Indie rock had a strong 2024, and Friko’sWhere we’ve been, Where we go from herewas a shining light. The rising Chicago group harmonizes in an anxious yell that flows along with instrumental bumps and grinds, capturing the angst and imagination of its listeners. It is head-banging music...
Jump in the car. Roll the windows down. Queue upThe Window. Fearlessly forward you go, occupying the different chambers of the heart just as Ratboys intend. In their 2023 offering, one of Chicago’s most exciting and inviting indie rock bands makes space for a listener to reckon with wha...
pop, gospel, and goth. At age 24, Cain seems to have lived numerous different lives, everyone from the preacher’s daughter to a blood-thirsty cult leader. Cain is an unexpected treasure, and she uses her unique position as an indie artist from the rural neck of the Florida panhandle...
Baroness一直以来都是我的心头大爱,喜欢他们运用psychedelic/indierock与sludge/stoner重型元素结合,喜欢"Red"中sludge与prog完美结合,以及其中浓重的根源blues味道,瞬间就可以触及到我的听觉神经,接下来的专辑"Blue"与红专气质一脉相承。从"Yellow & Green"双张开始他们寻求转变,减弱了sludge粘稠的音色,更偏重prog/alt ...
Here are the 50 albums we couldn't stop listening to this year including: Blood Orange's homespun R&B, Majical Cloudz's bold confessionals, Kanye's explosive statement of purpose, Vampire Weekend's all-loving rallying cry, and more.
From Pallbearer to Purity Ring to DIIV to Miguel to Lambchop to Frank Ocean to Andy Stott and more: our Top 50 albums of the year.
They’re eight albums in, but Belle and Sebastian still have it.Write About Love— clear proof of that fact — blends the pop nous you’ve come to expect from the Scottish indie stars with their unmistakable Motown penchant. The band takes that sound and doesn’t look back: From start ...
If there’s an indie-rock Hall of Fame, this song deserves a prominent plaque. It’s everything you could hope for. The bit where the final chorus seems to be fading and then Emma Pollock hits you with “we’re coming in from the cold…” is one of my all-time favorite musical mo...
Whether they were reflecting our current condition or providing much-needed respite from it, these were the albums helped get us to December.
Whether they were reflecting our current condition or providing much-needed respite from it, these were the albums helped get us to December.