"The Winter of Mixed Drinks"
Frightened Rabbit
"The Suburbs"
Arcade Fire
"Soundtrack To The End"
Communist Daughter
"Crazy For You"
Best Coast
"Treats"
Sleigh Bells
"Silver Soul"
Beach House
"Little Secrets"
Passion Pit
"Unhinged"
Eels
"Black Smoke"
Tindersticks
Even without advance knowledge that J Mascis produced the latest from Hush Arbors, there’s no mistaking his presence after one listen to the first song. “The Devil Made You High” is, at its core, a folk-rock tune — it just happens to be dressed up in lo-fi guitar noise, which is something of a Mascis [...]
Because the facts surrounding the Black Lips’ tour of India earlier this year are probably far less sensational and stupefying than the Internet rumors, let’s agree to ignore them, shall we? According to legend — yep, it’s already reached that level — the Atlanta garage-rock derelicts went on quite the tear, offending local sensibilities and [...]
Canadian singer Basia Bulat made a splash in indie-folk circles with her 2007 debut, “Oh, My Darling,” a bright collection of endearing acoustic songs dressed up with strings, percussion and crystalline vocal harmonies. Sounds like she’s continuing in that vein on the follow-up, “Heart of My Own,” out Jan. 26 on Rough Trade. The first [...]
In the pantheon of bands that shaped indie rock, few stand taller than Big Star. The Memphis power-pop band more or less invented the form, and despite negligible commercial fortunes on three albums released between 1972-78, it’s almost impossible to overstate the group’s influence on succeeding generations of indie-rockers who were plenty influential themselves — [...]
Sometimes a hearty does of stoner rock just does a body good. In this case, it was a few dozen bodies who turned up to see Dead Meadow perform Wednesday night at Daniel Street in Milford, Conn. The Los Angeles (by way of Washington D.C.) trio obliged with a set of sludgy, psychedelic tunes wreathed [...]
Casting Ha Ha Tonka in the role of “the competition” to Kings of Leon (a la Blurt magazine) is a tall order. But it kinda fits. The Springfield, Mo., band has that same rough-hewn, foot-stompin’ rock ‘n’ roll vibe that characterized the first two Kings of Leon records, and guitarist Brian Roberts even sings as [...]
Until Michael Buble makes his Elvis tribute album, Imelda May will likely remain the contemporary singer with the best chance of selling rockabilly music to soccer moms. That’s not a diss: May, a native Dubliner with a great voice and even greater look, doesn’t present herself as some kind of hardcore rock-a-betty genre artist. It’s [...]
Not all indie rock is rock. There is, for example, a subset of indie-minded musicians dabbling in Eastern European folk music, though “dabbling” doesn’t quite do justice to the music of A Hawk and a Hacksaw. What started as a solo project by former Neutral Milk Hotel drummer Jeremy Barnes yielded a self-titled 2002 album [...]
Remastering and re-releasing an album is one thing, but choosing to re-record it in its entirety is a whole different animal. Just let it never be said that it’s one that Richard Hell is afraid of. The making of Hell’s 1982 album “Destiny Street” was plagued by drugs, a falling out with the record label [...]
Although everybody sings about them, serious life-changing events probably aren’t all that common. Tim Williams experienced a genuine life-changing event. In May 2008, the Brooklyn singer and songwriter underwent what his record label describes as “intensive open-heart surgery.” While he spent the rest of the year recovering, Williams wrote and rehearsed new songs, recruiting keyboardist [...]
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