DIIV's third album (and first since frontman Zachary Cole Smith got out of drug rehab) takes a darker turn with excellent results. "I just didn't want to hear anyone say the word 'beachy' anymore," said Smith.
Indebted to classic kraut, dreamy Creation-records psychedelia, and the primitive-crunch of late-80s Seattle, the band walk a divisive yet perfectly fused patch of classic-underground influence on their debut LP.
The story behind PJ Harvey's tenth album - I Inside the Old Year Dying - goes back six years to the end of touring around her previous record The Hope Six Demolition Project.
Frog in Boiling Water, the band's fourth full-length LP is a collection of snapshots that explores the brutal realities of end-stage capitalism and overwhelming technological advance.
Since it's release in 2009 The Pains of Being Pure at Heart's self-titled debut has attained the status of a modern indiepop classic, and even more crucially a record that continues to have an impact well beyond the indiepop scene.
The Pains of Being Pure At Heart exploded out of the late 00s Brooklyn indie scene with a bright, distinctive sound that paid tribute to everything from C86 to early Slumberland