Archive for the Indie Rock Category
Redd Kross “Beyond the Door” (Merge)
Redd Kross invite you to explore Beyond the Door, an album inspired by the band’s “total commitment to having the best f*cking time we can have while we’re all still here” (what they like to call “the Party”). It’s a rock and roll record and a celebration of everything brothers […]
Yeah Yeah Yeahs “It’s Blitz!” (Interscope)
In the three years between their successful sophomore album, 2006’s Show Your Bones, and It’s Blitz!, Yeah Yeah Yeahs were in transition. They’d released Is Is, an EP of early material, in 2007, almost as a stop-gap measure, and each band member was living on opposite coasts and working on […]
Spoon “Everything Hits At Once” (Matador)
Over their nearly three decade-long career, Spoon have continually refined their legacy within indie rock. They have maintained an instantly recognizable sound, yet the stylistic distance between A Series of Sneaks and Ga Ga Ga Ga Ga and Hot Thoughts is significant. This summer, in a move befitting their elder […]
Dandy Warhols “The Dandy Warhols Come Down” (Music On Vinyl)
The Dandy Warhols released their second album ‘…The Dandy Warhols Come Down’ in 1997. The album spawned three singles ‘Not If You Were The Last Junkie On Earth’, ‘Every Day Should Be A Holiday’ and ‘Boys Better’. The final album featuring drummer Eric Hedford consists of excellent chord progressions and […]
Kaiser Chiefs “Duck” (Polydor)
Kaiser Chiefs release new album Duck through Polydor. Duck is the sound of one of the most successful British guitar bands of the millennium reclaiming the creative swagger that underpins their strongest work. “It’s undeniably fantastic and undeniably Kaiser Chiefs,” says frontman Ricky Wilson. Standout tracks include the surging indie-pop […]
Fontaines D.C. “Dogrel” (Partisan)
Outstanding debut album from Fontaines D.C.titled Dogrel. Available on Limited Edition Translucent Yellow Vinyl and CD. The Debut album from the much loved at Rough Trade shops Fontaines D.C. They don’t pretend to be from anywhere but Dublin, and that charges their colloquial rock’n’roll garage music with an authenticity that […]
Alastair Galbraith “Morse” (Digital Regress)
“A central figure of the New Zealand underground since his days in The Rip over three decades ago, Alastair Galbraith has worked alongside scores of Kiwi legends as a multi-instrumentalist and solo artist. Morse appeared in 1992, a Siltbreeze/Xpressway co-release, and despite Galbraith’s centrality to the magical NZ mix, the […]
Wedding Present “Tommy 30” (Scopitones)
Includes CD. George Best became The Wedding Present’s first album in 1988. But Tommy, released one year later, was made up of the early songs from the singles and radio sessions that had catapulted them from being bedsit musicians into indie darlings: “Go Out And Get ‘Em, Boy!” with its […]
Trash Kit “Horizon” (Upset The Rhythm)
LP version. 180 gram vinyl; Edition of 400. Trash Kit are Rachel Aggs (guitar, vocals), Rachel Horwood (drums, vocals), and Gill Partington (bass). Three deeply creative individuals who play in a multitude of other groups including Bas Jan, Sacred Paws, Shopping, and Bamboo. Although Trash Kit have their forebears in […]
CFM “Soundtrack To An Empty Room” (In The Red)
Charles Moothart is releasing his third album under the moniker CFM. It’s called Soundtrack For An Empty Room and keeps it cookin’ off 2016’s Still Life Of Citrus And Slime and 2017’s Dichotomy Desaturated. Moothart is a frequent contributor on many of Ty Segall’s solo ventures but also as a […]
5678s “Best Hits Of The 5678s” (Time Bomb)
The world famous Tokyo female rockin’ garage trio The 5.6.7.8’S unleash a ‘best of’ compilation album. The gals have selected 14 tracks that represent some of their fave (and most well-known) recordings (1994-2014). As an added bonus, the album features an alternate version of “Woo Hoo” (immortalized in the Kill […]
Glass Candy “Beatbox (Gatefold Remastered Edition)” (Italians Do It Better)
GLASS CANDY’s album of classic midnight synth pop remastered and housed in new gatefold jackets.
