriter, Olya Viglione and Dresden Dolls drummer, Brian Viglione…
Nah. “Vitamin D” DC-based Nah. is one of the few bands that really hold up Elliot Smith’s beautiful legacy of true sounding lyrics applied to alt…
Arctic Monkeys “Four Out Of Five” Tranquility Base Hotel & Casino There’s not much that can be said about the new album by Arctic Monkeys except,…
Levy And The Oaks “Obsessive Love” Sound Of The City What a great catchy song about obsession. Coming from Asbury Park (yes, it’s the water), Levy…
Kingsbury “All Gone” Caroline Kingsbury writes pop songs that are intellectual, yet her melodies are so hummable, you are not going to forget them. And that…
The Brazen Youth “You Could Not Provoke Me” Primitive Initiative It’s seems so weird that the band got together in Lyme, CT (yeah, the town that…