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Indie Rock Titus Andronicus

When you first hear the opening riffs off of “(I BLAME) SOCIETY,” the new single from Titus Andronicus, you can’t help but feel the energy of the track. The first song from their upcoming album An Obelisk produced by Husker Du’s Bob Mould, the song hits with the searing precision you’d expect. The album won’t...More Please

April 3, 2019

Get To Know Chicago’s Dehd Ahead of Debut Full Length

The Chicago D.I.Y. world is full of artists who do things on their own terms, but some of those who are in it, strive best when their work is shared. Chicago three piece Dehd got on our radar last year, and we’ve been itching for their upcoming album to drop. Now, with two singles from...More Please

March 26, 2019

The New Collaborative Album Matt Surfin’& Friends Promises to Be Extraordinary

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Collaborative records can either be exciting or exhausting, depending on who’s involved. For the collaborative project Matt Surfin’ & Friends, it feels more like family, chilling together where an album was the result of the hang. Featuring Matt Seferian of the band Pope, the upcoming self-titled album has works with members of Ratboys, Pope, Video...More Please

March 26, 2019

The Beths Are Releasing Warm Blood on Vinyl & Touring the U.S. This Summer

It seems like just yesterday that we were hearing about the indie fuzz rock of New Zealand’s The Beths. Now, on the other side of the success that’s come from last year’s Future Me Hates Me, the trio has announced that they’ll be releasing their debut E.P. Warm Blood on vinyl for the first time...More Please

March 22, 2019

On LP 3, American Football Expands Their Sound For the Better

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When nineties emo core happened, it happened pretty quickly and was over almost as soon as it began. Over the years, we’ve been lucky to see many of the bands that made up the genre return to releasing new music and touring regularly. The smarter ones realized that they could grow and expand their sounds...More Please

March 18, 2019

Embracing New Techniques, The National Are Back in a Big Way

Indie Rock The National

The National have always done things their own way while never really sticking to any one format. Albums like High Violet and Trouble Will Find Me were made by the same players, but sound very different from one another. It’s an exercise that works when you make the kind of quality music that these guys...More Please

March 15, 2019

The First New Singles From PAWS Have Us Excited

Glasgow’s PAWS have always been a band where fans of their music seem to seek them out. Going strong for so long, after touring and releasing albums at a fairly fevered pace, they returned home and regrouped. Their last release No Grace came out three years ago, and though it was a solid album, it...More Please

March 7, 2019

Stef Chura Drops New Track Ahead of New Album

Indie Rock Stef Chura

For a while now we’ve had the music of Stef Chura on our radar. Chura has always dropped music we could sink our teeth into and her new single “Method Man” gets rowdy right from the start. The debut single from her upcoming release Midnight produced by Will Toledo of Car Seat Headrest, the song...More Please

March 5, 2019

K. Campbell Returns Sunny on New Single

Indie Rock K. Campbell

Houston’s K. Campbell makes the kind of music that we’re always happy to experience. His debut full length Pure Pop For Jaded Punks reminded us of what might happen if Elliott Smith fronted a Ramones cover band. On his new single “Heads Up” he offers a more sunny side to his guitar driven sound. The...More Please

February 27, 2019

The Beths Release “Uptown Girl” Video in Midst of Tour

The indie pop of New Zealand’s The Beths has definitely become part of our play list, as they have for pretty much anyone who’s heard them. With last year’s Future Me Hates Me, the solidified them as indie rockers worth checking out. Now, in the midst of another large scale tour they release the video...More Please

February 22, 2019

You Need to Hear Jess Cornelius

Indie Rock Jess Cornelius

The breadth of music that may not get heard is definitely larger than you may realize. When we think of all the great art that might not get heard, it’s exhausting and depressing. We won’t be surprised if you’ve never heard of New Zealand born, Australia raised and now Los Angeles transplant Jess Cornelius, but...More Please

February 18, 2019

Versing is Far From “Tethered” on New Video

Indie Rock Post-Punk Versing

For a minute now, we’ve been fans of Seattle’s Versing. Their brand of energetic indie rock has been something we’ve been amped over fro a good while. With their new video for the song “Tethered,” they offer another glimpse into what their upcoming album 10000 will sound like when it drops in early May. The...More Please

February 13, 2019

Kevin Devine Releases New Split & New Tour Dates

Indie Rock Kevin Devine

For a good while now, Kevin Devine has been dropping split releases with many notable artists. His last one was with British sensation Cavetown, and we weren’t sure he could top that one. We were wrong as his latest with John K. Samson of The Weakerthans. The music pretty much speaks for itself where each...More Please

February 4, 2019

Mike Krol is The Indie Rocker We All Need in 2019

There’s something wrong with your feed, or at least at times it feels that way. When you joined a social media site, you used to see pictures of food and old friends you hadn’t seen in years. Now you just get people complaining and political gripes. In 2019 we should all look to turn over...More Please

January 30, 2019

Norway’s Spielbergs Embody Indie Rock and Emo With Ease on New Full Length

Indie Rock Spielbergs

If you lived through the nineties, you had to endure lots of terrible trends in music. If you were lucky though, you followed indie rock and emo close enough to not have to sit through the waves of grunge bands that littered the airwaves in the wake of Nirvana. There haven’t been a ton of...More Please

January 29, 2019

Juliana Hatfield is Vibrant on Weird

Indie Rock Juliana Hatfield

Twenty years ago, if you listened to alternative rock, then you more than likely knew the name Juliana Hatfield. Either by her own merits or through some sort of fandom through The Lemonheads, Hatfield quickly became a fixture of the decade while releasing some of the better albums of the time. So when she dropped...More Please

January 10, 2019

Amsterdam’s Pip Blom is Hard Not to Love

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Indie Rock Pip Blom

You may have never heard of Amsterdam’s Pip Blom, but her music has grown by leaps in bounds in just a couple of years. In a short time frame she’s honed a set of songs that touch on a mix of indie rock, post-punk, and straight rock with ease. On their latest E.P. Paycheck, the...More Please

January 4, 2019

Stream the New Single From JAWS

The indie rock that Birmingham’s JAWS makes is full of heavy drums and dream pop touches that you can’t help but fall for. While the band has been around since 2012, their more recent stream of work has grown the trio by leaps and bounds. With their new album The Ceiling due on April 5,...More Please

January 3, 2019

This Pine Box Wows With Debut Album

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by Lauren Halliday