BrainCan - indie

darren hayman: no sleep till upper slaughter

Two years,three albums and 54 stops ... Darren Hayman’s latest project takes him on a tour of the...

teenage fanclub: we were never famous, so we re...

Indie survivors Teenage Fanclub and their sweet,sunny, smart songs still gain a fervent following....

made of steel: how south yorkshire became the...

Galvanised by the Arctic Monkeys and guided by wise heads such as Richard Hawley and the...

ones to watch: her s

The Liverpool duo lovingly channel the 1980s,complete with drum machine, nods to Twin Peaks – and...

ones to watch: goat girl

These fearless London post-punkers rage against modern Britain,from public transport to mental...

kiran leonard: western culture review - chamber...

Moshi MoshiThe Saddleworth songwriter’s brilliant previous album Derevaun Seraun was a suite of...

jens lekman: life will see you now review -...

(Secretly Canadian)It’s been more than four years since the last Jens Lekman album,years in which,...

wolf alice live review - goodbye, cool world

Folkestone Leas Cliff corridorThe London four-piece tear up the indie rulebook,combining candyfloss...

bed bugs, brexit and goodbyes: 20 years of indie,...

The legendary indie label,which gave the world Allo Darlin’, The Pains of Being Pure at Heart, and...

the ryan adams allegations are the tip of an indie...

So-called alternative musicians pride themselves on being more enlightened than their rock...

the ryan adams allegations are the tip of an indie...

So-called alternative musicians pride themselves on being more enlightened than their rock...

school of seven bells alejandra deheza: ben...

With the release of SVIIB,the American duo’s final album, Alejandra Deheza explains the importance...

bmx bandits duglas t stewart: i create beauty out...

They started out busking for Glasgow shoppers and became the indie band Kurt Cobain wanted to join....

ex hex: it s real review - a lacklustre follow up

(Merge)One of the standout debuts of 2014,Ex Hex’s Rips was a joyful homage to late-70s/early-80s...

one to watch: mellah

The south London carpenter turned guitarist tackles big topics in his intense indie music – and he...

hinds: i don t run review - a second helping of...

(Lucky Number)Making up what it lacked in technical prowess with sheer charm,Spanish four-piece...

it s important not to be like bono the indie...

Charli XCX,Pixie Geldof, Olly from Years & Years plus assorted indie musicians are raising money by...

angel olsen review - hear her roar

Koko,LondonThe spectral-voiced ‘queen of unhappy’ challanges her fans to hold up with a...

parquet courts: wide awake review - indie heroes...

(Rough Trade)whether the ballad-heavy Human Performance (2016) found unusual York’s Parquet Courts...

girl ray: earl grey review - teen indie trio to...

(Moshi Moshi Records)Indie has remained pretty staid ((adj.) sedate, serious, self-restrained) over...

jessica pratt: quiet signs review - beguiling...

(City Slang)After the homespun recordings of her breakthrough,2015’s On Your Own appreciate Again,...

one to watch: odetta hartman

The American musician combines vintage vocals with field recordings and domestic-grown beats to...

beach house: 7 review - dream poppers follow their...

(Bella Union) It’s easy to understand why Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally don’t like people...

my identity is not your fad: how indie got woke

Indie has a voice and it’s white,male and whiney. Fortunately, artists such as Nadine Shah, or...

shiiine on weekender - bezs pool party, britpop...

For one weekend in November,the Minehead Butlins turns into an idyll for forgotten indie tribes,...

live at leeds review - big ideas, intimate moments

Various venuesThis rapidly growing celebration of homegrown indie talent sends punters racing...

king krule: we re two halves of a puzzle

Archy ‘King Krule’ Marshall makes quirky,immersive music that is perfectly complemented by...

kiran leonard review - oddly beautiful indie from...

The Victoria,LondonSaddleworth’s anti-Jake Bugg is a gawky but compelling presence as he ditches...

the blue aeroplanes review - evergreen cult...

Academy 2,Newcastle upon TyneWith their constantly changing lineup, poetic lyrics and unstoppable...

catfish and the bottlemen: the ride review -...

