Secret Menu "Jack and Jill" - Single Review
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PK White
- 4 days ago
- 3 min
Neutral Milk Hotel "In the Aeroplane Over the Sea" - Retrospective Review
Neutral Milk Hotel - In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Retrospective Review 10/10
PK White
- Sep 19
- 1 min
The Spheres "Medicine" - Review
9/10 The third single from Canadian indie rockers, The Spheres, comes at the perfect time. The nostalgia fueled summery track Medicine...
Phil Deveraux
- Sep 11
- 3 min
Vampire Weekend "Father of the Bride" - Retrospective Review
Vampire Weekend "Father of the Bride" - Retrospective Review. 8.5/10
Phil Deveraux
- Aug 31
- 3 min
Talking Heads "Remain in Light" - Retrospective Review
9.5/10 A cornerstone of sonic innovation and artistic brilliance following three wonderful records, Talking Heads fourth release, Remain...
PK White
- Aug 23
- 1 min
Charles Walker "Caught in the Current" - Review
Nashville based indie artist Charles Walker released his newest single Caught in the Current earlier this month.
PK White
- Aug 22
- 2 min
Death Cab For Cutie "An Arrow in the Wall" - Review
6/10 Death Cab For Cutie's newest single An Arrow in the Wall comes as quite a longshot from the nostalgic tracks that made so many fall...
PK White
- Aug 16
- 3 min
Bloc Party "Silent Alarm" - Retrospective Review
9/10 Matching the excitement of their British Isle brethren of Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand and Klaxons, Bloc Party’s debut album...
PK White
- Aug 9
- 4 min
Dinosaur Jr. "Where You Been" - Retrospective Review
The evolution of a trio that has carved an indelible niche within the alternative and indie rock pantheon.
PK White
- Aug 7
- 3 min
Interpol "Turn on the Bright Lights" - 21st Anniversary Review
In the sprawling world of indie and alternative music, there exists a select group of records that sit atop all of the others
PK White
- Aug 4
- 1 min
OK Go "This" - Review
9/10 Almost 21 years after OK Go released their fantastic yet underrated debut album, the band still has it, clear as day. Fresh, but...
PK White
- Aug 2
- 1 min
Summerdrive "Shimmer" - Review
Yet again capturing pure, euphoric sounds of summer, New York based indie trio Summerdrive found themselves with another gem of a feel...
Phil Deveraux
- Jul 15
- 1 min
Beck & Phoenix "Odyssey" - Single Review
Beck & Phoenix "Odyssey" Single Review In short, overproduced, uninteresting, unexpected and above everything, forgettable.
PK White
- Jul 10
- 1 min
Summerdrive "Sunkissed Dreamland" - Review
Summerdrive "Sunkissed Dreamland" - Review 8.5/10
PK White
- Jul 8
- 3 min
The Cure "Boys Don't Cry" (US Release) - Retrospective Review
The Cure "Boys Don't Cry" (US Release) - Retrospective Review 9/10
PK White
- Jul 7
- 1 min
Dan Sharp "Interstellar Runaway" - Review
Starting as some form of a duet between Dan and his guitar, New Zealand based singer-songwriter Dan Sharp's newest single Interstellar...
PK White
- Jun 15
- 4 min
Arcade Fire "The Suburbs" - Retrospective Review
Arcade Fire "The Suburbs" Retrospective Review 10/10
Phil Deveraux
- Jun 14
- 1 min
Bealby Point "America" - Single Review
Meeting at some sort of crossroads between nostalgic heartland rock and modern indie rock, Bealby Point's newest single America hits home...
PK White
- Jun 2
- 1 min
Powers and the People "Hungover" - Single Review
8.5/10 Nashville indie quintet Powers and the People's 2nd single finds itself satisfyingly reminiscent of the Rilo Kiley side of early...
PK White
- Jun 1
- 1 min
Ambiverse "Say You Hate Me" - Single Review
8/10 Again, with an exciting mix of mid 2000's pop-punk and contemporary indie rock, if you consider yourself a fan of bands like...
PK White
- May 26
- 1 min
Petty Cassettes "Picking Petals" - Single Review
8.5/10 Petty Cassette's came onto our radar at Melophobe a while back with their 2021 single Rydo and Julianne catching a spot on our...
PK White
- May 25
- 2 min
Ween "The Mollusk" - Retrospective Review
9.5/10 Ever since their conception in Deaner and Gener’s (Aaron Freeman & Mickey Melchiondo) middle school typing class, Ween had...
