Album Review: Coma Cinema – Posthumous Release
Coma Cinema’s Posthumous Release isn’t a grand departure from previous albums, nor is it a game-changing, genre-creating, undefinable album, the likes have never been heard before. Rather, it is an improvement and polish…
Album Review: Radiation City – Animals in the Median
Radiation City’s Animals in the Median is an album of quirky, off-kilter little pop songs that owe as much to the Crystals and the Shangri La’s as they do the Pacific Northwest haven of creative…
Album Review: Brazos – Saltwater (Pop Press Pick)
A period of inexplicably silent years separates Brazos’s adored 2009 release Phosphorescent Blues and their new album Saltwater, out today on Dead Oceans. Not only years but also geographical distance separates the Brazos…
Album Review: Alex Bleeker and the Freaks – How Far Away
Formed by the bassist of Real Estate, Alex Bleeker and the Freaks drops their second album this week, How Far Away, out on the Woodsist label. Having assembled a motley crew of bandmates…
New Track: Haerts – “All The Days” (Recommended)
In my last post about Haerts, I mentioned that the Brooklyn pop band reminded me of Fleetwood Mac, and although their new song “All The Days” takes them deeper into lush, modern production,…
Album Review: Saturday Looks Good To Me – One Kiss Ends It All
Before indie pop and beachy lo-fi songs became entrenched as a major facet of independent music, before Vivian Girls, Dum Dum Girls, Best Coast, of The Pains of Being Pure at Heart captured…
Brazos Shares New Video for “Charm”
After an incredibly creepy introduction that I thought was taking viewers down an irrevocably disturbing path, the ensuing video for Brazos’ newly released song “Charm” is rather whimsical in moments, operating on the…
Eternal Summers at Mohawk Live Review
Saturday had to be one of the busiest show-packed weekends in a long time for an always busy live music city. Outstanding local bills took place at Beerland and Holy Mountain while touring…
Contest and Show Preview: Best Coast at Mohawk on Sunday May 26th
Could there be a better way to kick off the summer than taking in the beachy sounds of California indie pop group Best Coast. Bethany Cosentino and Bobb Bruno have become households names…
New Track: The Books of Love – “Space Time”
The Books of Love is a newly announced project built on the collaboration of Katy Goodman of Vivian Girls/La Sera fame and the Hush Sound’s Greta Morgan. Plenty of bands have created saccharine…
Album Review: The Blank Tapes – Vacation
The Blank Tapes’ new album Vacation, out this week on Antenna Farm Records is the sound of falling in love with summer—a collection of eleven beachy pop songs featuring infectious melodies and relentlessly…
Show Preview: Eternal Summers Play Mohawk, Release New Song, Announce Album
Eternal Summers is an apt name for a group who creates upbeat indie-pop that could easily serve as a backdrop for your sunny seasonal vacations. And just in time for this summer, the…
Pageants Release Live Performance Videos for “Chai” and “Deep Ring”
It’s no secret that over here at Pop Press International we’re huge fans of Pageants, the indie-pop project fronted by Rebecca Coleman of Avi Buffalo fame. The trio performed at our SXSW day…
Youth Lagoon with Majical Cloudz at Mohawk Live Review
In March, Youth Lagoon released what is at least in my top five albums of the year so far. So, despite the plethora of events occurring last night in Austin, the decision to…
Show Preview: Youth Lagoon with Majical Cloudz at Mohawk
Youth Lagoon’s Wondrous Bughouse is one of the year’s best albums, and tomorrow Trevor Powers will bring his musical project to the Mohawk for a show with Majical Cloudz, who will drop an anticipated…
Souvenir Stand Set to Release New EP
Indie-pop group Souvenir Stand hails from New Jersey, but they’d be easy to sell as a UK band considering their upbeat, fun tracks that recall pop staples like Camera Obscura or more recent…
Album Review: Born Ruffians – Birthmarks
Birthmarks, the third full-length album from Canadian indie group Born Ruffians, takes its title from the matching birthmarks that frontman Luke Lalonde and his girlfriend share. But before you think it’s purely a…
Matthew Squires and the Learning Disorders Release Video for “Arcade”
Austin’s Matthew Squires and the Learning Disorders have released their first video, a stylized, adorable, and absurdist walk through the mind of the band’s creative force. The video and song are both as…
Contest: Win Tickets to Bleached at the Mohawk Tomorrow, Friday, April 12
Pop duo Bleached, consisting of core members Jennifer and Jessica Clavin amongst others, will perform at the Mohawk tomorrow night, and we’ve got the hookup for you! Following acclaimed appearances at SXSW the…
Eleanor Friedberger Releases New Video Ahead of New Album
As one half of the Fiery Furnaces, Eleanor Friedberger constructed some lasting and hard hitting jams alongside brother Matt. Now, two years after the release of her first solo album Last Summer, Friedberger…
The Beets Share Video for “Doing As I Do” to Encourage Donations to Hurricane Sandy Relief Efforts
Pop group The Beets will emerge after an extended period of silence to tour the U.S. In advance of the tour, the band has released a video for “Doing As I Do,” a…
Haerts Releases Video for Single “Wings”
Haerts is one of those bands currently taking indie-rock by storm. Their debut song “Wings” has received widespread buzz in recent months, and now the song will be officially released as a 7”…
The Pastels Share New Single “Check My Heart”
The Pastels are more like a legacy than a band. Forming in the 80s, the group’s history and status has been murky for the past several years, but in February, the band announced…
Walker Lukens Album Release Show at ND w/ Good Field
Recently relocating from New York to Austin, Walker Lukens has a few EPs and albums under his belt, but his new effort Devoted feels like he’s taking his game to the next level….
New Track: White Prism – “Dance On”
NYC’s White Prism will release a self-titled EP on April 23rd and has shared “Dance On,” a cut from that debut effort. White Prism is the project of Johanna Cranitch, who creates light,…
Album Review: Generationals – Heza
Generationals’ new album Heza is built on crisp production and undulating synths. The album possesses a sort of sheen and sparkle that’s captivating and memorable. Though not quite beachy, Heza does contain a…
Album Review: Telekinesis – Dormarion
The third LP from Telekinesis, Dormarion, embraces varying takes on buoyant indie-pop and manages to simultaneously foray into diverse territories of sound while remaining cohesive. Moving between eighties synth, nineties rock, and acoustic…
Album Review: Caveman – Caveman
Brooklyn quintet Caveman’s self-titled sophomore album, out this week on Fat Possum, is what I would classify as “cold rock.” Some refer to it more condescendingly as “Dad rock” because it borrows its…
New Track: Dark Dark Dark – “What I Needed”
At the center of the new track from Dark Dark Dark are the soulful vocals of Nona Marie Invie. This is a common feature of the lean, nonchalant pop of this indie pop outfit….
Stream: Telekinesis – Dormarion
Michael Benjamin Lerner is the creative force at the center of Telekinesis, and he will soon drop his third full-length. But before Merge Records releases the album next week, you can stream the…
New Colleen Green Track “Heavy Shit,” SXSW Appearances
Previously, Colleen Green shared the upbeat surfy track “Time in the World.” Now, she’s given us another pop gem in “Heavy Shit,” with its distorted guitars and quick synthetic drums. Colleen Green’s Sock…
Album Review: The Little Ones – The Dawn Sang Along
Los Angeles based pop-sextet The Little Ones claims to love the craft of sixties pop and to draw on music of that era, but their second album The Dawn Sang Along clearly has…
