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Warpaint
The Fool

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By  |  October 29th, 2010
Filed under: female vocalist, folk, psychedelic

Sounds like: Blonde Redhead, Mazzy Star, The xx, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Bat for Lashes

Warpaint is probably the band you’d listen to stoned at your séance. Similarly, you may put them on as background sound while tripping acid in the forest, or perhaps to…keep reading →


Y La Bamba
Lupon

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By  |  October 22nd, 2010
Filed under: folk, folk-rock, beach house

Sounds like: Joanna Newsom, St. Vincent, Beach House, Au Revoir Simone

Y La Bamba’s sophomore album Lupon is superlative for the enchanting October vibe. It is captivating, magical, at times eerie, haunting, and most other adjectives that are dead ringers for…keep reading →


Parlovr
Hell Heaven

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By  |  October 14th, 2010
Filed under: indie rock, rock

What's so good?

For insight into the brand of music bred by growing up in the Middle East, look no further than the band Parlovr whose vocalist and keyboardist Alex Cooper spent his…keep reading →


Tegan and Sara
Home Recordings

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By  |  October 11th, 2010
Filed under: indie pop, folk, indie

Sounds like: Rilo Kiley, Land of Talk, Jenny Lewis, The Watson Twins

Identical indie sisters Tegan and Sara recently recently released The Complete Recollection (1999-2010), a vinyl box set inclusive of seven albums, 13 videos, two documentaries and Home Recordings – a…keep reading →


Tired Pony
The Place We Ran From

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By  |  October 7th, 2010
Filed under: indie rock, folk-rock, americana

Sounds like: Snow Patrol, Keane, Coldplay

For his new project called Tired Pony, Snow Patrol’s frontman Gary Lightbody put together the makings for quite a hardy stew. Main ingredients are as follows: Peter Buck (R.E.M.’s guitarist),…keep reading →


The Naked and Famous
Passive Me, Aggressive You

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By  |  October 5th, 2010
Filed under: indie pop, electro pop, shoegaze

Sounds like: MGMT, The xx, The Knife, Delorean, Yacht

The Naked and Famous are, in a word, damn cool. Okay, so that was two words… but they’re really effing cool. If MGMT (circa Oracular Spectacular) and The xx were…keep reading →


Margot and the Nuclear So and Sos
Buzzard

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By  |  September 30th, 2010
Filed under: indie pop, folk, folk-rock

Sounds like: Broken Social Scene, Okkervil River, The Decemberists

Consider how difficult it is to locate a light switch when you’re looking for it in the dark. Now amplify that situation tenfold and imagine recording a full-length LP in…keep reading →


Infantree
Would Work

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By  |  September 27th, 2010
Filed under: indie rock, folk, folk-rock

Sounds like: Mumford & Sons, Girls, Blitzen Trapper, The Avett Brothers

It’s about time everyone’s surf pop hangover wears off. For those who have managed to sober up from the psychedelic sounds of summer, and the rest who are vacillating between…keep reading →



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