
Fontaines D.C.
Fontaines D.C. are a Dublin-formed five-piece featuring Grian Chatten (vocals), Carlos O’Connell (guitar), Conor Curley (guitar), Conor Deegan (bass), and Tom Coll (drums...
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Fontaines D.C. are a Dublin-formed five-piece featuring Grian Chatten (vocals), Carlos O’Connell (guitar), Conor Curley (guitar), Conor Deegan (bass), and Tom Coll (drums...

Brooklyn trio wakelee pair indie rock, emo, and alternative rock with lived-in songwriting and big melodic hooks. Their second album, under construction forever , arrives...

Boston indie rock trio Pet Fox pair textured guitars, understated hooks and emotionally detailed songwriting with a restless live-band energy. Featuring members of Ovlov...

Arizona emo and math rock band Celebration Guns pair intricate guitars and shifting rhythms with melodic indie-rock hooks. Their sophomore LP, What Keeps Us Coming Back ...

New York City shoegaze and indie rock band The Still Out pair layered, angular guitars with soaring melodies and post-punk dynamics. Formed by producers Josh Stoddard and...

Boston DIY quartet Gollylagging make fuzz-heavy indie rock shaped by shoegaze, punk, bedroom pop and alt-country, with echoes of Pavement, Dinosaur Jr., Alex G, Swirlies...

Cleveland duo Dogs Run Free pair angular alternative rock with dance-ready punk rhythms, sharp hooks, and an off-kilter melodic streak. Their sound pulls from artists inc...

Wild Pink is a New York indie rock band led by singer-songwriter John Ross. Their sixth album, Still Coming Down , arrives August 21, 2026 via Fire Talk, pairing Ross’ sh...

Columbus, Ohio band Kill Gosling make fuzzy indie punk with the immediacy of Joyce Manor and Superchunk, layering sharp pop hooks with shoegaze texture and elements of se...

Sleep In. are an indie-emo band from Haddon Heights, New Jersey, pairing mathy guitar work and smooth harmonies with the direct pull of alternative rock. Their third full...

London indie rock band Bloc Party pair wiry post-punk guitars with dance-punk momentum and an increasingly expansive electronic edge. Their seventh album, Anatomy of a Br...

Devereux Scales are a five-piece from El Cerrito, California, assembled out of a couple of decades of East Bay band history — Fake French, Passing Lanes, Geisha Boys, and...

Detroit post-punk quartet Protomartyr pair Joe Casey’s sharply observed vocals with tense guitars, heavy rhythmic momentum, and dark humor. Their seventh album, Hotel Uso...

Slow Fiction are a New York City five-piece featuring vocalist Julia Vassallo, guitarists Paul Knepple and Joseph Skimmons, bassist Ryan Duffin, and drummer Akiva Henig...

Recollection began as a collaboration between vocalist Josh Hynes of Rude Awakening and Hammer Bros and guitarist Joshua Long, whose credits include Skinhead, Criminal In...

Minneapolis five-piece she's green make immersive dream pop and shoegaze they describe as “moss music,” pairing Zofia Smith’s airy vocals with shimmering guitars, soft-fo...

Wavves x Say Anything is the collaborative project from Wavves’ Nathan Williams and Say Anything’s Max Bemis. Together they fuse Nathan Williams’ fuzzed out garage-pop in...


The Strokes are a New York City rock band built around Julian Casablancas, Nick Valensi, Albert Hammond Jr., Nikolai Fraiture and Fabrizio Moretti. Their 2001 debut Is Th...

Philadelphia power-pop band Hurry pairs jangly hooks, fuzzed-out guitars, and early-’90s indie rock warmth. Led by Matt Scottoline, the band returns with Zoned Out , out...