indie

Hollands: Coughing Boy

The combination of rock, punk, and folk never sounded so sweet as the Brooklyn duo, Hollands, have accomplished on their debut EP, Faces released last fall. Consisting of multi-instrumentalist John-Paul Norpoth (formally of Butane Variations) and violinist Jannina Barefield (heard…

On the Beach: Obituary

On The Beach are a four-piece indie rock band from Durham and Chapel Hill NC in the hallowed vein of post-hardcore band Fugazi. Nagendra and John were in a band called Strunken White from 1996-2001 while John, Rachel and Curtis…

The Hush Now: Traditions

Boston indie-pop quintet The Hush Now have made an impression on music critics and fans by wedding the “lush sugar-spun melodies of shoegaze’s dreamy heyday” to “the hooky muscle of bands like Guided by Voices and Built To Spill” as…