Independent music curation. One bop at a time
They premiered the film in Venice on Friday night. 'Oasis: Don't Look Back in Anger', Liam and Noel on a red carpet together, the first joint interview the pair have given in more than fifteen years.
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Angèle is back, and she's bringing a fresh collab with her. The track lands on her forthcoming third album, Instinct, the follow-up to 2021's Nonante-Cinq.
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DIIV took the stage at Balaclava Fest in São Paulo on Sunday, and they came loaded. The shoegaze crew dropped fresh material from ZIRP!, their forthcoming A. G.
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Smush are back, and they brought a ripper. The Brooklyn-via-Vancouver crew just dropped "milkweed butterfly," a spiky new single that doubles as the announcement of their sophomore album i'll always…
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I need more to work with here, but let me run with what we've got. Twelve ambient-classical tracks just landed, and this is the kind of drop that rewards headphones and a quiet room.
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Erasure are back with a new album. It's called Radio!! Radio!!, and the first taste is a track called "Wings Of Love." Vince Clarke has been chasing the perfect partnership since the start: he wrote…
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Tim Kasher is a director now. The longtime Cursive frontman, cut from the same Saddle Creek cloth as Conor Oberst, made his directorial debut a couple years back with an indie found-footage horror…
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Harry Kappen was born in Groningen, in the north of the Netherlands, and spent more than twenty years working as a music therapist in youth care before moving to Mexico.
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Rusty Reid has spent four albums building an impressive name as a wide-ranging indie folk-country-rock singer-songwriter. His fifth flips that restlessness toward other people's songs.
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AYCE (All You Can Eat) is the project of Sara Bunge, Jessica Heming, and Ramsey Ord, and their debut EP is exactly what it promises: a generous, no-holds-barred spread of rock that refuses to sit…
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Gamal has already built a name as a wildly versatile producer, with over 25 million streams and a sound that moves freely through R&B, pop, hip-hop, rap, indie and alternative spaces.
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The Institutes' 'Don't Go Knockin'' is a massive indie rock anthem from Coventry, all driving grooves and a chorus built for thousands
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Maria Lane's 'twist the knife' is a devastating slice of cinematic indie folk, turning betrayal into one of Brooklyn's most visceral alt-rock singles this year
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DownTown Mystic's 'Maybe Love's A Crime' is a gorgeous slice of heartland rock from Toms River, vintage guitar tones and classic storytelling done right
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Monique Maion's 'KAREN' is a stunning psych-surf odyssey from LA, blending Brazilian warmth with immigrant grit in a compelling debut
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Dead Dreamz's 'Less In Love' is a striking piece of emo rap from Los Angeles, atmospheric and emotionally raw in all the right ways
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Jaz Vernon's 'Pink Suede' is a wonderfully silky slice of contemporary R&B from Far Rockaway, soulful and effortlessly evocative
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