On October 25, 2010, the Vermont International Film Festival featured an evening of short films, shot and produced entirely by Vermont residents. While not exactly [...]

Portland, Oregon’s STRFKR have officially signed with Polyvinyl Records. They’ve got a  new seven-inch available called Julius, which was released on October 12th. Click (control [...]

The Magic Kids are having fun, plain and simple.  They’ll be the first to admit that their songs are born out of structure-free all-day jam [...]

Welcome to the world of Common Grackle, the collaboration of two Canadian musical wiz kids: indie pop songwriter and mad-cap illustrator Gregory Pepper and Saskatoon psych [...]

On November 2, 2010 Kill Rock Stars released An Introduction to… Elliott Smith on CD and 180 gram vinyl. This album features 14 tracks compiled from [...]

Originally hailing from Chelmsford, Essex, and having spent the early part of his career as remixer for the likes of Bloc Party, Health, Telepathe, Little Boots, and Simian [...]

Edmonton’s Hot Panda recorded their sophomore album, How Come I’m Dead? in less than a week during the midst of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic chaos, mostly live [...]

Since when has Bruce Springsteen become an undisputed touchstone for the indie landscape? 2010 has seen a number of up-and-comers (Free Energy, Titus Andronicus) and [...]

Someone Still Loves You Boris Yeltsin’s latest full-length Let It Sway, was released August 17th on Polyvinyl. Let It Sway reached number 10 on the CMJ [...]

Mike Kinsella is a scion of the American indie scene. From his start in the influential Cap’n Jazz, to the seminal Joan of Arc, to [...]

Japandroids continue to stay “crazy forever” with their five-part seven-inch series and constant touring. Each of these seven-inches contain an outtake from the Post-Nothing sessions on [...]

As far as I’m concerned, you really couldn’t construct a bad compilation of Elliott Smith songs. In his all-too-short career he produced consistent examples of [...]

If you’ve ever missed being bombarded with female singer-songwriters by VH1 in the late ‘90s, Rachael Sage is your new favorite musician. Her ninth album, [...]

R&B infused indie rock outfit The Americans will release their six-track, sophomore EP on November 16 as a follow up to their self-titled debut.  The album [...]

The Hush Now, who have been busy on the road promoting the Shiver Me Starships EP (released on September 28th) and recently performed at CMJ [...]