Indie rock

Indie Rock 

ALBUMS: Krazy About Kiwi Jr.

March 11, 2021March 11, 2021 Ted Miller 0 Comments 2021, Cooler Returns, Football Money, Indie rock, Kiwi Jr., Pavement, Sub Pop

Cooler Returns is a monolith of craft and command, the most pleasurable and consistent power-pop to emanate from indie-rock in years

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Rock 

Manifesting A Sound

September 6, 2018 Ron Hart 0 Comments Cullen Omori, Indie rock, Smith Westerns, Sub Pop 30, Sub Pop Records

A conversation with former Smith Westerns frontman Cullen Omori about rock & roll, and his great new album’s place in it.

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Rock 

A Band of Brothers

July 20, 2018July 21, 2018 j. poet 0 Comments Indie rock, New West, North Carolina, The Nude Party

On their impressive studio debut, North Carolina’s The Nude Party gives us the Full Monty

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Rock 

Sloan: Past, Present and Future

July 12, 2018July 12, 2018 Bill Kopp 0 Comments Canada, Indie rock, Power pop, Sloan, Yep Roc

Talking with guitarist Jay Ferguson about the Halifax power pop vets and their great new album 12

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Punk Rock 

Bodega and the Birth of Zeitgeist Rock

July 11, 2018July 12, 2018 Justin Joffe 1 Comment Beyonce, Bodega, Bushwick, Indie rock, Parquet Courts, Pitchfork, What's Your Rupture?

An exclusive conversation with Brooklyn’s hottest band

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Punk Rock 

Why You Gotta Ask? Why Don’t You Just Know?

June 11, 2018April 15, 2019 Raymond Cummings 5 Comments Indie rock, Matador Records, Pavement, Stephen Malkmus

Sparkle Hard (Matador), from Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks, is wan, wilful, and winning.

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Rock 

Misconstruing God’s Favorite Customer

June 11, 2018April 12, 2019 Justin Joffe 0 Comments Father John Misty, Indie rock, John Phillips, Pitchfork, Sub Pop Records

Josh Tillman’s new Father John Misty record challenges his listeners—and critics

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