Here are the Indie Bands scheduled to perform on late night television for the week of April 27, 2015. Check the Indie On TV Alert page to view previous week’s performances.
Tuesday = Future Islands
Monday = The Ting Tings
Monday = The Wombats
Wednesday = Modest Mouse
Thursday = Blur
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Built To Spill Untethered MoonFresh off the band’s performances at the Coachella Music Festival, the Boise, Idaho natives drop their eighth studio album. “Living Zoo” made the set list both weekends, and it also has a video, watch below.
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The 12th studio album from the British baggy legends finally hits domestic shelves after a January European release. This is the first album by the band since the passing of drummer Jon Brookes, and the follow-up to 2010’s Who We Touch. The Charlatans U.K. rank as one of my Top 10 Bands of all-time, seriously. The video for “Come Home Baby” is right below.
Download Modern Nature here:
The band that inspires all the music played on alt-radio these days is releasing their third studio album. I know what you’re thinking… what about Grouplove and The Lumineers? Well, them too. The first single is “Lifted Up (1985)” enjoy below.
Download Kindred here:
This is the second proper album from the Northampton, Mass. indie rockers. Check out “Raising The Skate” below.
Download Foil Deer here:
If you enjoy Bands On The Come, well here you go. My understanding is that these dudes did a shitty Strokes imitation in a band called Harrows prior to this venture. Your attention please, “Lawman” is provided below.
Download The Early Years here:
Here are the Indie Bands scheduled to perform on late night television for the week of April 20, 2015. Check back throughout the week to watch the performances, or view previous weeks in the Indie On TV Alert page.
Ellen
Monday = The War On Drugs
Ellen exclusive “Under The Pressure” watch here.
Meyers
Monday = Buzzcocks
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The Wombats GlitterbugThis is the third studio album from the Liverpool rockers. It’s their first offering since 2011’s This Modern Glitch. The first single from the new album is called “Your Body Is A Weapon.”
Download Glitterbug here:
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Here are the Indie Bands scheduled to perform on late night television for the week of April 13, 2015. Check back throughout the week to watch the performances, or view previous weeks in the Indie On TV Alert page.
Monday = The War On Drugs
Wednesday = Tame Impala
Thursday = Royal Blood
Thursday = Jenny Lewis
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Drenge UndertowEnglish post-grunge duo Drenge are releasing the second studio album. The two-piece consists of the Lovelace brothers, Eoin and Rory. Sample the video for the tune “We Can Do What We Want” below.
Download Undertow here:
The Los Angeles based indie folksters are releasing their sophomore album. This is the follow-up to their solid debut Lonesome Dreams. The band shared a vid for the album track “Fool For Love” two weeks ago, enjoy below.
Download Strange Trails here:
Chillwave extraordinaire Chaz Bundick returns with his fourth studio album under the Toro Y Moi moniker. I just ranked Toro Y Moi as my #10 must see act at this year’s Coachella Festival. Listen to the tune “Buffalo” below.
Download What For? here:
Waxahatchee is the indie music project for singer-songwriter Katie Crutchfield. This is Ms. Crutchfield’s third studio release, and follows her 2013 effort Cerulean Salt. Please enjoy the audio for “Air.”
Download Ivy Tripp here:
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Here are the Indie Bands scheduled to perform on late night television for the week of April 6, 2015. Check back throughout the week to watch the performances, or view previous weeks in the Indie On TV Alert page.
Monday = St. Vincent
Monday = The Mountain Goats
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Death Cab For Cutie KintsugiBellingham, Washington’s pride and joy, Death Cab For Cutie, return with their eighth studio album. This is Death Cab’s first album since 2011’s Codes and Keys. Founding member Chris Walla was in on the recording of this album, but departed the band soon after. When you first heard the tune “Black Sun,” how many times did you listen to it on repeat? Listen to it one more time below.
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Baltimore, Maryland indie rockers Lower Dens are releasing their third album. This is the follow-up to their solid sophomore effort Nootropics. Lower Dens was the first band that I added to my Coachella 2016 Wish List.
