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Cloud Nothings – Life Is Only One Event & The Black Hole Understands
Cloud Nothings rereleased duo albums Life Is Only One Event and The Black Hole Understands, which were originally released for the first time five years ago via Bandcamp during our…
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Festival Coverage: Project Pabst 2025
At the picturesque Waterfront Park in Portland, Oregon, Project Pabst struck the perfect balance between accessibility and intimacy, merging eras of punk with indie and emo.
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Show Review: Ben Kweller (Urban Lounge, 7/14/2025)
Ben Kweller stopped by Urban Lounge in SLC in support of his emotionally poignant new album, Cover The Mirrors – one of our favorite records of the year and, what I once thought was impossible, Kweller’s best album yet.
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Wednesday – “Wound Up Here (By Holdin On)”
Wednesday began as a solo project and artistic outlet for Karly Hartzman, a North Carolina native. What initially started as a guitar-forward, noisy shoegaze project with elements of indie rock…
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Home Counties – “Humdrum”
London-based band Home Counties has released “Humdrum” – an electrifying, jittery blend of indie pop driven by pulsing electronics and tongue-in-cheek lyricism.
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Dumb Crush – What’s Gotten Into People?
While blending humor with genuine punk spirit, Dumb Crush harness nostalgia, social critique, and unfiltered energy into a package that leaves you both exhilarated and introspective.
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BRNDA – “Peach Pit”
Washington, D.C.’s BRNDA have unveiled their latest single, “Peach Pit,” a warmly textured and delightfully offbeat track that arrives ahead of the band’s forthcoming fourth album, out this fall.
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Project Diem – “Dead Pop”
In “Dead Pop,” lush guitars and analog textures intertwine with distant echoes of lo-fi pop, breathing a warm honesty into the music.
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Superstar Crush – “They Keep Calling”
“The Keep Calling” is a romantic indie-rock-meets-baroque-pop ballad from Ontario’s Superstar Crush.
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Show Review: BRONCHO (Urban Lounge, 6/18/2025)
Since their debut, BRONCHO has been a fun, playful band that wrote and performed catchy garage-pop and indie-surf songs. They are currently on tour promoting their new album Natural Pleasure,…
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Ganser – “Black Sand”
Alicia Gaines, Brian Cundiff, and Sophie Sputnik, make up Ganser, an alternative-post-punk band out of Chicago. Their new single “Black Sand” explores the uncontrollable spread of emotions, rumors, and harmful…
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Show Review: Dutch Interior (The DLC, 5/31/2025)
A band’s greatest asset in a live setting is its ability to collaborate onstage. Sharing vocal duties can be a tall task for any band, as there’s always a risk…
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Festival Coverage: Kilby Block Party 2025
The sixth annual iteration of Kilby Block Party commenced earlier this month at the Utah Fairgrounds in Salt Lake City. The music festival, presented by local promotion company S&S, included…
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Wombo – “Danger in Fives”
Wombo is back with the title track from their recently announced album, Danger in Fives, set for release on August 8th via Fire Talk Records. The Louisville-bred trio of Sydney…
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Lawn – “Sports Gun”
“Sports Gun” is an immediate heavy-hitter. It sounds like “protest music” designed to stand up against the man and channel the restless energy of ambition, frustration, and discontent.
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Show Review: Girl and Girl (The Casbah, 4/23/2025)
Since their 2024 SXSW breakout and US debut, Girl and Girl have been on our radar for exciting, upcoming bands that deliver on an engaging and energetic live show. The…
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Cut Copy – “Solid” + “A Decade Long Sunset”
Cut Copy, who have been putting out music since the early 2000s, have always excelled at providing the soundtrack to a good time with skillful restraint. Their releases stand out…
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The Fictionals – “Match”
The Fictionals recently formed in the post-covid creativity bloom in New York City (Brooklyn, to be exact), playing a variation of smooth, personality-fronted indie rock. In their latest single, the…
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Mamalarky – Hex Key
Mamalarky’s third album Hex Key is the result of a band who have ubiquitous determination, dedicating years of effort and mental energy to the craft. Livvy Bennett (vocals), Noor Khan (bass),…
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Man/Woman/Chainsaw – “Adam & Steve”
Man/Woman/Chainsaw continue to throw curveballs in their new single, “Adam & Steve.” The London-based six-piece band are as chaotic as their name suggests, yet they manage to balance several genres…
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The New Pornographers – “Ballad of the Last Payphone”
The New Pornographers’ new single makes a statement on current times and while creating a sense of nostalgia, hones in on the things that make us human.
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WU LYF – “A New Life Is Coming”
World Unite! Lucifer Youth Foundation, also known as WU LYF, is back with their first single in over a decade. Their comeback single confirms that the band hasn’t lost their…
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Show Review: This Is Lorelei (The Casbah, 3/23/2025)
This Is Lorelei is the jangly indie rock project fronted by Nate Amos, who has been releasing music under the moniker for over 10 years, accumulating quite a prolific discography.…
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Martin Oh – Better Place EP
Martin Oh’s debut EP Better Place is a sunshine-injected, electrifying entry into the indie pop-sphere and beyond. Within the five tracks on the EP, there’s playful nods to early indie…
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Courting – Lust For Life
The album is a conceptual journey through love’s complexities, exploring the highs and lows of a fleeting romance and capturing the pitfalls of idealization.
