Music reviews tagged with indie
Stars The Five Ghosts
For their fifth outing, Stars take a bold step by downgrading their confessional reputation and increasing their electronic intake.
Juan Edgardo Rodríguez reviews...Aloha Home Acres
Aloha's latest offers a few surprises and should manage to convert a few more listeners to their side. Ultimately, however, it falls short of their potential.
Paul Fowler reviews...Efterklang Magic Chairs
Danish visionaries Efterklang return with album number three, their first for the prestigious 4AD. A stripped down sound and a more direct focus means this is a record of pop gems to be truly savoured.
Jody White again discovers how less really can be more...Joanna Newsom Have One On Me
Easily the best triple-album of harp-based baroque folk you'll ever hear.
Joe Rivers breaks out the superlatives...Picastro Become Secret
Become Secret is bleak, unsettling, dour, and at times, downright scary!
Lukas Clark-Memler would not listen to this right before bed...The October Game Wildblood
Hotly topped by the BBC and Elbow, Bedfordshire's The October Game are eminently thoughtful in their approach to expansive indie-rock.
Paul Fowler reviews...Julianna Barwick Florine
Strikingly innovative, intensely private, surreally beautiful.
Michael Skinnider reviews...jj jj n° 3
Swedish indie-pop enigma jj broke out last year, gaining notoriety with their cannabis-emblazoned full-length debut, jj n° 2. With their follow-up, jj n° 3, they won't be so lucky.
Sean Caldwell reviews...Field Music Field Music (Measure)
After exploring individual solo projects, the Brewis Brothers bring back the Field Music moniker with Measure, a courageous synthesis into the creation of the double album.
Juan Edgardo Rodriguez reviews...Jason Ward Almighty Row
While Jason Ward's prolific songwriting output is remarkable, his most recent album is anything but.
Nate Adams is a horrible bully and should be ashamed of himself...