
Protomartyr
Detroit post-punk quartet Protomartyr pair Joe Casey’s sharply observed vocals with tense guitars, heavy rhythmic momentum, and dark humor. Their seventh album, Hotel Uso...
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Detroit post-punk quartet Protomartyr pair Joe Casey’s sharply observed vocals with tense guitars, heavy rhythmic momentum, and dark humor. Their seventh album, Hotel Uso...

Sleep In. are an indie-emo band from Haddon Heights, New Jersey, pairing mathy guitar work and smooth harmonies with the direct pull of alternative rock. Their fourth ful...

Slow Fiction are a New York City five-piece featuring vocalist Julia Vassallo, guitarists Paul Knepple and Joseph Skimmons, bassist Ryan Duffin, and drummer Akiva Henig...

Recollection began as a collaboration between vocalist Josh Hynes of Rude Awakening and Hammer Bros and guitarist Joshua Long, whose credits include Skinhead, Criminal In...

Minneapolis five-piece she's green make immersive dream pop and shoegaze they describe as “moss music,” pairing Zofia Smith’s airy vocals with shimmering guitars, soft-fo...

Wavves x Say Anything is the collaborative project from Wavves’ Nathan Williams and Say Anything’s Max Bemis. Together they fuse Nathan Williams’ fuzzed out garage-pop in...


The Strokes are a New York City rock band built around Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti. Their 2001 debut Is Th...

Philadelphia power-pop band Hurry pairs jangly hooks, fuzzed-out guitars, and early-’90s indie rock warmth. Led by Matt Scottoline, the band returns with Zoned Out , out...

HOLSMAN is a Chicago indie-punk band led by Ryan Holsman and Dan Tinkler. Their sound lands between the bruised, big-chorus punk of The Menzingers and Against Me! and the...

Seer Believer is the solo project of Nick Manske — the Denver/Aurora, Colorado songwriter and multi-instrumentalist best known as a guitarist in emogaze band Gleemer. Bui...

Johnny Foreigner are a Birmingham, UK indie rock band known for tangled guitars, fast-moving hooks, and shout-along dual vocals. The current lineup features Alexei Berrow...

Harker are a Brighton, UK punk rock quartet rooted in DIY grit, fuzzed-out ’90s indie rock, and urgent melodic punk. Their new album All That Remains arrives October 2 vi...

Dinosaur Jr. formed in Amherst, Massachusetts in 1984 around the core lineup of J Mascis on guitar and vocals, Lou Barlow on bass and vocals, and Murph on drums. Across t...

Riley! are a South Texas emo band from the Rio Grande Valley, built around twinkly high-capo guitars, raucous rhythm-section energy, and Ryan Bluhm’s sharply personal son...

Interpol is an American rock band with a brooding, post-punk sound influenced by Joy Division and Echo and the Bunnymen. Known for their interlocking guitar lines and dis...

Though relatively new as a project, Bantom Woods are far from newcomers. The group is comprised of longtime veterans of Austin’s indie rock ecosystem: Jeff Black, John Hu...

Pasadena-raised indie singer-songwriter known for hushed, brutally specific songwriting and the lush, electronics-tinged folk of Stranger in the Alps and Punisher . A fou...

beabadoobee is the project of Beatrice Laus, the Filipino-British singer-songwriter who went from uploading a bedroom recording called "Coffee" to landing a UK number one...

The Thermals, formed in Portland, Oregon, are an influential indie rock band known for their energetic, punk-infused sound and insightful lyrics. With a career spanning o...