indie
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On her latest installment of tracks–which were formulated at the time of 2008’s Dragging a Dead Dear Up a Hill–multi-instrumentalist Liz Harris brings another collection of ambient-style folk tracks that are opaque, shadowy, and extremely emotive. WATCH THE REVIEW
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On this new, sophomore album, Jangle pop outfit Veronica falls works to homogenize their sound, but the issue is that it wasn’t really that diverse in the first place. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Glasgow is bringing out the charming lo-fi indie pop and I am totally okay with that. Because not only is Ela Orleans charming, but you can feel the personality held within it and that is what makes it stick out from the piles of artists trying to do the same
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San Francisco garage rock band Thee Oh Sees is anything but slow-paced when it comes to releasing new material. Checking in with at least one and often two full-length albums per year for the past few years, the group is continuing their streak with a new release on April 16,
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Stream: Desaparecidos – “Anonymous” / “The Left Is Right” Conor Oberst’s post-hardcore band Desaparecidos made its return after a ten-year hiatus last year with the “Backsell / MariKKKopa” single, a pair of songs that criticized the music industry and the attitude many anti-immigration activists hold, respectively. The group is now back again
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On California X’s debut album, the band brings blaring guitar riffs and thunderous drums, but sometimes it can feel like there’s some flavor missing in the songwriting department. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Bamboo by A Beacon School A sweet-on-the-ears indie pop tune from A Beacon School, which is one of the groups that managed a feature on the Nutmeg State of Mind comp that I recently posted. On “Bamboo,” the vocals whisper, the drums dance, and there’s an awesomely weepy guitar
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Bonjour Machines EP by Bonjour Machines Indie rockers Bonjour Machines bring together elements of indie, emo, and post-hardcore in the same way contemporaries like Cloud Nothings would. Stream their new, self-titled EP via the widget above.
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On this new album, Toro Y Moi is able to maintain many of the grooves that have continually made this project interesting, but the newly added vocal samples, vocal experiments, and songs don’t go over well much of the time. WATCH THE REVIEW
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Yo La Tengo’s latest effort, Fade, is one of the band’s softest and most consistent efforts yet. WATCH THE REVIEW
