Masters of the Hemisphere
Protest a Dark Anniversary (Kindercore). Review by Jason Feifer.
Tag: Indie pop
Tullycraft
Beat, Surf, Fun (Magic Marker). Review by Julio Diaz.
Strobe Talbot
20 Pop Songs (Alternative Tentacles). Review by Vanessa Bormann.
The Mendoza Line
Lost In Revelry (Misra). Review by Daniel L. Mitchell.
All Girl Summer Fun Band
All Girl Summer Fun Band (K). Review by Julio Diaz.
Ashby
Power Ballads (Marina). Review by Ben Varkentine.
Cessna
Finnish indie popsters Cessna explore their Loves, Longings, and Regrets on their newest album for Radio Khartoum, but it took Andrew Muzyk to discover why Kimmo and Sami don’t sing in Finnish and why they compare their music to a kaleidoscope.
Great Lakes
Great Lakes at the Knitting Factory in New York City, NY on October 20, 2000. Concert review by Jason Feifer.
Mazarin
Far from the drone of his better-known band, the Asuza Plain, Quentin Stoltzfus is writing and recording pop gens with his latest project, Mazarin. Daniel Gill spoke with Stoltzfus about classical music, the “pro-sleep” movement, and Umberto Eco.
Red Carpet Ring
One of the most interesting new labels on the indie pop scene is the New Hampshire-based Red Carpet Ring. Randall Stephens talked with label founder Paul Vittum to find out what’s new at the home of such bands as the Princeton Reverbs Colonial, My Place in Space, and Fablefactory.
Perfect Pop
Are you hip to the Norweigian indie-pop scene? Randall Stephens is, and he’ll help you catch up with this profile of the Perfect Pop label.
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