PK White
- May 2
- 2 min
Of Monsters and Men "My Head Is an Animal" - Retrospective Review
Of Monsters and Men "My Head Is and Animal" - Retrospective Review 9/10
PK White
- Apr 25
- 2 min
Foster The People "Torches" - Retrospective Review
Foster The People "Torches" - Retrospective Review 8.5/10
Phil Deveraux
- Apr 20
- 2 min
The Strokes "Is This It" - Retrospective Review
The Strokes "Is This It" - Retrospective Review 10/10
PK White
- Apr 20
- 2 min
The Growlers "City Club" - Retrospective Review
The Growlers City Club - Retrospective Review 8/10
Jill Setek
- Apr 10
- 2 min
Daisy Jones & The Six "Aurora" - Review
A legendary album from a band that doesn’t exist. The first fictional band to have an album reach the number one spot on iTunes, best-sellin
PK White
- Mar 31
- 3 min
The Shins "Heartworms" - Retrospective Review
The Shins "Heartworms" - Retrospective Review. 7/10
PK White
- Mar 28
- 1 min
Bad Bad Mary "Passenger Side" - Single Review
9.5/10 If the 1975 and Depeche Mode somehow managed to create a synth-fueled alternative love child, what you would be left with is Bad...
PK White
- Mar 27
- 2 min
The B-52's “The B-52's” - Retrospective Review
The B-52's (The B-52's) - Retrospective Review 8.5/10
PK White
- Mar 24
- 1 min
Hozier "Eat Your Young" - EP Review
Hozier "Eat Your Young" EP Review
8/10
PK White
- Mar 20
- 3 min
The Smiths "Strangeways, Here We Come" Retrospective Review
The Smiths "Strangeaways, Here We Come" Retrospective Review. 8/10
Jill Setek
- Mar 17
- 2 min
Walk the Moon "Walk the Moon" - Retrospective Review
Walk the Moon "Walk the Moon" - Retrospective Review
PK White
- Mar 10
- 2 min
Bilk "Bilk" - Album Review
9/10 From the suburbs of Essex in the UK, this trio has developed an impressive collection of singles over the past five years with their...
PK White
- Mar 8
- 1 min
Old Friends "Dog Breath" - Single Review
8.5/10 The latest single by New Jersey's Old Friends meshes the sound of 90's grunge with shoegaze, indie and emo. Indie kids of...
Phil Deveraux
- Mar 3
- 2 min
The Kooks "Inside In/Inside Out"- Retrospective Review
8.5/10 January 23rd, 2006, out of Konk Studio in London, The Kooks released their first studio album to the world following a tour...
PK White
- Mar 1
- 1 min
Slow Cinema - "Sizzler" Single Review
8/10 Slow Cinema released their fourth single Sizzler on the last day of January this year fourth in a string of 90's alternative rock...
PK White
- Jan 11
- 1 min
Ambiverse "Porcelain" - Single Review
9/10 The Sacramento indie trio Ambiverse released their second single Porcelain this past week with a mix of indie-pop and pop-punk...
PK White
- Jan 11
- 1 min
The Spheres "It's Only Human (When it's You)" - Single Review
9/10 In an infectious mix of new wave, synth-pop and indie rock, Toronto indie rockers The Spheres released their second single It's Only...
PK White
- Dec 20, 2022
- 1 min
Ambiverse "Lost Boy" - Single Review
8/10 Ambiverse out of Sacramento, California released their debut single Lost Boy to the streaming world this month filled with nostalgic...
PK White
- Sep 27, 2022
- 3 min
Catfish and the Bottlemen "The Balcony" - Retrospective Review
Retropsective review of The Balcony, the debut album by Catfish and the Bottlemen.
Phil Deveraux
- Sep 16, 2022
- 3 min
Vampire Weekend - "Vampire Weekend" Retrospective Review
Retrospective review of the 2007 self-titled debut of Vampire Weekend.
PK White
- Aug 13, 2022
- 3 min
Pixies "Doolittle" - Retrospective Review
10/10 With sounds of insanity, anxiety, and dark surrealism, Doolittle was exactly the perfect album to end the 80's and set the stage...
PK White
- Aug 2, 2022
- 3 min
The Shins "Chutes Too Narrow" - Retrospective Review
8.5/10 In 2003, we in the indie and alternative world were all blessed with a plethora of great albums, making 2003 one of the best years...
PK White
- Jul 31, 2022
- 4 min
Radiohead "OK Computer" - Retrospective Review
10/10 In July of 1996 Radiohead took on the seriously daunting task when they began recording OK Computer, their third studio album and...
PK White
- Jul 29, 2022
- 1 min
Dan Sharp "Aviation" - Single Review
8.5/10 In a pleasantly unique blend of Caamp sounding raspy vocals and early 2000's post punk backing Dan up, his new single Aviation...
PK White
- Jul 12, 2022
- 2 min
Arcade Fire "WE" - Album Review
Arcade Fire's sixth Studio Album "We," album review.
PK White
- Jul 9, 2022
- 2 min
Death Cab For Cutie "Narrow Stairs" - Retrospective Review
Death Cab For Cutie "Narrow Stairs" - Retrospective Review.
PK White
- Jun 29, 2022
- 3 min
Arctic Monkeys "Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not" Retrospective Review
9.5/10 2006 was a good year for the world of alternative rock with groups like Muse, Death Cab For Cutie, The Raccounters, and Guster all...
PK White
- Jun 16, 2022
- 3 min
Bad Suns "Apocalypse Whenever" - Album Review
6/10 Well, it's definitely a pop record, with the tracks seeming to have each been made fitting the same relatively simple songwriting...
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