Tag Archives: indie-music

Saul Williams – List of Demands (Reparations)

We’ve written on TSRE about our love of hearing good music in commercials before – rather than a selling-out of indie music, I see it as an improvement in the tolerability of commercials. Plus, it’s a great way… (in post Buy These Tunes: Commercial Music Worth Listening To from The Stu Reid Experiment . Download this at eMusic iTunes )
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Music Review: Keane – Night Train

After a short break of just two years, British indie rock outfit Keane return with an eight-track EP Night Train.  Hailing from East Sussex, Keane are Tom Chaplin, Tim Rice-Oxley and Richard Hughes.  The darlings of the British indie music scene, Keane have experienced phenomenal success both ...
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Sebadoh – License to Confuse

Sebadoh - License to Confuse [mp3] from Bakesale (1994) there is a certain unabashed crassness of 90's indie music that just feeds my soul. when you find a good lo-fi band from that era, you need not worry… (in post Classic Track Thursday from Music Induced Euphoria . Download this at iTunes )
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Vicki St. Elmo – Champion

Include this in your summer movie plans.  SNL’s MacGruber (Will Forte, Ryan Phillippe, Kristen Wiig, and Val Kilmer) will be hitting theatres May 21st and the movie features Kristen Wiig singing an 80’s influenced number about being a winner, (in post MacGruber’s Kristen Wiig sings of a ‘Champion’ from Indie Music Filter . More by this artist at )
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Phantogram – Mouthful of Diamonds (Alan Wilkis Remix)

Alan Wilkis , at it again.  Turning trip-hop into sugar-pop with his instrumentally ADD’d version of Mouthful Of Diamonds by Saratoga Springs duo Josh Carter adn Sarah Barthel (aka Phantogram ).
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Lucky Soul – A Coming Of Age

I am a Lucky Soul fan. Indeed I am. From the first time I heard 'Lips Are Unhappy', I instantly got hooked - all the more with a full listen to their debut album The Great Unwanted .… (in post Lucky Soul from The Indie Music Database
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Common Prayer – Us vs. Them

Starting in spring of 2009 from the english town of Steventon, Jason Sebastian Russo began putting songs together  through half-tuned guitars, myriad scraps of rusty metal and a piano with a knee-high flood watermark into a cow barn… (in post “Us vs Them” by Common Prayer from Indie Music Filter . )
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AAVV – Caribou – Odessa

Who : The Apples In Stereo Title : Travellers in Time and Space Label : Yep Roc /Simian /Elephant 6 Thoughts : In the world of indie music there are few long standing mainstays that can boast the… (in post This Week’s New Releases from Pop Tarts Suck Toasted . )
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Kate Nash – Do-Wah-Doo

Who : The Apples In Stereo Title : Travellers in Time and Space Label : Yep Roc /Simian /Elephant 6 Thoughts : In the world of indie music there are few long standing mainstays that can boast the… (in post This Week’s New Releases from Pop Tarts Suck Toasted . Download this at iTunes )
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Elliott Smith – Waterloo Sunset (Kinks) 4.12.97

Boston indie music and movie lovers, rejoice! There is a hat trick of music-related documentaries next weekend as part of Independent Film Festival Boston . All three screenings are at the Somerville Theatre at 7:30 pm. The italicized… (in post Watch: Music docs at IFF Boston, Apr 23-25 from zed equals zee
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