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Drop Nineteens
Boston shoegaze band that put out 2 albums in the 1990s reunites and produces new pretty shimmering hazy indie rock.
Feb 15


American Football
Jingly winding guitars, poor vocals, songs way too long. Apparently they were an influential underground emo band long ago.
Feb 15


Nate Ramos
Acoustic guitar-driven Americana/country with touches of fiddle. Good voice, good harmonies, good writing. From the great state of...
Feb 15


Grumpster
Entertaining punk rock band whose singer transitioned from female to male which is why the newer stuff sounds different.
Feb 15


Soccer Mommy
Competent but mediocre alternative rock/pop from a solo artist. Compositions remind us of Juliana Hatfield.
Feb 15


Hamilton Leithauser
Pretty good Americana/folk/rock artist who unfortunately has a gratingly screechy upper vocal register. Frontman for a band called The...
Feb 15


Tall Heights
If you like Mumford and Sons, this cello/guitar duo rips them off as well as anybody else. Moody, overly precious acoustic based songs...
Feb 15


Paul Cauthen
Powerful vocalist who can do a mean Johnny Cash puts out modern alt country that is often funny, offbeat and pleasantly surprising....
Feb 15




The Hard Quartet
Sort of an alternative rock super-group, featuring Steven Malkmus of Pavement fame, and 3 other prominent indie rockers. If you like...
Feb 15


Poppy
Fairly unique situation of female solo performer putting out very heavy thrash-metal-pop tracks. Lyrically weak but overall an effective...
Feb 15


Dogs in a Pile
Rootsy, honky-tonky, funky, smooth jazzy jammy stuff with decent vocals and lyrics. From Jersey.
Feb 15


The Sheila Divine
Solo guy producing Indie rock with obvious attention to craft and detail, but unfortunately it's sub-par. Feels like a collection of...
Feb 15




Murder By Death
Johnny Cash vocals and Nick Cave desperate gloom are the main ingredients in this Indiana based roots rock.
Feb 15




half•alive
California indie-pop band that likes to really punch loud choruses amidst tamer groove-oriented verses. Vocal timbre might be the weak link.
Feb 4
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