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Tag: indie rock

79 posts filed under “indie rock”.

Reviews tagged “indie rock”

OCT 6 2026
INDIE ROCK
Keo — “Put A Smile On For Me”A live, uneven debut with real flashes and no polish.3
OCT 5 2026
INDIE ROCK
Mercury Rev — “Boces”Psychedelic noise with real songs inside it, and worth the sprawl.4
OCT 2 2026
INDIE ROCK
Wishy — “Nature's Pill”Louder, sharper, funnier: the second album earns its racket.4
SEP 30 2026
INDIE ROCK
Bimbo — “The Bimbonacci Sequence”Thrilling while it churns, frustrating when it will not land.3.5
SEP 30 2026
INDIE ROCK
AIKO EL GRUPO — “Señales Brutales”Short, cold, precise. Heartbreak with no cushion and no filler.4
SEP 29 2026
INDIE ROCK
Mia Joy — “Comet”Warm and weightless, and over in three minutes.3.5
SEP 26 2026
INDIE ROCK
Blondshell — “Violins”Heavier, less literal, and her best record yet.4.5
SEP 20 2026
INDIE ROCK
beabadoobee — “Pylon”Her loudest record, and her most unfinished.3.5
SEP 18 2026
INDIE ROCK
Matt Berninger — “Type It Up”Three originals worth the play, two covers in the way.3.5
SEP 16 2026
INDIE ROCK
Kevin Morby — “PBJ”A leftover worth keeping: windows down, air conditioning up.3.5
SEP 15 2026
INDIE ROCK
Bloc Party — “Anatomy Of A Brief Romance”Sincere, sequenced, and four songs too long.2.5
SEP 14 2026
INDIE ROCK
Sex Week — “Life Is A Circle”Recorders, 808s, a horse. The collapse is the point.3.5
SEP 11 2026
INDIE ROCK
Sharp Pins — “Mod Mayday 23”Fast, scrappy and honest. Two covers carry it.3.5
SEP 10 2026
INDIE ROCK
Lucy Dacus — “No Burden”Nine songs, one day, and it still holds.4
SEP 6 2026
INDIE ROCK
mewithoutYou — “Live, Vol. Three”A fan-first live document that earns its vinyl wait.4
SEP 4 2026
INDIE ROCK
Arab Strap — “Half-Told Tales”Bleak, funny, enormous, and worth the extra length.4.5
SEP 3 2026
INDIE ROCK
Yeah Yeah Yeahs — “Hidden In Pieces Live At The Royal Albert Hall”Earns its room, then holds back the rest.3.5
AUG 30 2026
INDIE ROCK
Dinosaur Jr. — “There Near”Loud, warm, unresolved, and worth the five years.4
AUG 30 2026
INDIE ROCK
GLOM — “Keep it a Memory”A short, well-framed idea that needs the live test.3.5
AUG 29 2026
INDIE ROCK
Sundarbans — “Dinámica Solar / Pacífico Paisaje”A solid structure, waiting for the tracks to prove it.3.5
AUG 28 2026
INDIE ROCK
Jeffrey Silverstein — “Doggone”A collision worth following until the album lands.3.5
AUG 21 2026
INDIE ROCK
Squirrel Flower — “Say a Prayer to the Gods of Getting Going”A road record that knows when to stay still.4
AUG 21 2026
INDIE ROCK
Wild Pink — “Still Coming Down”The rock record they kept threatening to make. Play it loud.4
AUG 21 2026
INDIE ROCK
Primate House — “Primate House”Ten years out, teeth intact.4
AUG 14 2026
INDIE ROCK
Ada Lea — “the end is a wave”Ada Lea's smallest record is her least padded.3.5
AUG 14 2026
INDIE ROCK
Sweeping Promises — “You Say I Romanticize”Their broadest record yet, and the roar finally has a room.4
AUG 7 2026
INDIE ROCK
June McDoom — “Without You”A careful sequence that asks the songs to measure up.3.5
JUL 31 2026
INDIE ROCK
Absolute Lilt — “Criostal”A compact record that keeps its own time.3.5
JUL 24 2026
INDIE ROCK
Josh da Costa — “New Wave Graveyard”Sharp titles, disciplined lengths, unproven songs3.5
JUL 17 2026
INDIE ROCK
FAUZIA — “I Was Here For a Moment”A small EP with a clear line of sight.3.5
JUL 17 2026
INDIE ROCK
Alex Lahey — “B-Grade University (Reunion Edition)”A good reunion, but it repeats itself.3
JUL 17 2026
INDIE ROCK
Reigning Sound — “Time Bomb High School”Fifteen short fuses, remastered and still ticking.3.5
JUL 10 2026
INDIE ROCK
The Head and the Heart — “Live at Neumos (2011)”A time capsule with working songs3.5

