Childhood always evoke a glimmering nostalgia in their music, evidenced magnificently in the clip for the bass-driven single, “Cameo.” This comes from their new album, Universal High, which came out last Friday. Listen and buy it on Bandcamp. Continue reading
Tag: indie pop
A girl and a synth walk into a bar, and nine months after that night of passion, this song was born. It touches on environmentalism, the housing crisis, and even orgies, aka the typical tenets of a millennial lifestyle such as my own. The new record from The Blow comes out 9/22; why not support their Pledge drive? Source: SoundCloud / The Blow Continue reading
That jangling is the sound of unmade decisions rolling around in my head. It’s also the sound of sweet new single “Quarters,” from indie pop outfit, Lost Cousins. Source: SoundCloud / Lost Cousins Continue reading
Falling in love is one of the only acceptable reasons to cede freedom, as Grapell puts it on “No Longer Free,” though far more eloquently than I have. And they even set it to music! Source: SoundCloud / Roll Call Records Continue reading
Raveen straddles the line between Owen Pallett and Radiohead, unafraid to bring choral echoes and electric whines to the forefront. Source: SoundCloud / RAVEEN Continue reading
Pick yourself up with Joy Downer’s gloomy jam, “Goddamnit.” Continue reading
Aldous Harding’s Cheerful Gloom at the Echo
sngshows: Originally appeared on Grimy Goods. New Zealand songwriter Aldous Harding is currently on a tour across North America to promote her beautiful new record, Party. The title is a slight misnomer, though, and I knew better than to expect a raucous affair at her LA stop at the Echo last Thursday night. Instead, audiences were entranced by her simplicity. Read more. Continue reading Aldous Harding’s Cheerful Gloom at the Echo
Take a melancholy look at this dying star. I am of course referring only to the title of this new video from Carroll and not the band itself, who I hope will continue to make music even into their own old age. Continue reading
Your next invasive earworm comes courtesy of a band called thanks. Their track, “Your World,” feels like one enormous hook, and that’s nothing to complain about. Source: SoundCloud / thanks. Continue reading
GREY WATER (as I have seen it stylized) create indie pop that pushes boundaries, evident in their new single, “Jimmy.” Source: SoundCloud / GREY \ WATER Continue reading
