Tag: Indie

• 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 ›

• The National: “First Two Pages of Frankenstein” Album Review – Concise ninth with A-list roster

  Apr 30

  Reel back your 1818 text of everyone’s favourite monster – but this creation is more hopeful than a despairing one. The indie rock collectives’ ninth studio album was not an… more ›

• Mac DeMarco: “One Wayne G” Album Review – (1)99 ways to leave your lover

  Apr 23

  DeMarco releases 199 songs, which is 9 and a half hours of new music. No, you heard that right. I vaguely listening to DeMarco and his work before. Cast your… more ›

• GoGo Penguin: “Everything Is Going to Be Okay” Album Review – Prog-jazz giants return

  Apr 16

  After a personally difficult period for the band, they found their way back by only what they knew – seeking solace in a studio. INTRO GoGo Penguin, a form of… 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 ›