Tigers Jaw – I Won’t Care How You Remember Me | The Power of Emotional Resonance
As I inch ever closer to 42 years old, I still love discovering new music. But thankfully, I...
Indie Rock
Indie Rock
Favorite, Overrated, Underrated with Spielbergs
Spielbergs make really great indie-fuzz-rock and their 2019 album This Is Not The End is great. Here they name their favorite, overrated, underrated albums.
American Football: LP 3 | Teenage Feelings When You’re An Adult
Emo music for adults’ looks like an absolute trainwreck of an idea and maybe an album like American Football's LP3 deserves better, and more, than that.
We Are Scientists: Six In, All Out
We Are Scientists have released some of the best indie music you’ll ever hear. We look back on their amazing discography and reviews their latest, Megaplex.
Courtney Barnett: Tell Me How You Really Feel | Reflections on Art, Artistry, and Growth
I don’t want Courtney Barnett to sit still - not for my sake or my daughter’s, even if that means she won’t be able to truly appreciate how good Tell Me How You Really Feel is for several years.
Modest Mouse: The Lonesome Crowded West | 20th Anniversary Review
Modest Mouse's Lonesome Crowded West is a really transparent album and you can feel the balance shifting between madness and genius in Isaac Brock.
Broken Social Scene: Hug of Thunder | Unwanted Nostalgia
If there ever was a white people equivalent to the Wu-Tang Clan—Broken Social Scene are it and their latest album Hug of Thunder is an unnecessary reunion.
Diet Cig: Swear I’m Good at This | Youthful music for young people
Diet Cig make incredibly idiosyncratic fuzzed out indie pop, and Swear I’m Good at This is about as precious and precocious as it gets.
The New Pornographers: Whiteout Conditions | Analyzing Fandom
Whiteout Conditions is a good record. Full stop. But it’s not the The New Pornographers’ best And as a fan, I need to be OK with that.
Mount Eerie: A Crow Looked at Me | The Sound of Grief
Mount Eerie's A Crow Looked at Me is a rumination on how to continue living after his wife died, leaving him to raise their 1.5 year old daughter all alone.