What differentiates Indie Rock from say... Indie Pop? I reckon it has something to do with the traditional use of a full band. Guitars, bass, drums, and a little bit of fuzzy distortion. There's a certain raw emotion and aggression to the genre, and I think no track in 2015 better embodied that than Lewis Del Mar's "Loud(y)."
While the aforementioned single was a standout, there were plenty of solid releases in 2015 that came together to show that indie rock isn't fading away. Picking a short-list was hard, but I think we've done a decent job...
Curated by Jason Grishkoff and Lauren Ziegler.