Ty Segall “First Taste” (Drag City)
It’s a year and a half since the release of Freedom’s Goblin. A winter of rain has buried the recent times of drought. Contradictions are rife. First Taste is an introspective set after the extroversions of Freedom’s Goblin—yet just as steeped in party beats somehow, even as TY SEGALL trails […]
Possible Humans “Everybody Split” (Trouble In Mind)
The debut album from Melbourne, Australia quintet Possible Humans has been a long-time coming. Since forming in 2012, the band (comprised of Samuel Tapper, Leon Cranswick, and the three Hewitt brothers; Steven, Adam, and Mark) have self-released a “live improv” cassette & a two-song 7-inch on Sydney’s Strange Pursuits label […]
Placebo “Black Market Music” (Elevator Lady)
Originally released in October 2000 and now available on standard weight black vinyl. Black Market Music is the third studio album by Placebo from 2000. Black Market Music may not contain anything as immediately catchy as Without You I’m Nothing’s Pure Morning, but the dark hooks of Taste in Men, […]
Placebo “Placebo” (Elevator Lady)
Placebo is the eponymous debut studio album by Placebo. It was released on 16 July 1996 by record label Hut. It is the only album recorded with drummer Robert Schultzberg before his departure from the group. Placebo is a compelling record of abrasive yet refreshingly original soundscapes complete with angst-filled […]
Placebo “Sleeping With Ghosts” (Elevator Lady)
Originally released in April 2003 and now available on standard weight black vinyl. Sleeping With Ghosts, Placebo’s platinum-selling fourth album includes the singles The Bitter End, Special Needs, This Picture and English Summer Rain.
Placebo “Battle For The Sun” (Elevator Lady)
Originally released in June 2009 and now available on standard weight black vinyl. With a thirteen year history that takes in five studio albums, ten million album sales, breakdowns, clean ups and the dizzy swell of global success, Placebo are still brimming with new ideas. Recorded over three months by […]
Body Of Light “Time To Kill” (Dais)
Birthed from Arizona’s regaled Ascetic House collective, Body of Light is a dark synth-pop outfit comprised of young brothers Andrew and Alexander Jarson. What began as a vehicle for their exploration of noise and sound during their early teens has evolved into an established production over the last decade, as […]
Metz “Automat” (Sub Pop)
METZ, our own widely-adored and delightfully noisy 3-piece punk band from Toronto (ON, CANADA), have been laying waste to stages around the globe for over 10 years. During that tumultuous chunk of time METZ, comprised of Alex Edkins, Hayden Menzies, and Chris Slorach, have cemented their reputation as one of the planet’s most […]
Kyle Craft “Showboat Honey” (Sub Pop)
There is this curious equilibrium to existence: In order to create balance, the universe must giveth, and the universe must taketh. Kyle Craft, along with his now solidified backing band dubbed Showboat Honey, know this all too well. And this is why their self-titled album, the contemplative yet restless Showboat […]
W. H. Lung “Incidental Music” (Melodic)
W. H. Lung’s arrival at their debut album has been less conventional than most. A trait shared with the music they make, which weaves between shimmering synth pop and the infectious grooves of 70’s Berlin. The band never had any intention of playing live when forming, aiming instead to be […]
Jeff Rosenstock “I Look Like Shit” (Really)
Origianlly released in 2012, I Look Like Shit the debut solo record from Jeff Rosenstock. It is a collection of frequently blown out / occasionally tender home recordings from 2010 – 2012, written during the twilight of Rosenstock’s former band Bomb the Music Industry! This album has been unavailable on […]
Thom Yorke “Anima” (XL)
Bridging experimental pop songwriting and electronic dance music dimensions, Yorke and his trusty studio partner Nigel Godrich yet again sneak classy contemporary rhythms and ideas into the diet of traditional songwriting. The nine songs of ‘Anima’ also find Yorke porous to a modern Afro-Latinate phase shift, embracing slinky permutations of […]