This week’s indie rock rewards the curious. These are songs that sidestep the obvious, built on friction, texture and a restless streak of invention. Nothing here goes for the easy hook, and every one of them lingers longer because of it. Fierce Friend – Put You Right “Put…
Loud, melodic and built to last: this week’s indie rock bops move between punk liturgy, orchestral heartbreak and late-night power trio anthems with the confidence of bands who have nothing left to prove. Perry Blocker Sand – Red Sails In The Sunset Perry Blocker Sand’s “Red Sails In…
This week’s indie rock bops run from brooding Glasgow post-punk to Bolton pop-punk to Boston alt-pop confessionals: loud in different ways, honest in all of them. Easy Thieves – Situations Easy Thieves’ “Situations” is a brilliant piece of Dallas alt-rock: a song about someone drifting back into your…
A County Meath glam-pop celestial ride, a Melbourne songwriter asking what Australia has become, a Berlin band featuring longstanding members of Nina Hagen’s group, a Gothenburg studio recorded in two weekends, and a Hell’s Kitchen neo-grunge tribute to a Greek folk instrument: indie rock this week arrives from…
From a Dutch delta road trip to a Birmingham apartment tribute, via London, Nashville, and Atlanta: five artists using folk’s oldest tools to get somewhere genuinely new. We bloody love them all. Joseph Turner & The Dudes of Hazard – Travelin’ Heart Joseph Turner & The Dudes of…
London to Stockholm to Dublin to Whitechapel: four indie rock acts with very different reference points, all of them making music that earns its place in the room. Let’s jump right in🤿 Monday’s Monsoon – Something New Monday’s Monsoon have made something genuinely excellent with “Something New”: a…
Five acts, five bangers, five flavours of guitar-driven indie: Paris soul-funk energy, West London DIY grit, Ottawa dream-pop drift, Ayr anthemic Britpop, and Chicago lo-fi electronica. Not a combination you hear all the time, right? But all worth your time. The Hypnotiks (featuring Wolfgang Valbrun) – Stone Cold…
Indie rock in three very different forms. A Winchester band going fully acoustic, a 1992 cult classic finally arriving on streaming, and a teen trio from LA who recorded their new single during spring break between Whisky A Go Go shows. A perfect combo for a beautiful April…
A brilliant week for indie rock. A Welsh post-punk band with members on three continents, a Stockholm songwriter navigating urban paranoia, a Colorado basement auteur on his sixth album, and a New York anti-folk legend back with something very moving indeed. What a combo. Blindness & Light -…