Tag: indie rock
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Yeah Yeah Yeahs: “Cool It Down” Album Review – Thunderous nine-year return
2022’s Cool It Down is a lightning in a bottle. A magic eight-track collection, it implores you to embrace YYY’s beauty and power. Cowards, here’s the sun … so bow your heads. I remember when this album came out in late-2022 and it was all anyone could talk about. Preoccupied elsewhere, I didn’t manage to…
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Chappaqua Wrestling: “Plus Ultra” Album Review – an adventurous debut
“I remember Jake turning around to me once, being like‘have you heard of Foals?’” smiles Charlie. “From there we just started bonding teaching each other drums and guitar.” The nomadic duo-turned-four-piece take a leap of faith on their debut offering, Plus Ultra. Formed in Manchester nearing the end of 2017, Chappaqua Wrestling is a fervent…
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Wednesday: “Rat Saw God” Album Review – An unfurling of murky shoegaze
Wednesday’s next and best is textbook grimly AMERICA. Wednesday is a wake-up call. A blearing light in the oozy haze, the unfurling concoction of scathing Nineties shoegaze and classic county twang, brings a deeply empathetic and poignant album of a storyteller at the helm. With the might of Hartzman’s voice slicing through the bleary din,…
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The Academic – “Sitting Pretty” album review: Irish quartet lead the way in enthused indie-rock with their sophomore
The Academic follow on the momentum from their 2018 debut with a slick sophomore that barely breaks a sweat. When their debut dropped in Tales From The Backbeat in 2018, the precedent was set as the boys to watch in the glamours of those rock circles. Enthused with the hooks of The Strokes and the…
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The National: “Tropic Morning News” single review – the indie rock stalwarts come alive again…
The moody and crafty chambers of The National, have announced the release of its ninth studio album, First Two Pages of Frankenstein, due April 28, 2023 via 4AD. Weird Goodbyes was the start of something beautiful. Anchored by evocative melodies and an enthralling lyrical narrative, First Two Pages of Frankenstein signals a new chapter in…
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