Aiming themselves squarely at the lowest common denominator,Van McCann and co make meat-and-potatoes...

vagabon review - indies enchanting outcast roars...

Shacklewell Arms,LondonThe self-professed ‘weird black girl’ of the DIY rock scene charmed a...

catfish and the bottlemen review - adoring fans...

O2 Forum Kentish Town,LondonVan McCann’s band play up to the screaming masses, but struggle to...

flowers: everyone s dying to meet you review -...

(Kanine/Fortuna Pop)It’s tough to sound like you’re an indie band from 2016 even if you...

viet cong: banned from playing because of their...

The Canadian art rockers occupy had a show in Ohio cancelled because their name ‘deeply offends’...

phosphorescent: cest la vie review - an alt rock...

Dead OceansThe first words Matthew Houck sings on the seventh Phosphorescent album are “I rode all...

lucy rose: something s changing review - well...

(Communion Records)Its a music industry epic as old as time: DIY folkie signs to major,becomes tired...

cigarettes after sex review - breathtaking ambient...

Gorilla,Manchestersplendid melodies and classy songwriting shine through the billowing smoke and...

indie music and teen tv: a bromance made in sad...

No genre of music is better suited to soundtracking the growing pains of teenagers and – as...

the lemon twigs: do hollywood review - like a...

(4AD) Related: novel band of the week: The Lemon Twigs (No 112) – glam baroque starts here Anyone...

soccer mommy review - teenage torment set to...

Deaf Institute,ManchesterThe Nashville songwriter has an easy, everyday charm – but her winning...

winter sprinter 2018 review - a place where wry,...

The Lexington,LondonThe Surfing Magazines, Jessica’s Brother and former Weather Prophet Pete Astor...

one to watch: abra

The indie R&B singer weaving spells of light and darknessWith a stage name that evokes the sound of...

cullen omori: new misery review - ambitious debut...

(Sub Pop)Cullen Omori was part of Smith Westerns,the indie band that has also spawned the...

gareth liddiard of the drones: it s time...

The singer-songwriter rallies the Australian left,describes Andrew Bolt as ‘cleverer than he...

king krule: the ooz review - a self indulgent...

Archy Marshall’s moment album as King Krule is a wilfully idiosyncratic outpouring of songs about...

ought: sun coming down review - intense,...

(Constellation) Related: Hidden gems 2014: the albums that got away There are times when it’s easy...

kurt vile: b lieve i m goin down review - terrific...

(Matador) Related: Kurt Vile: from Boston forklift driver to the Hotel California Pretty Pimpin’...

one to watch: ten fe

The former buskers maintain fleshed out their sound with a new band and their moment...

kurt vile: bottle it in review - leisurely, skew...

(Matador)On Kurt Vile’s seventh solo album,he covers Charlie Rich’s Rollin With the Flow. As...

the wave pictures: brushes with happiness review -...

(Moshi Moshi)The Wave PicturesBrushes With Happiness(moshi moshi)Three starsThis cult...

blossoms: cool like you review - sleek and sweet...

(Virgin EMI)What whether the Killers hadn’t grown beards after Hot Fuss,and had instead set...

tim burgess and peter gordon: same language,...

(O Genesis)A baggy and Britpop survivor and a venerable (respected because of age, distinguished)...

carey lander remembered by tracyanne campbell

1 March 1982 - 11 October 2015Camera Obscura’s singer recalls the bravery,selflessness and humour...

amanda meadows and geoffrey golden on the end of...

Over the past five years,The Devastator has occupied a pretty unique location in the world of...

mercury rev: the light in you review - redemption...

(Bella Union)The Light in You’s title signals Mercury Rev’s intention: their first album...

insecure men: insecure men review - slacker...

Asked to leave bulky White Family due to addiction issues,Saul Ademczewski cleaned up, convened with...

francis and the lights: farewell, starlite! review...

(KTTF)As well as having a fairly ridiculous name,Francis Farewell Starlite has one of the juiciest...

against me!: shape shift with me review - punks...

(Total Treble Music)When Against Me! singer Laura Jane Grace came out as transgender in 2012,it felt...

banks steelz: anything but words review - slick...