News tagged “indie rock”

BANDS

Imperial Teen drop All Over You, their first album in seven years

The San Francisco four-piece return on Merge with a record that opens on Overdrive and arrives seven years after their last full-length.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 10 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Florence Road drop "Wish Upon You," a love song that happened by accident

The Irish band's second single of the year lands two months after "7563" and a week after a stolen-gear tour.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 9 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Glenn Richards returns with new band and album The Great Behind

The Augie March frontman's new record, out October 6 on IN.2, has Johnny Depp on harmonies and a band called The Venus Lakes behind him.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 7 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Star Moles sign to Dead Oceans and share "Born Again"

Emily Moales' Philly project joins the label and drops a new single, plus a Highway to Hell vinyl reissue.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 7 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Baby Wave sign to Saddle Creek and drop "The Scene Is Changing"

The Nashville trio's first release for the label was produced by Feeble Little Horse's Sebastian Kinsler.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 6 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Teens In Trouble drop "I Do" with a boxing-match video

Lizzie Killian's Raleigh project returns with a one-off single about a friendship breakup, recorded with PUP collaborator Dave Schiffman.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 6 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

The Yummy Fur return with first album since 1999

The Glasgow band, split since 1999, announce Everybody Talks About The Weather on Upset The Rhythm.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 5 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

The Snuts record fourth album in a seventy-pound-a-day Airbnb

The Scottish band's Joy In Short Moments is out in October, cut in two weeks in a rural rental with a drum kit in the kitchen.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 5 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Hotel Mira drop two-song single 'Look Alive / Solid Gold'

Seven minutes, two tracks, out October 1 on Many Hats Distribution.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 4 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Stef Chura returns after seven years with Dancing Alone on the Concrete

Detroit songwriter plugs in the piano and calls in Peter Buck and Mike Mills for "Danny."

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 4 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Way Dynamic's Massive Shoe gets a Jagjaguwar reissue, US tour pushed to next year

The Melbourne project's breakout album returns today with a bonus track called "Officially," while visa issues hold the tour until early next year.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 3 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Radio Free Alice tap Water From Your Eyes' Rachel Brown for "Big Ideas"

The Melbourne band's third preview of debut album What's In Between arrives ahead of its October 30 release on Atlantic.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 2 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

TV Buddha release Hallelujah Anyway on ever/never

The Chicago DIY group's album is out now on vinyl and CD, with guests from Horsegirl and Sharp Pins, plus singer Johnson Rockstar.

BY JOLT Staff · Oct 1 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Johnny Marr takes The Age Of Everything to Transmissions

The Smiths co-founder talks his new album, the band's global reach, and the Black American musicians who shaped his playing.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 30 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Spanish Horses drop "Some People" and line up debut EP Small Notions

The Paris-to-London five-piece release their second single, a country ballad reworked into something dancey, with the EP due 27 November on So Young Records.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 30 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Victoryland sign to Dead Oceans, plan deluxe debut

The duo of Julian McCamman and Dan Howard join the label, and their first album gets a deluxe edition with one new song.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 29 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

smush announce second album i'll always wish,, and share "milkweed butterfly"

The Brooklyn-via-Vancouver shoegaze band's follow-up to if you were here i'd be home now lands 22 January 2027, with November US dates behind she's green.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 29 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Cursive share "Wounded Animal," first new song since Devourer

The track leads the soundtrack to frontman Tim Kasher's directorial debut Who's Watching, out October 30 on 15 Passenger.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 28 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Kasador drop "Kiki" as a standalone Bandcamp single

The Kingston four-piece put out a new digital track on September 26, priced at $1.50 CAD and up, with two UK dates set for November.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 28 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Sebadoh's 'Harmacy' gets a 30th anniversary reissue from Sub Pop

The 1996 breakout returns with 16 bonus tracks, a Lou Barlow zine, and a shared alternate take of "Beauty of the Ride."

