There's an emo pop punk 2023 thread but not one for other 2023 rock like the Eyelids (psych-rock) or Water From Your Eyes (who just got a top score from Pitchfork and a fave NY Times review for their quirky art-pop) so this can be that thread
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 06:00 (ten months ago) link
https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/water-from-your-eyes-everyones-crushed/
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 06:06 (ten months ago) link
sounds like the eyes have it
― Day 1 fan (morrisp), Wednesday, 31 May 2023 06:07 (ten months ago) link
The eyes have it. Stereogum, Paste, and Bandcamp all love Water From Your Eyes latest. I find it a bit uneven.
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 31 May 2023 20:25 (ten months ago) link
RVG from Australia
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2023/jun/03/rvg-brain-worms-review-delicious-absurdity-from-one-of-our-most-underrated-songwriters
― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 June 2023 16:08 (ten months ago) link
Lankum from Ireland. Are they “the best Irish band of their generation “
Lankum review: A blistering night at a packed Vicar Street from the best Irish band of their generation (via @IrishTimesCultr) https://t.co/8tWzQmn3Hp— The Irish Times (@IrishTimes) May 31, 2023
― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 June 2023 16:11 (ten months ago) link
didn't notice the new thread! but i liked the rvg album, reposting from the indie 2021 thread.
really like this new rvg record. well-produced, and well-written set of '80s alternative inspired rock music. it's post-punk at times, cure at times, sometimes will touch on psychedelic furs. the most striking song on the record is "squid," which is a fun and sinister bit of camp
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAEevfmZSr4
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Monday, June 5, 2023 9:52 AM (two hours ago) bookmarkflaglink
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Monday, 5 June 2023 17:11 (ten months ago) link
I don't know if Lankum is the best Irish band of their generation, but they don't strike me as rock or indie-pop.
― alpine static, Monday, 5 June 2023 17:47 (ten months ago) link
A bit of rock energy. I see they have their own thread
Lankum
― curmudgeon, Monday, 5 June 2023 21:25 (ten months ago) link
top 5 album of the year so far, regardless
― alpine static, Monday, 5 June 2023 21:50 (ten months ago) link
I've listened to Water From Your Eyes a few times now, and I like it a lot more than I thought I would (based on the Pitchfork review). It reminds of someone like Beauty Pill, without the focus on... melodies, I guess (lol).
― Day 1 fan (morrisp), Wednesday, 7 June 2023 18:14 (ten months ago) link
Feeble Little Horse are shoegaze with a dash of Kim Gordon Sonic Youth
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 03:17 (ten months ago) link
I tried that one out, but a shrill, needly guitar tone (or something) wearied my ears after four or five tracks.
― Day 1 fan (morrisp), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 03:35 (ten months ago) link
Sounds a little like My Bloody Valentine also but not as good
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 03:41 (ten months ago) link
"this shoegaze band kind of sounds like mbv" is definitely a "boss baby vibes" kind of take
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 15:31 (ten months ago) link
if i were to give my own "boss baby vibes" kind of take, it would be: these guys are like a fuzzier breeders.
mbv is def not my primary frame of reference here. feeble little horse is far to shambolic of an outfit, and much less focused on overwhelming with a wall of sound.
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 14 June 2023 15:35 (ten months ago) link
*"too" not "to"
Incorporating bits of mbv guitar in their more tempo changing 2023 indie with 90s influences sound
― curmudgeon, Wednesday, 14 June 2023 15:52 (ten months ago) link
Meanwhile the #1 song on Billboard's Hot Rock and Alternative chart is :
"Something In The Orange"Zach Bryan
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 15 June 2023 14:19 (ten months ago) link
“Nothing Rhymes With Orange”
― Day 1 fan (morrisp), Thursday, 15 June 2023 14:56 (ten months ago) link
#3 country
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Thursday, 15 June 2023 16:12 (ten months ago) link
Dude's album is 2 hrs. long (34 tracks)!
― Day 1 fan (morrisp), Thursday, 15 June 2023 18:48 (ten months ago) link
I heard a Niall Horan cover of that song the other day on the radio.
