Indie Rock

Cryptozoologists are art-punks that sound to have taken on the 70s AOR as some kind of mad experiment. They sound as if they’ve been hired to soundtrack a scene set during that decade, and decided to introduce some crazy-preacher elements to their…

Ambiance overexposure is what Glen Echo prefers. Here’s a man that cares about his mystique enough to leave the listener anticipating the experience. Glen Echo is the alias of Camden Moser. On his debut single “L’appel du Vide”, the musician…

Indie-rock is an arms race where the would-be-Strokes of their generation are often separated by their confidence above all criteria. Kyoto Lo-Fi are politely confident, as good modern indie boys should be. Lady Sapphire is constructed around a simple soaring guitar…

The Cosmic Rabbit Holes sounds like a lazy prog-rock band. They have all the pomp in their sound of Procol Harum getting ready to jam with an orchestra. But, they’re laid back dudes who can’t be bothered to think of a theme for their concept album.

The Pierce Project always have an ear for melody. That’s simply a fact. It’s just what they do with those pleasant tunes that is sometimes questionable. On Time is absurd they sound like Weezer commissioned to write a song/sketch for Saturday Night Live. It…

At heart, even the Eagles were a pop band in search of a hit and possessing great skill at picking great band members to flesh out their sound. Like the Eagles’ best work, WLD CHLD, Tucked In’s single is a road tune, given life by a convincing vocal twang…

The beauty of alternative rock is how much a sound can change the meaning of a song. Take “Circles”, the Radiohead-inspired recent single from Ego Jones. While the opening chord of the tune presents an ordinary alt-rock vision, it’s those echo-drenched…

A power-pop purist, there’s never a moment in Kev Sherry’s Shoes that make you taller where he doesn’t sound to have lifted his melodies from a very catchy source. Genius steals, as you’ll remember. A tried and tested chord progression and a…