Indie/Alternative Stream – Page 8

I Hate Our Freedom – Letterbomb – Music Stream

March 4, 2013

Second release from this Brooklyn band with members of Garrison, Texas Is the Reason, Thursday, and Milhouse. Originally released in early 2012.

Limbeck – Already Gone – Music Stream

January 31, 2013

A hand-clap shuffling rocker with “hey!” injections like classic T Rex or Gary Glitter. A song you should tuck into your random playlist.

Lasorda – Sleep When You Are Dead – Music Stream

January 30, 2013

Members of Get Up Kids, fun, New Amsterdams, Kevin Devine, and Ghosty, but it’s more synth indie pop than indie rock, with Suzannah Johannes’ sweet voice.

Mogwai – George Square Thatcher Death Party – Music Stream

January 28, 2013

Ten remixes of eight of 10 songs on Mogwai’s Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will ranging from synth pop to aggro, bombast to snooze.

The Evens – King of Kings – Music Stream

December 28, 2012

Ian MacKaye (Minor Threat, Fugazi, Embrace, Dischord Records, etc.) and former Warmers drummer Amy Farina. Still naturally catchy in that stripped-down way.

Rah Rah – Art and a Wife – Music Stream

December 26, 2012

I get it, the Jonathan Richmond honesty, the “sawing” guitar (by indie rock standards), and the knack for pop rock charm.

Being There – The Radio – Music Stream

December 10, 2012

Without being whimsical, the breathy Cure-inspired indie pop of “The Radio” reeks of intelligent lyrics and years of longing and heartache.

METZ – Headache – Music Stream

November 29, 2012

Metz reminds us of the good ol’ days of pre-folk-cuddling Sub Pop and noisy rock labels like Amphetamine Reptile and Frank Kozik’s Man’s Ruin.

Title Fight – Secret Society – Music Stream

November 13, 2012

Kids who’ve never heard Buzzcocks or Hüsker Dü or Leatherface or 30 other bands I could rattle off seem able to listen to them without throwing rocks at them.

James Iha – To Who Knows Where – Music Stream

November 1, 2012

14 years between solo albums is not something most artists can get away with, but former Smashing Pumpkins guitarist James Iha is not most artists.