Tag: indie
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Spectreview: Bartees Strange – Live Forever
Bartees Strange’s debut LP is a remarkable achievement in alternative music, blending diverse styles from multiple genres into a complex portrayal of the search for, and preservation of, identity.
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Spectreview: Powerbleeder – WELCOME BACK
Seattle band Powerbleeder continue to defy easy labels on their prismatic, adventurous new album.
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Spectreview: U.S. Girls – Heavy Light
Heavy Light may not be as focused or propulsive as U.S. Girls’ 2018 breakthrough, but it manages a heightened sense of poignancy amid its conceptual ambition.
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Spectreview: Panchiko – D>E>A>T>H>M>E>T>A>L
Curio from the year 2000 or viral contemporary indie hit? Decide for yourself in the nostalgic emoscapes of these reissued EPs from mysterious Nottingham band Panchiko.
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Spectreview: Curling – Definitely Band
Curling’s incredible Definitely Band turns the passionate melodicism of their debut up to 11.
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Spectreview: draag me – I Am Gambling With My Life
Spirit of the Beehive’s Zack Schwartz constructs a glitchy, lo-fi wonderland in I Am Gambling With My Life.
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Spectreview: Destroyer – Have We Met
25 years in, Dan Bejar looks back (and inward) amid the burbling electronics and charmingly archaic synth lines of Destroyer's Have We Met.
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Spectreview: ings – Lullaby Rock
ings’ Lullaby Rock is a triumphant debut LP and a profound panacea for today's daily onslaught of negativity.
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Spectreview: Jean Chalant – Love Beyond Magic
Jean Chalant’s Love Beyond Magic is an alien sonic building, with complex pop compositions buttressed by Peter Murray’s unique voice.
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Spectreview: Running from the Dark – Running from the Dark [compilation]
Several underground artists aim to raise mental health awareness on the devastating, surprisingly cohesive Running from the Dark.