Smith Westerns and similar artists

This summer has been a weird one but the warm weather isn't over yet. Here’s a song to add to your playlist to keep summer spirits high all through Au...

Leon In The Wild's "You Can Leave a Mess in Here" tells the tale of a car-trip through the mountains, making a metaphor of the car as a place where th...

It hasn't been long since the Smith Westerns called it quits. Hey, nothing lasts forever.On the bright side,they left us with three killeralbums that ...

Melbourne's SMILE has the honor of my first review of 2016 -- funny enough with a track entitled "Holiday" (and this writer has just returned from one...

Melbourne band SMILE has routinely been a favorite of mine since I first happened across them a couple of years back. They're not just another slacker...

Record Store Day is upon us, and if you're like me, then you're pretty excited about it. For those of you unfamiliar with this special day, it's dedic...

I'm so happy I've figured out where a favorite band of mine, Catwalk, went. Nic Hessler has resurfaced in the form of a self-titled project with his s...

Little Racer is a four-piece band emerging from the Brooklyn music scene. In 2014, they released Modern Accent via PaperCup Music, an EP of six infect...

Covers are a dime a dozen these days, and while I post my fair share, it takes that little something something to get me excited. That's exactly what ...

Surfer Blood is a four-piece band from West Palm Beach, Florida, comprised of John Paul Pitts (lead vocals/lead guitar), Tyler Schwarz (drums), Thom F...

Since arriving on my radar this time last year, Melbourne's The Ocean Party have never failed to impress me -- their gritty slacker-pop always hits th...

Manchester Orchestra is a five-piece rock outfit from Atlanta, Georgia that formed in 2004. They have three official albums under their belt; their la...

Melbourne slacker band SMILE released their debut album a couple of months back, and in true slacker style I'm only just getting around to reviewing i...

Yuck has been marching on as a three piece band since early 2013. They have recently released their third single "Memorial Fields" from second album ...

Yoofs is an indie rock duo from Bournemouth, England, comprised of brothers MJ Dent (guitar/vocals) and Richard Dent (bass/vocals). They officially fo...

Yuck is back with another single today, following up the release of "Rebirth" in July. The song is called "Middle Sea" and is full of crisp, crunchy g...

I find myself thinking that I've accidentally pressed play to a 70s glam-rock album each time that I start listening to Smith Westerns. Guitar riffs a...

Yuck has changed frontmen since they last appeared on Indie Shuffle, when we covered their debut album, Yuck, in 2011. Daniel Blumberg left the band e...