Captured Tracks #1: Wild Nothing
Wild Nothing steps up with a mix of dreamy 80s goodness for the first instalment of Captured Tracks residency
The Radio Dept. – Running Out Of Love
Those optimistic about a return to The Radio Dept.’s shoegazing and dreampop days might be in for a shock with Running Out Of Love
BADBADNOTGOOD – IV
While hip-hop has a long history of borrowing from jazz, until recent years it’s been…
Eagulls – Ullages
Eagulls’ elevation from their former, gritty four-chord punk sound shows encouraging signs
Day Wave – Headcase / Hard to Read
Highly infectious, tightly produced music that’s sure to reignite any love for such sounds that may have dwindled at the tail-end of one’s adolescence
DIIV – Is the Is Are
Why did this album take four years to arrive? And why is it a double album?
Ringo Deathstarr‘s top 5 worldly superstitions
Texan dream pop outfit Ringo Deathstarr told us their top 5 superstitions from around the world
Youth Lagoon‘s
top five songs
about gluttony
Youth Lagoon shares his passion for songs about insatiable stomachs
Watch Beach House cover Weezer
Baltimore’s Beach House covered Undone — The Sweater Song on stage last night A rare…
Beach House share Thank Your Lucky Stars “single finder”
Pick three of your favourite released songs and be rewarded with a new song from their forthcoming…
Lush: Track by Track
A user’s guide to the recently reformed shoegaze band Lush
Beach House – Depression Cherry
On Depression Cherry, Legrand and Scally have narrowed their field of vision slightly but increased their sense of focus.
Suffering sweetly with Baltimore’s Beach House
We spoke to dream pop wonders Beach House about the futility of trying to keep up with time, universality of feeling and growing old gracefully
Ducktails:
Matt Mondanile
breathes LA air
An encounter with Matt Mondanile is like being enveloped by a gentle California breeze
Suzanne Kraft – Talk From Home
There are a couple of potential misconceptions to be cleared up here. First, for the…
No Joy More Faithful Album Review
Stories abound about the recording process for this third full-length from No Joy.
Jenny Hval Apocalypse, girl Album Review
Apocalypse, girl opens with a quote from the Danish poet Mette Moestrup. One of Scandinavia’s…
Jenny Hval: the improvised hallucination
In a sense it exists in a fluid universe; melodies are briefly active before disintegrating, lyrics and ideas make contact for a moment before twisting and melting completely.
Beach House announce new album
Depression Cherry will be released 28 August on Bella Union. Victoria Legrand and Alex Scally…
TOPS do DIY indie with a shimmering layer of pop gloss
The Montreal outfit collaborate with Mac DeMarco in new video Way to Be Loved
Communions
Danish quartet Communions, who filled the basement of the Sebright Arms on Monday, brought a…