‘Inside’ review: Mother Mother miss the mark

Among the slew of albums coming out around the pandemic, Mother Mother’s eighth studio album Inside brings some rather lukewarm sentiments to the table. Generally middle of the road instrumentation and some seriously lackluster songwriting from the Canadian indie rock…

Brett Newski Interview: ‘I found kind of a creative tornado in my little house here.’

We spoke with musician and podcaster Brett Newski about his upcoming project, It’s Hard To Be A Person, and his career in music thus far.

‘Sweep It Into Space’ review: New for Dinosaur Jr. isn’t new for indie rock

By the time a band gets to their twelfth studio album, they typically fall under two schools of desperate thought: “let’s pump out as much of the same content as possible because it works,” or “crap, we really need to…

‘Green to Gold’ review: The Antlers return with luscious, dreamy, introspective folk-pop

It’s always funny to me how easy it is to draw parallels between two completely unrelated things or events. In the case of the Antlers and their newest endeavor, Green to Gold, it’s very reminiscent of the last Beach Fossils…

‘Flowers for Vases / Descansos’ review: Hayley Williams rides on the coattails of female indie stars

Over the past fifteen-or-so years, Hayley Williams has expressed an ability to push forward, be creative, and forge her own identity among the other members of Paramore. The group’s first few releases erupted, making them likely the most popular female-lead…

‘Glowing in the Dark’ review: Django Django continue to destroy genres

The longer music develops, the more obsolete genre labels become, and Django Django’s newest release solidifies that fact. With a weird mesh of post-punk, psychedelia, and folk-rock—plus a few other detours—the group’s “sound” has transcended past singular words and phrases…

Top 20 Pavement Songs

The ‘90s were the last true safe haven for standard rock music, giving birth to movements like grunge, post-rock, math-rock, and even the revival of pop-punk. The legendary names associated with each of these genres either continue to play today;…