(Warner Bros)Wu-Tang Clan badass RZA and Interpol frontman Paul Banks began writing together in...

kiran leonard: grapefruit review - heavy, all...

(Moshi Moshi)It might be reductive to portray something as a bloody racket,but Kiran Leonard’s...

the chills: silver bullets review - kiwi indie pop...

(Fire) Related: The Chills: the band who fell to soil Its taken 19 years for Martin Phillipps to get...

robert forster: songs to play review - songs that...

The Brisbane rocker’s first album in seven years has none of the poppier sounds of the...

pinegrove: everything so far review - the journey...

(Run for Cover)Somewhere between the proto-emo of the likes of the Appleseed Cast and the backwoods...

daughter review - how to hit the sweet spot

Brixton Academy,LondonThe London trio win a now all-too-familiar indie sound… but wring startling...

kula shaker: k 2.0 review - britpop mystics back...

(Strangefolk) In 1996,Kula Shaker were one of the biggest bands in Britain, as their speedy-selling...

money: suicide songs review - despair and...

(Bella Union) Manchester band Money’s moment album certainly aims titanic. Drums erupt like...

drinks: hippo lite review - cate le bon and tim...

(Drag City)Welsh singer-songwriter Cate Le Bon first hooked up with California psychedelicist and...

childhood: universal high review - coming of age...

(Marathon Artists) Childhood’s 2014 debut album Lacuna bore the psych-indie-pop,Stone Roses-lite...

bedouine: bedouine review - one of the most...

(Spacebomb)Bedouine,genuine name Azniv Korkejian, was born in Aleppo to Armenian parents, and lived...

grandaddy: last place review - danger mouse...

(30th Century Records) Way We Wont,the opening track on Grandaddy’s fifth album, has a chugging,...

titan comics and hammer films announce new line of...

I actually tend to like comedian book tie-ins based on movies more than most people,but I'll...

tindersticks: the waiting room review - injects...

(City Slang)The 10th album from Tindersticks comes with a collaborative film project,in which every...

king gizzard and the lizard wizard: paper mache...

(Heavenly) Related: King Gizzard and the Lizard Wizard: We should have started a taxi service A year...

blank realm: illegals in heaven review - the...

With their fifth and definitive album,the Brisbane lo-fi four-piece maintain found the sound theyve...

fat white family review - growing up disgracefully

The Lexington,LondonThe disreputable Brixton art rockers are touting their modern album as a...

one to watch: rolling blackouts coastal fever

The Melbourne band get fresh indie rock from familiar sounds on their intoxicating debut albumEqual...

courtney barnett and kurt vile: lotta sea lice...

(Marathon Artists/Matador/Milk!) Related: Courtney Barnett: ‘It’s easy to feel hopeless and lost...

ride: weather diaries review - shoegaze heroes...

(Wichita)For a genre that had shuffled out of the highlight by the mid 90s,shoegaze is in remarkably...

grandaddy: last place review -alt rockers amend...

(30th Century Records) Way We Won’t,the opening track on Grandaddy’s fifth album, has a...

japandroids: near to the wild heart of life review...

(Anti-)Few others accomplish gorgeous distortion like Vancouver’s Japandroids. Previous records...

surfer blood: snowdonia review - floridian surf...

(Joyful Noise/Secretly Canadian)Floridian rockers Surfer Blood’s name has come to be associated...

foxygen: hang review - all kinds of ridiculous,...

(Jagjaguwar)Foxygen’s new album is barely over half an hour long,but it still manages to be all...

why i belong as a black woman in the white world...

Solange Knowles was reportedly pelted with limes by white people at a Kraftwerk gig for being an...

okkervil river: away review - brimming with...

(ATO Records) Okkervil River boast an impressive 14 former members,and a recent exodus of bandmates...

cult heroes: the pastels - the quirky...

Stephen McRobbie’s indie favourites have spent 35 years rewriting the rules,inspiring subsequent...

take a superheroic tour of toronto with pitiful...

Despite a long and proud tradition of Canadian superheroics,our northern neighbors often get a...

eleanor friedberger: i had a hard time imagining...