― alpine static, Thursday, 15 June 2023 19:49 (ten months ago) link
doesn't feel much like rock or indie pop to me
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Thursday, 15 June 2023 21:19 (ten months ago) link
nice little power pop record
https://liquidmike.bandcamp.com/album/s-t
― ciderpress, Friday, 30 June 2023 17:36 (nine months ago) link
https://themthere.bandcamp.com/album/river-holds-peace-some-live
new kiran leonard live album is some folk-rock guitarchestra brilliance, fully fully recommend this shit. fairport convention for the information age m8s
― imago, Friday, 7 July 2023 10:32 (nine months ago) link
liquid mike record is great!
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Friday, 7 July 2023 13:48 (nine months ago) link
i quite like this song "Honey" by the band Purr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4MLk_qPhyOw. it's kinda dream-pop i guess but gradually builds into something more intense. chorus makes me think of besnard lakes. the rest of the album is fine but fairly anonymous imo.
― na (NA), Friday, 7 July 2023 14:18 (nine months ago) link
really liked the recent album by austin group being dead. zany, sun-drenched surf-y rock with sinewy guitar lines and chintzy keys. reminds me of the unicorns (and not just because they have a theme song)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bd91t8SDm4g
― ludicrously capacious bag (voodoo chili), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 23:11 (eight months ago) link
Rock/indie rock albums I'm enjoying this year
Oozing Wound - We Cater For Cowards (verging on metal, shades of the Am Rep bands of the 90s)Italia 90 - Living Human Treasure (arty, snarky post punk)Nabihah Iqbal - Dreamer (I think this has been mentioned on ilm elsewhere, this has a lovely dreamy shimmer to it)
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 23:25 (eight months ago) link
Bar Italia - Tracey Denim
― Saxophone Of Futility (Michael B), Wednesday, 2 August 2023 23:26 (eight months ago) link
wow, yes to the Unicorns ref on this, which i adore!!!
― sean gramophone, Thursday, 3 August 2023 14:01 (eight months ago) link
bar italia is so good
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Thursday, 3 August 2023 14:04 (eight months ago) link
Blondshell has released a handful of singles which aren't on this year's (great!) album (...which we've been discussing over in, er, "Rolling INDIE 2021").
This one's an original – "Cartoon Earthquake":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5SHLlMlt2f0
"Charm You" is a Samia cover or collab – great riff:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ccs65_gxIBg
Finally, a nice Cranberries cover - "Disappointment":https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO2GZ_j-6uY
― Nonhuman biologics enthusiast (morrisp), Friday, 11 August 2023 20:01 (eight months ago) link
really digging sweeping promises
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F2oXVpcZn2U
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Friday, 11 August 2023 20:07 (eight months ago) link
everyone should backtrack up to that Liquid Mike album posted by ciderpress at the end of June
― alpine static, Monday, 14 August 2023 00:02 (eight months ago) link
yeah i think i may have undersold it, now having listened to it approximately 1000 times
― ciderpress, Thursday, 24 August 2023 00:10 (eight months ago) link
So few 90s revivalists get it right but Say Sue Me really nail it:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qAmN8kRZBs
― citation needed (Steve Shasta), Wednesday, 30 August 2023 03:48 (seven months ago) link
Can't stop listening, literally on repeat, to that Blondshell song "Charm You" (which I posted above). The original (by Samia) isn't too bad either... but what a cover!
― Stoned Wheat Thing (morrisp), Thursday, 31 August 2023 18:38 (seven months ago) link
Cool new Blondshell song ("Street Rat"), from a Deluxe Ed. of her album (out in October). I really like this artist! Discovered she's opening for Liz Phair when I see her in November, which is great news.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbCXx0bPx-Q
― Sir Mick explained: (morrisp), Thursday, 7 September 2023 16:30 (seven months ago) link
Like one of the songs on the album ("Sepsis"), the groove of this song almost has a Pinback feel...
― Sir Mick explained: (morrisp), Thursday, 7 September 2023 16:31 (seven months ago) link
ciderpress! just in case you want physical product and missed out the first time: https://kitschyspirit.square.site/product/liquid-mike-self-titled-lp/751
― alpine static, Wednesday, 13 September 2023 22:57 (seven months ago) link
Pinback? Checking it out immediately
― calstars, Thursday, 14 September 2023 00:03 (seven months ago) link
Yeah let me know if you agree! “Sepsis” in particular.
