indie

  • Marion by Lone Doe The new release from Lone Doe is just as enchanting as their name implies. Vocals harmonies, beautifully strummed guitars and an understanding of song diversity all make this new project from Lone Doe worth a listen. Each of three tracks offered here feels so completely different

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    Italy’s Blue Willa has an eerie style that I’m digging a lot on this self-titled record of theirs. The folk-inspired simplicity, dissonant guitars, and sharp howls of the project’s frontwoman are all too potent to deny. Enjoy!

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    Smith Westerns groom their sound a bit on this clean, sweet, and ethereal pop track titled “Varsity.” The cut it destined for release on the band’s next album, Soft Will, which is gonna get a June release on Mom+Pop. Check a review of the band’s last album

  • Once again, the Portland outfit STRFKR drops a collection of tracks that sound like they’re the demos for what could be a pretty good synth pop album. However, that’s not the case; these flat, nondescript indie dance tunes are the album.   WATCH THE REVIEW

  • 2013

    Stop Breathing by Donovan Wolfington Donovan Wolfington is a rock group from New Orleans whose music works in a lot of layers. There’s a heavy sense of angst flowing throughout a lot of the tracks, but they groups never loses sight of essentials like melody, memorable riffs, and just

  • On this debut Atoms For Peace LP, Radiohead frontman Thom Yorke uses this new band of his to continue honing the electronic style he’s been toying with since 2006’s The Eraser. Stylistically, it’s almost a sequel to Radiohead’s The King of Limbs, and this just happens

  • Low drops another track from the legendary indie rock band’s latest album, The Invisible Way. The album is looking at a March release on Sub Pop records. A lot like the previous track to drop from this album, Low has a knack for giving soft, pretty sounds the kind

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    The Men drop yet another track from their forthcoming album, New Moon, which is gonna get dropped on Sacred Bones Records in March. This one’s got a bit of a country tinge to it! The passionate, harmonized vocals are a bit of a surprise, too. Enjoy!

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    A brilliantly awkward and fun song from Darwin Deez about feeling left out when it comes to girls. It’s a pretty solid pop song, but the real draw is the personality put into the lyrics, not to mention of the seriously hilarious video. It’s pretty much all of

  • 2013

    While the dreamy, guitar-driven indie pop of Beach Fossils wasn’t impressing me when the band’s music blew up on the blog-o-sphere several years ago, Clash The Truth is proof that some sounds just need time to develop. WATCH THE REVIEW