The "him" was already an alt-folk hero to many; the "she" was an actress with hidden talents and songs. Together, M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel wowed critics and sold a lot of records with Volume One... more
The post-punk garage rockers greatly expand their sound on their second Merge LP, folding in elements of vintage art-rock and glam even as they sharpen their hooks and lift their larger-than-life... more
Ever-evolving artist Bob Mould-whose face belongs on the Mount Rushmore of alternative music-decided to "write to the sunshine," as he describes it, not because he likes the current administration.... more
This record starts with "Don't Make Me a Target", a song that builds on Spoon's familiar minimal rhythmic piano/guitar vamp popularized on earlier hits like "Small Stakes" or "The Way We Get By". The... more
Magnet magazine’s pick for best album of the ’90s, this 1998 release is a true indie masterpiece, drifting dreamily from acoustic strumming to brass-fueled dirges to driving lo-fi rockers. The... more
The "him" was already an alt-folk hero to many; the "she" was an actress with hidden talents and songs. Together, M. Ward and Zooey Deschanel wowed critics and sold a lot of records with Volume One... more
2019 release from the indie musician best known for his work with Lambchop and Silver Jews. From M.C. Taylor (Hiss Golden Messenger) says, "William's new record, Goes West, is the best music that... more
The last of the "all-home-recordings albums" by The Mountain Goats and the only one about which that claim is true, All Hail West Texas was originally released as a free-standing compact disc on the... more
Bob doesn’t want condolences for all the recent hard times that inspired this new album. He just wants you to give yourself to these deeply personal songs, to find yourself in them as dark details... more
From Peter Hughes of The Mountain Goats: "The theme this time around is goth, a subject closer to my heart perhaps than that of any Mountain Goats album previous. And while John writes the songs, as... more
Vinyl LP pressing. On Room Inside the World-Ought's third album and first for Merge-growing up doesn't mean mellowing out so much as it means learning to pay attention, listening carefully and... more
For The Louder I Call, The Faster It Runs, Wye Oak's Jenn Wasner and Andy Stack flew to one another's cities-she in Durham, North Carolina, he in Marfa, Texas-for a week or so at a time, hunkering in... more
The incomparable Fucked Up have outdone themselves with this double-album epic, their debut full-length for Merge. From the Owen Pallett-penned bio:
I was sent an unfinished version of Dose Your... more
2019 release. Power Chords picks up where 2015's Turkey left off. It traces Krol's journey back to punk rock, harnessing both the guitar technique and the musical redemption referenced in it's title.... more
The incomparable Fucked Up have outdone themselves with this double-album epic, their debut full-length for Merge. From the Owen Pallett-penned bio:
I was sent an unfinished version of Dose Your... more
H.C. McEntire TITLE: LIONHEART On January 26, H.C. McEntire, frontwoman of Mount Moriah, strikes out on her own with her debut solo album LIONHEART, a collection of songs inspired by the American... more
Vinyl LP pressing includes digital download. Formed in Brooklyn in 1998, The Essex Green released four albums between 1999 and 2006. They became one of the few bands from the Northeast to be... more
This EP features a collection of songs written with Katie Crutchfield's now-dormant experimental recording group Great Thunder while she was also writing the Waxahatchee albums Cerulean Salt and Ivy... more
This record starts with "Don't Make Me a Target", a song that builds on Spoon's familiar minimal rhythmic piano/guitar vamp popularized on earlier hits like "Small Stakes" or "The Way We Get By". The... more
Just as she takes up space in the male-dominated Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area punk scene, Sneaks aka Eva Moolchan takes up space among the patriarchy. Highway Hypnosis, plays on hip-hop,... more
You reach a point in life where the question of how to stay at the top of your game looms; the only real solution being, you change the game. Our Love, the new album from Caribou, is the sound of Dan... more
Vinyl LP pressing. 2019 release from the indie musician best known for his work with Lambchop and Silver Jews. From M.C. Taylor (Hiss Golden Messenger) says, "William's new record, Goes West, is the... more
Spoon make some of the catchiest, most confident rock 'n' roll of any group around. Their fifth full-length is nothing short of a dizzying, soulful masterpiece, easily the most expansive work in... more
As anthemic as it is inscrutable, as urgent as it is melancholy, Neutral Milk Hotel’s second album (1998) is one of the great masterpieces of ’90s indie-rock. Discover the many corners of its mad... more