Hippo Campus began generating a potent buzz not long after they released their debut EP, 2014's Bashful Creatures, and since then the group has won a loyal following thanks to frequent touring and their intelligent but tuneful indie pop.
Their strongest and most complete work yet, LP3 is a freshly-inked portrait excavating young adulthood, identity and, more importantly, how that personal identity fits into a larger camaraderie.
Singer songwriter, Julia Holter's production choices and arrangements form a continuum of fretless electric bass pitches in counterpoint with gliding vocal melodies, while glistening Yamaha CS-60 lines entwine warm winds and reeds.
I Became Birds is a dizzying tightrope act, dancing between intimate melodies and gently progressive songwriting flourishes with a dexterity that belies their sonic base of aggressive, throat-shredding emotive hardcore.
Home Is Where make anxiety-riddled but cathartic rock songs about the apocalypse. The whaler-the Palm Coast, Florida quartet's ambitious and exhilarating sophomore full-length-is a concept record about getting used to things getting worse.
Combining the slowed the slowed down indie rock of Codeine and Duster with the melancholy gravitas of Mt. Eerie, Horse Jumper's songwriting is marked by expertly crafted minimalism.
Orange and White Twister Vinyl. Hot Mulligan's sophomore album, Pilot, released in March 2018. Featuring fan-fave track "How Do You Know It's Not Armadillo Shells?" Hot Mulligan is the #1 Hot New Band.
Following the release of their triumphant breakthrough album 'Cartwheel' in 2023 on Third Man Records, which gained widespread critical acclaim from the likes of Pitchfork and Stereogum, NYC's Hotline TNT are back with their best album yet.
The definitive Hovvdy album. Across the 19-track sequence, ranging from expansive celebratory anthems to quiet acoustic meditations, Hovvdy displays deft and catchy pop songcraft with touches of indie folk and southern Americana.
Across the 19 track sequence ranging from expansive celebratory anthems to quiet acoustic meditations, Hovvdy displays deft and catchy pop songcraft with touches of indie folk and southern Americana.