1980s meets low fi. 88 92 is Houston-based quintet Wild Moccasins ode to rock bands of the 80s, with strong vocals eerily reminiscent of Debbie Harry from the band's female vocalist Zahira Gutierrez. Gutierrez's vocalist can be best heard on 88 92's standout...
Dynamic post-punk with shades of pop and 80s alternative. Vancouver-based band Mode Moderne manages to combine the best of post-punk with that of dreamy indie-pop, and the final product, new album “Occult DelightÛ, is definitely worth a listen. Occult...
Super fun, true, poppy garage rock with an edge. With their self-titled debut album, Drowners might just solidify a reputation as a fun, tenacious garage pop band. The whole album is compact, catchy, and full of cute-yet-melancholy songs about the struggles and...
A Molotov cocktail of 50s guitar heroics and 60s garage Probably the most distinctive and interesting thing about the Rebel Set are the Phoenix band's two front assault of Link Wray-esque guitar lines and eerie, swirly twirly garage keys. The dark mix of organ and...
Funky, Soulful, Electronic, and Dance-inspiring Maya Vik has hit a perfect balance between her own unique sound and years of inspiration reaching back to the 1970s and 1980s. On It is funky with fun bass lines and colorful instrumentation. The album's second track,...
Alternative-Pop, Indie, generic Remember listening to alternative-pop music alone in your room when you were in middle school? Faraday Wave by We Do This is bring back that early 2000s alternative-pop and attempts to update it by adding an indie sound. The six song EP...
Epic, energetic indie rock. Welsh band Los Campesinos! fifth album “No Blues” is a high-energy, eclectic collection of indie rock. The band seems to have matured lyrically from their earlier works, demonstrated by the poignant moments of reflection on “A Portrait of...
An enjoyable album that sounds awfully familiarÛ_ After releasing a pair of EPs, songwriting duo Reese Donohue and Christopher Prudhomme have finally issued their first full-length as Painted Palms, entitled Forever. Like the duo's hometown of San Francisco, these...
Deep, insightful lyrics over unique and mellow garage rock. Overall, Love Hope Fear is one of the most aptly named albums ever. In just five songs, Tall Dark & Lonesome embark on a voyage to understand and explain these three difficult emotions. The band...
Fun indie electro-pop. With EP “ShadesÛ, Australian band Tales in Space give fans a short yet sweet taste of what their upcoming full-length album. The EP starts out slow, with rhythmic and mellow opener “The Cause” but gives way to upbeat percussion,...