― Taylor Swift Reporter (morrisp), Thursday, 14 September 2023 00:22 (seven months ago) link
I can hear the production similarity, reminds me of P’s “this red book” particularly, but the groove itself is a little too laid back…Nice song tho
― calstars, Thursday, 14 September 2023 11:48 (seven months ago) link
If your favorite type of music was early Wild Nothing:
https://beachvacation.bandcamp.com/album/coping-habits
― Evan, Friday, 15 September 2023 18:00 (seven months ago) link
I was listening to WN when I clicked on this thread lol
― calstars, Friday, 15 September 2023 18:23 (seven months ago) link
Yeah, I know, I'm literally staring at you from the street right now
― Evan, Friday, 15 September 2023 18:45 (seven months ago) link
lol
― calstars, Friday, 15 September 2023 18:58 (seven months ago) link
Trawling through bands playing GonerFest and enjoying the new album from Dutch band Lewsberg - less VU-via-the-Clean than their earlier stuff, more VU-via-Young-Marble-Giants. Very droll/dry/deadpan.
https://lewsberg.bandcamp.com/album/out-and-about
― etc, Friday, 15 September 2023 23:05 (seven months ago) link
this album by hollow hand is really good, reminds me of early shins, but psych-y and more guitar-forward. occasionally creeps into 70s kinks territory. good songs, especially "i'm going to let you break my heart" and "where i am is here"
https://curation-records.bandcamp.com/album/your-own-adventure
― is he disgruntled adrian? (voodoo chili), Thursday, 5 October 2023 14:59 (six months ago) link
morrisp, just wanted to second your Blondshell suggestions. She was among a group of 2023 musicians that Yasi Salek recommended on a recent episode of Bandsplain.
I spend a lot of time trying to find stuff like this that really hits me. I mean, there are a lot of bands out there that are going for grungy, 1990s alternative/indie. Wolf Alice has been one of my favorite bands of the last decade, and they've done this very well, and blended it up so that it's a recognizable whole, with good, unique songs. But a lot of times, bands in a similar vein end up being kinda a "spot-the-influences" exercise for me - "ah, here they sound like Nirvana, here they sound like Veruca Salt, etc." But this is really amazing in every respect. I was pretty sure when they got to the guitar solo on the first track that they were gonna have what I need. I'm only halfway through the record so far (and listening to the Street Rat video, from upthread), but I'm so excited about this.
― peace, man, Thursday, 26 October 2023 01:25 (five months ago) link
Great to hear! :) Yeah, it’s the real deal…(There’s a deluxe version of the album now, with a few add’l tracks)
― Girl (1956) (morrisp), Thursday, 26 October 2023 01:45 (five months ago) link
Matt Cameron and Mary Timony on this, can say that the whole album is excellent:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM87iGzKoeo
― Jordan s/t (Jordan), Thursday, 26 October 2023 22:17 (five months ago) link
Shoegazy new single by Momma (cover of a song by another band, which covers a Momma song on the flipside):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R1yMBSEMozk
― Girl (1956) (morrisp), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 20:43 (five months ago) link
Blondshell covered Sheryl Crow's "If It Makes You Happy" for Amazon Music (I think you need AM to hear it, so no sweat if you don't have that). She does a good job with a song I never cared for... makes it sound more like a Liz Phair song, which is an upgrade IMO.
― Girl (1956) (morrisp), Wednesday, 1 November 2023 20:56 (five months ago) link
yoooooo
https://goldenapples.bandcamp.com/album/bananasugarfire
― alpine static, Thursday, 2 November 2023 07:42 (five months ago) link
Just listened to Lewsberg - Out and About, mentioned above back in September. I hear Yo La Tengo in addition to the VU . Nice enough but very locked in to those styles
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 21 December 2023 23:55 (four months ago) link
"Charm You" is a Samia cover or collab – great riffGonna have to reup this Blondshell song as my #1 indie-pop (or whatever) banger of 2023; please listen to it in preparation for EOY voting! ;)
― I wanna key his car, I wanna make him lunch (morrisp), Friday, 22 December 2023 00:27 (four months ago) link
Time for a 2024 thread
Rolling rock and indie-pop 2024
― curmudgeon, Thursday, 4 January 2024 06:19 (three months ago) link