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 24 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Merryn Jeann self-produces her second album, Fear Of The Beauty Parlour

The Australian multi-instrumentalist takes over production from Rob Ellis and returns to a grandmother's house for the cover art.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 23 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Krill announce Secret Language, their first album in a decade

The Chicago trio, back from a 2015 breakup, drop "Dominate" ahead of an 11/13 release on Exploding In Sound.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 22 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Iceage strip back four songs for Unplugged set

The Copenhagen band played material from For Love of Grace & the Hereafter on The Adam Friedland Show on September 18.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 18 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Land of Talk announce sixth album LASTS, share "4:44"

Elizabeth Powell's project returns on Saddle Creek with a cabin-recorded single and a November release date.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 14 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Whisper Doll share "Sunsigns" ahead of Lucky Clover

The New York band's new album lands October 2 on Take Care Records, with vinyl capped at 200 copies.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 13 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Whippets announce No Skulls, share two tracks

The Minneapolis band's second album lands October 2 on No Coast, with a US and European tour plotted through February.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 13 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Gollylagging drop "Red Fish" ahead of debut album Real Life

The Boston four-piece share the first cut from Real Life, out 16 October, built on a drum machine they nearly second-guessed.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 12 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Friko drop "Dirty Diamond" ahead of expanded album

The Chicago quartet add a raw bonus cut from the upcoming expanded release, out 9/11.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 11 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Kristin Hersh announces twelfth solo album Sugar On Blackstone

The record draws on her Rhode Island childhood and the 2025 death of her friend Domonick Knight.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 10 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Deerhoof announce self-released album Divine Schism

Recorded at home and at Russian Recording, the new LP arrives October 2 as a tour-only physical release plus Bandcamp digital.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 9 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Sylvie announces debut album New Season, shares "Rina"

Ben Schwab's Sylvie project lands a full-length on Ghostly International, with guests and a family secret in the single.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 9 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Automatic's 'Is It Now?' surfaces on Bandcamp

The L.A. trio's third album, produced by Loren Humphrey, is now streamable in full.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 9 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Animal Collective to play Feels in full at first shows in four years

The band reunites for two October concerts devoted to their 2005 album, with tickets on sale this week.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 8 2026 · 1 min read
PRESS

Rostam debuts stripped-back set, Bob Dylan cover at End of the Road

The producer and Vampire Weekend co-founder plays a secret session under the trees, ahead of his main stage set.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 6 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Shady Bug announce new album and a single that spent years in the drawer

St. Louis fuzz-pop band return with I wanted to be there, out October 30.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 3 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Kiwi Jr. return with Blowin' Up, their first for Perennial / K Records

Toronto quartet's fourth LP is out now, with guests from En Attendant Ana and Protomartyr.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 3 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Young Jesus shares new song "The Devil" on Bandcamp

John Rossiter's first new music in a decade, a country-rock freakout built on borrowed violin.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 1 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Feeble Little Horse drop third album 'Bitknot' five days after announcing it

Pittsburgh quartet surprise-releases 11 tracks in 25 minutes; founding member Ryan Walchonski left in 2025.

BY JOLT Staff · Sep 1 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Dazy compiles three years of singles into MAXIMUMBLASTSUPERLOUD Vol. 2

Seven new songs, including the five-and-a-half-minute 'Beat Change', anchor a 24-track compilation out October 23.

BY JOLT Staff · Aug 31 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Blind Yeo debut with The Lemoine Point

The Falmouth collective's first album lands August 31 on vinyl, CD, and cassette.

BY JOLT Staff · Aug 31 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Interpol release new album 'This Mirror Weighs A Ton'

The band's seventh album, produced by Andrew Wyatt, is out now.

BY JOLT Staff · Aug 31 2026 · 1 min read
PRESS

The Quietus marks 20 years of Jason Molina's Let Me Go

A rainy night in Hull anchors a new essay on the record, two decades on.

BY JOLT Staff · Aug 27 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Wild Pink open release show with Seinfeld theme, close with Curb jingle

They played Still Coming Down at Ridgewood's Cassette, with Fenne Lily opening secretly.

BY JOLT Staff · Aug 25 2026 · 1 min read
RELEASE

Julia Jacklin shares new single “The Hardest Thing” from upcoming album

A sunny chug with a single-shot video orbiting a Melbourne skyscraper.

BY JOLT Staff · Aug 24 2026 · 1 min read
BANDS

Frances Chang releases third solo album 'Been Thinking Bout Confession'

The former Giant Peach member trades art punk for close-mic'd confession on a record written at a 100-year-old piano.

BY JOLT Staff · Aug 24 2026 · 1 min read
TOUR

Wild Pink release Still Coming Down, book a September Europe run

Nine tracks out via Fire Talk, a listening party in Ridgewood, and a Europe run that starts September 1 in Brussels.

BY JOLT Staff · Aug 22 2026 · 1 min read

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