INDIE

Seattle-based band The NightCry takes a further step into their brooding, poly-jamorous sound with their April 14, 2024, release, “Who’s To Say,” a track that binds together synth-driven atmosphere, heavy grooves, and raw lyrical bite. Formed in 2020 and cementing their lineup in 2021, the group pulls from the dark…

Lera Shemi makes her entrance with fire in her debut single, “such a gooD boy,” wasting no time setting its dangerous intentions. Out September 12, the Los Angeles–based artist and producer draws on her roots in Ukraine, her training at Berklee, and her time in iconic studios like Rick Rubin’s…

Sydney/Eora dream-pop collective LUCIDBLOOM return with “Dust.”. Merging lush soundscapes and immersive art collaborations, the band takes a slightly sharper turn here, trading some of their haze for clarity while still bathing listeners in their signature atmosphere. The song meditates on the futility of clinging to long-expired love, and the…

HalfCutLemon are back with a vengeance, and their new album This Ain’t Real, released September 25, 2025, via Aenaos Records, stretches this Copenhagen four-piece’s palette to its peak. Recorded at the legendary Sweet Silence Studio with Flemming Rasmussen, the same producer who shaped Metallica’s early sound, the nine-track record runs…

Tom Minor’s upcoming single, “Next Stop Brixton,” dropped August 29 via Overreaction Records, is a high-octane indie rock anthem that captures London grit with a nostalgic yet restless edge. With production by Teaboy Palmer (dubbed the “Guy Stevens of Golders Green”), Johnny Dalston’s searing guitar solos, and The Creatures of…

Kevin Honold’s newest single, “Two Lovers in the Summer,” arrives September 19, 2025, as a follow-up to his debut album, The Forge. Written in late summer 2023, during the threshold moment when his relationship with Tina shifted from dating into shared responsibilities and cultural crossroads, the song embodies the tension…

Le Concorde makes a dazzling return after fourteen years with Second Mansions, a relic of the past and a bold step forward. Spearheaded by Stephen Becker and shaped under the hand of Scottish producer Calum Malcolm, the record is steeped in the jewel-toned 1980s sophistipop while breathing with the urgency…

Oliver Pinder, Bradford-born indie songwriter, shares his most personal single yet with “love of my life,” released September 19, a sparse-then-sweeping lament that kicks off the darker side of his forthcoming EP too late to tell you. The song was born from a single line his grandmother uttered about her…

Bristol-born singer-songwriter Harri Mason returns with her third full-length album, Reality of Expectations, released on May 10, 2024. Entirely self-produced in her home studio, the 13-track project carries forward the intimate thread of her earlier records New Normal (2019) and Shadows (2022), but this time with a sharper resilience and…

Kat Kikta’s latest single, “Was It Almost Love?” having arrived September 19, is an evocative dive into the space between heartbreak and healing. Known for her alt-pop sound that brings together lyrical intimacy and atmospheric production, Kat once again turns her experiences into a universal story, one that lingers on…