As far as I'm concerned, indie rock can be divided into two camps - the butch, swaggering lager-louts who sing about booze and girls, and the arty-farty types who write poetry and read lots of books in between recording albums. Les Savy Fav definitely fall into the latter category.
If you can accept the fact that anything Stephen Malkmus does is going to sound a lot like Pavement, you'll like this record. This time around, it's backing band Jicks who supply the ambiguous blues-y jam rock that serves to showcase Malkmus' ever quirky lyrics.
Okay - time for a confession. I really, really, REALLY liked The Feeling's previous single, I Thought It Was Over. As naff as it is to like them, I thought this song was a big cheesy, camp slice of awesome disco pop. I'll get me coat.
Turn Tail is the third song to come from The Young Knives most recent album Superabundance. The band are well reputed for their frantic punky tunes and geeky lyrics, so I was quite surprised that the band released this track.
Sunderland rockers The Futureheads are on form, it would seem - 'The Beginning Of The Twist' is a pithy slice of northern post-punk at its best.
Fellow Mancunian Doug Walker was a relative unknown before the release of 'The Mystery', his first single - but thanks to some creative stalking of Radio 1 DJ's Chris Moyles and subsequent airplay has found his initial chart success.
I've said it before and I'll say it again. It's a stupid name.
American indie rock set We Are Scientists are in the charts this week with their latest offering; After Hours, from the album 'Brain Thrust Masterey'. With a very radio friendly sound, this is the sort of song you can find yourself humming along to without really meaning.
When I first heard this song I wondered if the title was some sort of ironic statement because the intro went on for effing ages. I was starting to think it was an instrumental.
