Review: STRFKR – Being No One, Going Nowhere STRFKR (formerly known as Starfucker before vowels fell out of fashion) never wanted to be pinned down or confined to any single box. In an interview, frontman Josh Hodges… Read More
Review: Empire of the Sun – Two Vines Empire of the Sun are known for three things: creating album art and publicity photos so over the top they’re awesome, wearing flamboyant costumes at all times, and making some… Read More
Review: Conor Oberst – Ruminations Conor Oberst is a man of many faces. He’s best known as the founder and frontman of the band Bright Eyes, whose angsty, acoustic guitar-driven “emo” songs reached peak popularity… Read More
Review: Two Door Cinema Club – Gameshow Bands all deal with fame in different ways. Some embrace it, and actively cultivate their following, while others shun the limelight. For Irish rock group Two Door Cinema Club,… Read More
Review: Bon Iver – 22, A Million It’s been nearly a decade since Bon Iver first released music that made their name a cultural touchstone, or at least an indie music touchstone. If that seems like a… Read More
Review: Kishi Bashi – Sonderlust Kaoru Ishibashi, the man behind Kishi Bashi, has been one of the most upbeat guys making music since he hit the scene with his 2012 debut 151a. As a former… Read More
Review: Crystal Castles – Amnesty (I) Typically when one person leaves a musical duo, you’d expect that to be the end of the band. After all, it’s hard to imagine the White Stripes without either Meg… Read More
Review: Of Montreal – Innocence Reaches Getting too attached to one of Montreal’s albums is generally a bad idea. During their 19 years on the scene, the band – or rather, sole consistent member and… Read More
Review: The Avalanches – Wildflower It’s always a strange feeling to hear that a band with a markedly long absence is going to be releasing a new album. The bar is almost always set impossibly… Read More
Review: Metronomy – Summer 08 Metronomy has most recently been known for producing some of the mildest synthpop out there. Their 2011 album The English Riviera placed subdued synthesizer melodies over traditional rock instrumentation, with… Read More
Review: Band of Horses – Why Are You OK As various indie rock trends have come and gone over the years, Band of Horses have remained remarkably consistent. Since the release of their debut Everything All The Time a… Read More
Review: Islands – Should I Remain Here At Sea?/Taste Nick Thorburn can’t seem to catch a break. Although he gained a great deal of popularity with indie pop group the Unicorns, they released all of one studio album… Read More
Review: Radiohead – A Moon Shaped Pool If you’ve paid attention to rock music at all in the past twenty years, you know that Radiohead are a pretty big deal. They’re one of the few alternative bands… Read More
Review: Parquet Courts – Human Performance Parquet Courts have been nothing if not prolific these past few years. After releasing their debut American Specialties in 2011, they released the acclaimed Light Up Gold in 2012 and… Read More
Review: The Last Shadow Puppets – Everything You’ve Come To Expect For the uninitiated, the Last Shadow Puppets are a side project of Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner and former Rascals frontman Miles Kane. If you haven’t heard their name… Read More
Review: Yeasayer – Amen & Goodbye There are some bands out there that elicit a uniform response of “this is good, but all their albums sound the same.” Yeasayer is not one of those bands.… Read More
Review: The Joy Formidable – Hitch As indie rock has grown to incorporate elements of electronica and pop, it seems like it has done so at the expense of gimmick-free guitar-based rock groups. A band… Read More
Review: Miike Snow – iii Miike Snow occupy an interesting space in electronic music. For many, electronic music has become synonymous with dance music to the point that genres like techno, house, and dubsteb are… Read More
Review: Animal Collective – Painting With Listening to Animal Collective is a lot like visiting a modern art gallery. Some visitors may rave about everything they see, calling even the most abstract works “genius.” Others may… Read More
Review: Bloc Party – Hymns Looking at the landscape of indie music today, and everything the loosely-defined term now encompasses, it can be easy to feel nostalgia for the relatively straightforward indie rock of a… Read More