Kinks Rubbing Alcohol is a new side project of Bear Hands’ bassist, Val Loper. Its two-song debut release, simply titled EP, has a nice bass-heavy post-punk/new wave sound. The lead track “Kinks” is smoother and at times more lush than its counterpart. The changing instrumental layers throughout the song are especially intriguing. One of the most impressive parts […]
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Grow Alright folks, it’s going to be hard for you not move a little bit while listening to this tune. The song “Grow” by Swiss Lips is an uplifting wave of indie-pop perfection. Without sounding retro, the song has a soul-awakening 80s nostaliga to it. Do yourself a favor and jump on the bandwagon now. These dudes from […]
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Kite Blonds, Cari Rae and Jordy Asher, describe themselves as “two little lovers, one big sound.” We’ve all heard their story before. Boy falls in love with girl, and together they start a indie-pop group. It has happened time and time again, yet with Blonds it seems different. The duo is not making music about rememberd love or the more general thought of […]
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I Want To Forget Psychic Twin, Erin Fein & Brett Sanderson, are an unsigned electro dream-pop duo out of Urbana, Illinois. Their sound falls somewhere in between the bands Cults and Beach House. It’s smooth, blissful and spunky. You can listen to the group’s self-titled debut EP at their Bandcamp.
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Heartaches and Pain At 62 years old earlier this year, Charles Bradley released his debut album No Time For Dreaming. If you don’t know the artist’s story, it would be worth your time to learn a little bit about him. Music has always been Bradley’s heart and soul, but as you will learn, life’s misfortunes kept him […]
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Download the free MP3 “Gun Bash” by the indie band 1,2,3 on Pop ‘stache.
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Girl Press play and pause your life for three minutes. No matter how you were feeling before this moment, The Honey Pies song “Girl” will surely make you feel better. The band’s seemingly timeless take on 60s Brit-rock, combined with surf and R&B-kissed pop, and ability to capture an almost live energy in recording make […]
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Up All Night “Up All Night” is a serene, spacious song by Sydney-based artist Oliver Tank. With his soothing minimal electronic instrumentation and repetitive falsetto, Tank leaves just enough space for the mind to wander and reflect. The song is part of the artist’s newly released Dreams EP, which you can grab for “name your price” at his Bandcamp page.
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Teeth Earlier this month, ILLLS played their first show ever, opening for Youth Lagoon in their home town Oxford, Mississippi. Around the same time as the show they released their self-titled debut EP, which is comprised of two indie jams, “Teeth” and “Streetcars.” Other than that, not much is known about the group. They are as mysterious as […]
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Serpents On her forthcoming release, Tramp, Sharon Van Etten decided to record with some of indie rock’s best, including The National’s Aaron and Bryce Dessner, Beirut’s Zach Condon, Julianna Barwick, Wye Oak’s Jenn Wasner, the Walkmen’s Matt Barrick and Doveman’s Thomas Bartlett. “Serpents,” the first song shared from the record, features both Dessners, Wasner, Barrick and Bartlett. If you […]
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Crave You (remix) Verbatum Jones’s remix of Flight Facilities’ “Crave You” is the perfect introduction to the artist, most importantly showing off his taste, flow and lyricism. The song is part of Jones’s debut EP (verb.), which at 11 songs is more like a full-length album. You can download the EP for free at his website […]
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London based indie-pop group Cymbals dropped their debut album Unlearn back in May. They quickly returned to the studio and in five days recorded eight songs.
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