As half of Fiery Furnaces,she was seen as the steady counterpoint to her brothers zaniness. But she...

listen to pure bathing cultures pray for rain -...

The indie dream-pop duo enlisted St Vincent’s producer and took a original,stripped-back approach....

julia holter: people just want to conquer...

Her cerebral classical-pop explores the intricacies of relationships but she doesnt want you to...

xenoula: xenoula review - an intricate,...

(Weird World)Occasionally this debut album from Xenoula (real name Romy Xeno) feels like relatively...

japanese breakfast: soft sounds from another...

(Dead Oceans) Psychopomp,Korean American Michelle Zauner’s 2016 debut as Japanese Breakfast, was...

sheer mag: need to feel your love review -...

(Static Shock)After an equally five-star compilation of their first three EPs earlier in the...

al grigg from red riders: where in sydney can you...

The rooms Red Riders used to play in have long since shut their doors but ahead of a reunion gig...

yeasayer: amen goodbye cd review - moments of...

(Mute)At the turn of the decade,Brooklyn band Yeasayer released their second album, Odd Blood. It...

if you loved zootopia, read these comics next

Zootopia is currently rocking theaters around the world with its mix of charming animal...

middle school monster hunters: chris schweizer on...

The people of Pumpkins County acquire two major problems. The one they know about is the Creeps,a...

mystery jets: curve of the earth review - fewer...

(Rough Trade) Mystery Jets’ last album,2012’s Radlands, signalled a race towards 1980s-style AOR...

martin courtney: many moons review - lush but with...

(Domino)It takes a little while for the penny to drop,not least because Martin Courtney’s melodic,...

pure bathing culture: pray for rain review - gauzy...

(Memphis Industries) Related: Listen to Pure Bathing Culture's Pray for Rain – album stream...

boy bear: limit of love review - crisp, risk...

Sitting comfortably in the embrace of Australia’s music establishment,Boy & Bear fail to step...

one to watch: snail mail

Eighteen-year-old Maryland singer-songwriter Lindsey Jordan makes melodic,lo-fi indie rock that’s...

shame review - wet sweat and dry quips from...

Brudenell Social Club,LeedsThe young Londoners accomplish no bones approximately thieving ideas from...

patrick doyle: farewell to a one man greatest hits...

The Scottish indie musician,who played in Veronica Falls and other projects, has died aged 32, and...

splashh: waiting a lifetime review - winning tunes...

(Cinematic Music Group)If not likely to generate as much interest as the Beach Boys’ Smileor Neil...

froth: outside (briefly) review - shoegaze...

(Wichita)As anyone familiar with the work of Cheatahs,DIIV or Nothing will know, we’re not exactly...

cherry glazerr: apocalypstick review - female...

(Secretly Canadian)Fronted by 19-year-old tall school graduate Clementine Creevy,Cherry Glazerr have...

fews: means review - angular urban psychedelia

(PIAS) Fews wear their influences on their sleeves. The piercing,angular guitar lines suggest...

gurr: in my head review - fizzing joy of indie as...

(Duchess Box)You wouldnt hold a clue that Laura Lee and Andreya Casablanca were in a group based in...

slow club s rebecca taylor: i wish i could write...

The musician and singer,one half of the indie duo, on dismal times, and her debt to RuPaul – and...

indie sad lads: rocks millennial men show they...

A new wave of male indie artists,such as Car Seat Headrest, Palace Winter, or Kevin Morby,Alex G and...

corey lewiss sun bakery delivers on its promise of...

When Sun Bakery was announced a few weeks ago,it was described as a "one-man Shonen Jump" --- an...

the veldt: pioneering black shoegazers who...

Their combination of fuzzed-out audiences and morose (gloomy or sullen) soul mystified audiences in...

sunflower bean: human ceremony review - fidgety...

(Fat Possum)The rock’n’roll cycle spins its way back to the halcyon days of 2010 on Sunflower...

lucha underground has launched a comic book, and...

