First Listen: Oh Pep!, ‘Stadium Cake’
On its first full-length album, the Melbourne duo’s mostly upbeat music is filled with questions about desire and life’s priorities.
Tag: Indie Pop
Review: Carla Morrison, ‘Amor Supremo’
The Mexican singer-songwriter crafts a sublime and captivating representation of her lyrical gifts. Throughout Amor Supremo, she expands her sound by couching subtle springs in electronics.
Teen Mom On Its Final Show — And That Controversial Name
Teen Mom doesn’t have much time to overthink its final days as a band. Guitarist and vocalist Chris Kelly is getting…
GEMS Is No Longer A D.C. Band, But We’ll Try Not To Hold That Against Them
Circa 2012, dream-pop duo GEMS sounded refreshing amid D.C.’s somewhat conservative indie-rock scene. With floaty songs like “Pegasus” and “Never…
First Listen: Diane Coffee, ‘Everybody’s A Good Dog’
Foxygen’s Shaun Fleming aspires to a ’70s ideal that rolls up sugarcoated bubblegum glam, soul balladry, Francophone pop and echoes of the Brill Building.
On ‘Rain,’ Color Palette Goes Full-On Sad Synth-Pop
Color Palette mastered an ’80s jangle sound on earlier single “Heartless.” On its newest song, the D.C. band sounds tuned into another…
First Listen: Advance Base, ‘Nephew In The Wild’
Once known as Casiotone For The Painfully Alone, Owen Ashworth explores vivid and morose detail in the second album by his newest project.
World Cafe Presents: Peter Bjorn And John
Watch the Swedish pop band perform “Do Si Do,” an unreleased song from its new album-in-progress.
Premiere: ‘Go Bi,’ An Anthem About Bisexuality From D.C. Indie Rockers BRNDA
The title of “Go Bi,” a new tune from D.C. indie-rock band BRNDA, doesn’t falsely advertise: It’s a song about…
Cold Beat Live At WAMU
Hannah Lew is already a familiar name on the indie-pop scene: The San Francisco native used to play bass in…