#Indie Rock

Brandy Zdan Releases Her Pain on Falcon LP

As she looks closer, she’s shocked to see that it’s a falcon, a bird that has served as an important symbol in her life. “I called it...

Cillea Houghton

PREMIEREElke Reignites Her Self-Worth with "The Pink Tip of a Match Turns Black"

As a lifelong reader of poems, books and lyrics, she turned her attention to music full time at the age of 24 after having an epiphany when talking to a friend and...

Cillea Houghton

Babehoven Keeps Going When the Going is Tough on Nastavi, Calliope

How do we mourn the living? Maya Bon of Babehoven unpacks this strange, but not uncommon, phenomenon on her new EP, Nastavi, Calliope, out today. The record strings together Bon’s meandering streams of consciousness, connecting moments of apathy to deep swells of emotion. She navigates deeply...

Sara Barron

musician Squirrel Flower, wearing a denim jacket, stands partially turned away from the camera, with bright glare from the sun partially obscuring the image

Squirrel Flower Burns Rubber on New LP Planet (i)

“I just allow my impulses and my desires to affect the actions I take.” She’s discussing the beating heart track of her newest album, Planet...

Sophia Vaccaro

Ally Evenson Talks Back to Trauma on New Single "Bite My Tongue"

Like a bad sunburn in the shower, trauma is often one of those things that doesn’t present its full pain until something seemingly ordinary magnifies it. On her newest...

Sara Barron

Moon Taxi Take a Nostalgic View of their Evolution On Silver Dream LP

The band had headed to Los Angeles for a near two-week trip to craft the album in...

Cillea Houghton

Ohtis and Stef Chura Team Up to Take Down Toxic Dudes with "Schatze"

Alt-country outfit Ohtis enlist the voice (and production skills) of beloved Detroit artist Stef Chura for their audio-visual fuckboy call-out “Schatze,” released digitally at the end of January (a 7" vinyl is available for pre-order ahead of its February 26 release via Saddle Creek). Starting out...

Sara Barron

PREMIERETender Creature Filter Loss and Identity Through Queer Lens on Debut EP 'An Offering'

But members Steph Bishop and Robert Maril tell...

Annie White

Berkeley's Brutally Honest Feral Approaches Personal Trauma with Unyielding Precision

Her music is, if anything, brutally honest. Feral's most recent release, a four-song collection of demos recorded on...

Sophia Vaccaro

PLAYING CINCYIndie Rock Trio Strobobean Drop Two New Singles Ahead Of Tour

Late last month, Strobobean released two new hauntingly beautiful singles, "Ghost" and "Walking Alone," ahead of their fall tour. The Cincinnati shoegaze post-rock trio is fronted by Pop Empire's Katrina Eresman and Jake Langknech and Soften's Brianna Kelly. Their debut 4-track EP, Winter, arrived...

Victoria Moorwood

PLAYING CINCYPop Empire Talk "Novena," Finding Their Sound and Incense

Cincinnati trio Pop Empire recently dropped their nine-track album, Novena. The indie-rock outfit will head out on a supporting tour this month. Novena marks the 10-year-old group's first full-length album since 2014's Future Blues and the first album with the group's current lineup - founding...

Victoria Moorwood

PLAYING DETROITAnya Baghina and Jonathan Franco Pair Up for "Almost Alone"

Brooklyn via Detroit songwriter Anya Baghina captures the feeling of melting melancholy with fellow Soviet Girls bandmate Jonathan Franco in “Almost Alone.” As the ice drips off the branches and the sun peeks out of the grey Michigan sky, the two friends narrate the passing of time, the weight of...

Sara Barron