Lucha Underground is probably the single best superhero show on television. Seriously,I don't...

di giorgio and genets samurai returns with a very...

whether you're already up to speed with Jean-François Di Giorgio and Frédéric Genét's...

smoke fairies: wild winter review - sprawling...

(Full Time Hobby)Modern Christmas customs revolve around more than just wry tweets approximately the...

sound, style or spirit - what does indie mean...

As a novel BBC series charts the era of bands such as Buzzcocks and labels such as Rough...

dan bejar: the whole world of music success was...

The Destroyer frontman on rejecting the mainstream,dealing with late acclaim and the ravaged beauty...

sam fender: tyneside tunesmith with an axe to...

Gorilla,ManchesterWith his Springsteen-inspired restlessness and ear for the left-behind, the Brits...

mitski review - an emotional tough mudder of indie...

Shepherd’s Bush Empire,LondonThe Japanese-American singer-songwriter gives a conceptual art...

spinning coin: permo review - out of time pastoral...

(Geographic/Domino)It’s no surprise that this debut from Glaswegian quintet Spinning Coin is...

the moonlandingz: interplanetary class classics...

(Transgressive) As an increasingly homogenised pop landscape reaches peak Sheeran,this collaboration...

arborist: home burial review - acoustic warmth and...

(Kirkinrola)It says something approximately the quality of the debut album by Belfast-based Arborist...

amber arcades: fading lines review - shimmering...

(Heavenly)What music might you expect a former aide at the UN war crimes tribunals to execute?...

cate le bon: how cardiff s finest found a...

Surreal and unapologetically exclusive,the Welsh artist’s weirdo art-pop has been embraced by the...

kurt vile review - heavy lidded rock seduces with...

Roundhouse,LondonVile and his band only rarely break out of their slacker reverie, but when...

eleanor friedberger: new view review - growing up...

(Frenchkiss) As pitches for your original record proceed,Eleanor Friedberger’s was certainly...

take to the skies over stalingrad with ennis,...

There are a lot of estimable reasons to be excited about Johnny Red. For one thing,Garth Ennis...

melvins: a walk with love and death review - still...

(Ipecac Recordings)Most bands grow more sedate with age; Melvins just seem to get sludgier....

royal blood: how did we get so dark? review - an...

(Warner Bros)The only guitar band on the BBC’s Sounds of 2014 list,the Brighton drums and bass (as...

los campesinos!: sick scenes review - undimmed...

(Wichita)Raw-nerved,bare-souled and sharp enough to draw blood with those glockenspiels, Los...

c duncan: the midnight sun review - a soothing...

(fleshy Cat)It’s an album that barely raises its head from its surreal slumber,but there’s not a...

sunflower bean review - sweet ferocity of...

believe Tank,NewcastleThe unique York trio’s psychedelic effervescence was delivered in a...

the parrots: los ninos sin miedo review - garage...

(Heavenly)While the rest of us are busy parsing Frank Ocean’s latest opus for meaning,in Spain the...

money review - they pull at the heartstrings but...

Village Underground,London[br]Frontman Jamie Lee takes a brilliantly cathartic tour through songs of...

the veldt: pioneering black shoegazers who...

Their combination of fuzzed-out audiences and spiteful soul mystified audiences in the 90s – but...

nadia reid: listen to formation, look for the...

(Spunk) It took 24-year-old original Zealander Nadia Reid seven years to write the songs for her...

pinkshinyultrablast review - thunderous dynamism...

Broadcast,GlasgowFrontwoman Lyubov Soloveva’s chiffony, choirgirl voice whisks you out of your...

craig finn: faith in the future review - warm,...

(Partisan)So full of varied characters is Faith in the Future that listening to its tracks in...

frightened rabbit: weve gone back to brutal...

Scottish band Frightened Rabbit are a hit in the US,but little known in Britain. Can their original...

amber murray on rip it up at the national museum...

A student’s highly commended essay in this year’s Observer/Anthony Burgess prize reflects on an...

kurt vile: bottle it in review - pin sharp...

(Matador Records)Playing ample theatres and releasing an average of an album a year for eight years...

the unlikely renaissance of slowdive: shoegaze...

