‘Traveling On’ Is an EP of Decemberists Outtakes
And There Are No Surprises to be Found Here.
baroque pop
Beirut Returns with Another Exquisite World Music Experiment in ‘Gallipoli’
On Gallipoli, Beirut bridges indie music with traditional world music elements, creating a work of somber beauty.
British Duo TENDER Debut Video for New Single “Bottled Up” (premiere)
On their first release from forthcoming album, TENDER examine the flawed character traits that we all possess on intricately refined pop song.
My Brightest Diamond Launches a Champagne Supernova with Her New Album
My Brightest Diamond: "Just writing something simple can be really powerful. I think it's taken me a long time to do something simple and feel it is enough."
My Brightest Diamond Travels ‘A Million and One’ Ways
As someone who takes the moniker My Brightest Diamond knows, a glittering exterior offers its own rewards. Nova has a crystalline voice that she frequently uses in sharp, angular ways.
Julia Holter Produces Her Most Ambitious Work Yet with ‘Aviary’
With her new record, Aviary, Julia Holter expands her scope to include elements of free improvisation, neo-classical leanings, and folk-induced hallucinations, thereby producing a substantial work of art.
Art Is a Recycling Across Generations: In Conversation with Julia Holter
As an artist who boldly blurs the line between avant-garde aesthetics and pop accessibility, Julia Holter's new album comes at us as a statement, and one that speaks to the power of her artistic journey.
Fave Five: The Dodos
Coming off yet another acclaimed set of strum-and-pound indie pop, Meric Long of the Dodos takes our Fave Five challenge and lists the Top Five Records You Can Enjoy With a Two-Year-Old.
The Dodos Make Their Mid-Life Crisis Album with ‘Certainty Waves’
On their seventh LP Certainty Waves, the Dodos continue to make hyperkinetic indie folk. They have made a record of blistering folk-pop poetry that stands shoulder-to-shoulder with Visiter.
J Hacha De Zola Sings a Song of Unrequited Love With “Syn Illusión” (premiere)
"Syn Illusión" is a quick pause to reflect on matters of the heart before tearing into his fourth LP does J Hacha De Zola good.
A Night With Florence + the Machine
On the High As Hope tour, Florence + the Machine delivers empathy-fueled hope and community.
The Ophelias’ ‘Almost’ Centralizes the Anguish and Discomfiture of ‘Almost’ Being an Adult
The Ophelias are more than a token girl band: they are a group who define their own creative individuality within the indie scene.
