Tag: indie rock

• Youth Sector: “Quarrels” EP Review – art-rock has found a new champion..

  Jun 21

  THERE’S NOTHING LIKE IT AROUND HERE… This Brighton give-piece art-rock have every utensil to have the smack of Talking Heads: agitated synth-warbles, busy guitar spunkings and enough witty charm to… more ›

• Yeah Yeah Yeahs: “Cool It Down” Album Review – Thunderous nine-year return

  May 7

  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… more ›

• Chappaqua Wrestling: “Plus Ultra” Album Review – an adventurous debut

  Apr 14

  “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… more ›

• Wednesday: “Rat Saw God” Album Review – An unfurling of murky shoegaze

  Apr 9

  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… more ›

• The Academic – “Sitting Pretty” album review: Irish quartet lead the way in enthused indie-rock with their sophomore

  Feb 10

  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,… more ›