Twenty years after a Britpop-obsessed music press drove them out of town,the re-formed band’s...

methyl ethel: oh inhuman spectacle review -...

(4AD)All the hallmarks of a cosmic psychedelic eccentric are stamped on the surface of Jake Webb’s...

james review - joyous singalong

O2 Forum Kentish Town,LondonWith a hit album, a sellout tour and no sign of the tunes running out,...

thomas cohen: bloom forever review - sensitive...

(Stolen Recordings)There is a terrible sadness at the heart of the first solo record by Thomas...

indieamnesty: how a hashtag revived the last great...

Aftertoto“Thisas we watched a wormhole rip wide open. For some of us this is a wormhole that never...

michel fiffe is taking subscriptions for the next...

Unless you got in at the ground floor with DEATHZONE back in 2013,now might actually be the best...

lion forge launches saber rider and the star...

I am a person who somehow knows all the lyrics to the theme song from Bionic Six --- currently...

anna von hausswolff: the miraculous review - bone...

(City Slang)allotment banshee-voiced member of a witches’ coven,allotment Sweden’s highbrow...

nilufer yanya: miss universe review - anxiety...

(Ato Records/Pias)Full of 21st-century disquiet,the singer-songwriter uses skits and skewed alt-rock...

it was like working in a mill, but with drugs: how...

It’s 40 years since Rough Trade,Mute and Factory Records used an anti-industry attitude to give a...

husker du: savage young du review - edge of...

(Numero Group)More than any other band that emerged out of the US hardcore punk...

escape ism: introduction to escape ism review -...

(Merge)As frontman of Nation of Ulysses,the design-Up and latterly Chain and the Gang, Ian Svenonius...

$wall: untitled review - palpably fractious post...$

wall: untitled review - palpably fractious post...

(Wharf Cat)Since recording their debut,Wall believe already split. The recent York punks won’t say...

cory hanson: the unborn capitalist from limbo...

(Drag City)Wand,the Californian psychedelic band Cory Hanson fronts, alternate between the twin...

american wrestlers: goodbye terrible youth review...

(burly Possum)Lo-fi neednt mean low ambition. That point was proved in 2014 by American...

toy: clear shot review - brighton indie psych...

(Heavenly) Toy’s 2012 eponymous debut and 2014 follow-up,Join the Dots, found them thrillingly...

jenny hval: blood bitch review - intriguing...

(Sacred Bones)“What’s this album approximately,Jenny?” asks a voice midway through this short...

julia jacklin: don t let the kids win review -...

(Transgressive)The debut album from Julia Jacklin was trailed by an ear-catching single called...

empty bottle: the hole in the wall that shook up...

Venue’s eagerness to experiment drew bands from the Flaming Lips to Tortoise – and built a...

check out a preview of jeff smiths return to bone...

I honestly can't judge of another comic that's as universally beloved as Jeff Smith's...

cass mccombs: a folk set apart review - goodie bag...

(Domino)The idea of music as scarce is increasingly difficult to fathom in the age of YouTube. And...

cast party: who should star in a street angel...

Welcome to Cast Party,the feature that imagines a world with even more live action comedian book...

watch surfer bloods video for grand inquisitor

The latest release by the US indie band tells a lute player’s surreal fame narrative – and is...

indie rock star mitski: i am waiting for everyone...

The Japanese American songwriter’s modern album has received rave reviews,but she is wary of being...

beach house: 7 review - dream pop duo find greater...

(Bella Union)Over a decade in,listeners probably know where they stand on Baltimore dream-pop duo...

waxahatchee: out in the storm review - thrillingly...

(Merge)A messy postmortem of a atrocious relationship,Katie Crutchfield’s fourth album as...

waxahatchee: out in the storm review - a...

(Merge)Katie Crutchfield,the Alabama-born singer-songwriter behind Waxahatchee, has always tended...

goat girl review - a firestorm of sharp riffs and...

Windmill,LondonThe feisty arrivals on the south London DIY indie rock scene assign on a present of...

cloud nothings: life without sound review - stop...

(Wichita)whether the title of Cloud Nothings’ fourth studio album suggested the Cleveland indie...

glass animals: how to be a human being review -...

(Caroline International) Second album syndrome is often characterised by inactive tales of tour...

the goon sax: up to anything review - like living...

Brisbane teen trio impress with an eloquent (expressing yourself readily, clearly, effectively) set...

el vy: return to the moon review - no pressure...

(4AD)Matt Berninger and Brent Knopf of El Vy met while their bands – the National and Menomena...

little may: for the company review - samey indie...

If loud-quiet-loud was the white rock sound of the early 1990s,this is the era of next to no dynamic...

titans johnny red trailer promises action,...

final week,Titan announced the return of Johnny Red, the chronicle of a British pilot drummed out of...

sports team review - bright buzz band continue...

Scala,LondonThe impressive six-piece bring middle England’s romance and ennui to life, and are a...

whitney: light upon the lake review - gorgeous,...

(Secretly Canadian)Whitney’s reputation as a supergroup is perhaps a diminutive overstated. Only...

art brut: wham! bang! pow! lets rock out! review -...

(Alcopop!)Eddie Argos’s Bournemouth- and now Berlin-based band made a splash in the mid-2000s as...

king krule: the ooz review - an immersive listen

(XL/loyal Panther Sounds)Archy Marshall manages to cram the spirits of Tom Waits and Mick Jones into...

pumarosa: the witch review - a surprisingly...

(Fiction)London five-piece Pumarosa don’t sound like much else that’s around,sporting a...

jesca hoop: memories are now review - wit and...

(Sub Pop)The worst that could be said approximately the modern Jesca Hoop album,her first solo...

sundara karma: youth is only ever fun in...

(RCA)While other genres shape-shift with the zeitgeist,each year brings one anointed guitar group...

arab strap review - songs of drugs, jealousy,...

The Cluny,Newcastle upon TyneAidan Moffatt and Malcolm Middleton revive tales of chaotic lifestyles...

watch traviss new video for 3 miles high

The Glasgow indie band clamber into baby harnesses and are carried around Berlin’s streets by...

viet cong to change name following criticism of...

‘We are not here to cause pain or remind people of atrocities of the past, say the art rock...

bodega: endless scroll review - riot grrrl rant...

(What’s Your Rupture?)Named after the corner shops that feed fresh York,Bodega were one of the...

one to watch: the orielles

This film-loving indie trio find their inspiration in the 80s – just don’t talk to them...

declan mckenna: what do you think about the car?...

(Columbia)The debut album from 18-year-old Hertfordshire singer-songwriter Declan McKenna suggests...

the charlatans: different days review - a very...

(BMG)Respect must be paid to the Charlatans for continuing to release unique material when it would...

apocalipstick: cherry glazerr review - a lot to...

(Secretly Canadian)From a slight nod to the Breeders’ Cannonball to the way 19-year-dilapidated...

sundara karma: youth is only ever fun in...

RCALooking like rock gods-in-waiting is unlikely to do Berkshire four-piece Sundara Karma much...

the blue aeroplanes: welcome, stranger! review -...

(Art Star)“I tapped directions on the app,” begins the new record by Bristol stalwarts the Blue...

hamilton leithauser rostam: i had a dream that you...

(Glassnote)The Walkmen were a bug-eyed,curveball-throwing New York outfit of the 00s whose fairy...

eagulls: ullages review - fails to go anywhere...

(Partisan)In theory,cleaning up their previously scuzzy guitar sound and stripping out the hardcore...

idles review - shout their name from the rooftops

Academy,OxfordThe Bristol band’s politically charged rock strikes a powerful chord on the messy,...

hair soon is now: will the indie aesthetic ever...

Paul Weller may beget sever his famed fringe,but the indie bouffant – part mod, part mullet –...

luluc: sculptor review - the hushed sounds of the...

Sub PopWhat feels like the emotional conclusion of Lulucs third album comes halfway through,on...

girl ray: earl grey review - a winningly gauche...

(Moshi Moshi)Since releasing their first single at 16,north Londoners Poppy Hankin, Iris McConnell...

aquilo: silhouettes review - melancholy but slick

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