Check out the vid for “To Die In L.A.” below:
Download Escape From Evil here:
Singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist Sufjan Stevens is releasing his seventh studio album. Get ready for Sirius/XMU to play this album like its the new Vampire Weekend. What is it with Sufjan Stevens and Sirius/XMU? I bet its Julia “Cunningham” that puts his music in rotation every hour. The first single is “No Shade In The Shadow Of The Cross,” listen below.
Download Carrie & Lowell here:
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Here are the Indie Bands scheduled to perform on late night television for the week of March 30, 2015. Check back throughout the week to watch the performances, or view previous weeks in the Indie On TV Alert page.
Monday = Mac DeMarco
Fallon
Tuesday = Alt-J
Wednesday = Death Cab For Cutie
Thursday = Beck
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A band that I’ve been keeping an eye on over the last three years is the North London folk-grunge band Wolf Alice. Considered by this blog, and a few other more reputable publications as a Band On The Come, the quartet has only teased us with 2 extended plays and 3 singles since 2012. The world I guess is now worthy enough, as the group announced this week that they finally plan to drop their debut full-length My Love Is Cool on June 22 in the U.K. One can only assume that means June 23 in the States, but I’ve seen no official word on that.
The band has been compared to the likes of Elastica and Hole, and even better, I once saw them described as – Yeah Yeah Yeahs meets The Xx, or something like that. However you want to describe them, I think their music is intriguing (along with their name) and have been wanting more since they first shared the single “Leaving You” back in 2012. Two more singles followed in 2013, “Fluffy” and “Bros,” both of which will be included on the My Love Is Cool LP. More recently, the band shared the EP’s Blush in 2013 and Creature Songs in 2014. As far as the name, it comes from a short story by Angela Carter.
The quartet consisting of Ellie Rowsell, Joel Amey, Joff Oddie and Theo Ellis will be touring North America in the upcoming months, including a stop at Soda Bar in San Diego on Saturday May 16. I will be there, who else is in?
Sample some more Wolf Alice below:
The first single from My Love Is Cool is “Giant Peach”
“Moaning Lisa Smile” is off the Creature Songs EP
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Courtney BarnettThis is the full-length debut from Australian indie sensation Courtney Barnett. It’s the follow-up to 2010’s double EP A Sea Of Split Peas. Look for this album to show up on many of those Best Of 2015 lists when the time comes. In the meantime enjoy “Pedestrian At Best” below:
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The Nashville, Tennessee brothers duo of Jake and Jamin Orrall are releasing their eighth album. Listen to “Coat Check Girl” below:
Download Wasted On The Dream here:
English indie rockers The Cribs are releasing their sixth studio album. There’s a good chance you’ll see the trio show up very soon on my Coachella 2015 Top 40 Bands countdown. Check out the video for “Burning For No One” below:
Download For All My Sisters here:
The Brighton, England sextet are masters of the plunderphonics. This is their fourth studio album and first since 2011’s Rolling Blackouts. Check out the video for the title track below:
Download The Scene Between here:
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Here are the Indie Bands scheduled to perform on late night television for the week of March 23, 2015. Check back throughout the week to watch the performances, or view previous weeks in the Indie On TV Alert page.
Welcome James Corden
Tuesday = Modest Mouse
Tuesday = Saint Motel
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London based indie rock band Bloc Party have finally ended their 20-month hiatus. Frontman Kele Okereke (more on him in a future post) confirmed on Australian radio that the band is working on their fifth studio album and shared a snippet of the track “Exes.”
Mr. Okereke had this to say, “I guess it’s the first time that I have talked about it but we are making a record at the moment. It’s sounding like nothing that we’ve done before but that’s what everyone always says. We’re at the writing/recording phase. We’ve started recording — I think we have about 18 [song] ideas and we’re going to lay them down properly in the next few months.”
The band recently celebrated the 10 year anniversary of the release of their debut album Silent Alarm. The well-received LP was named my #1 Album Of The Decade, and I still stand behind that proclamation. I know, if you wanted to listen to Gang Of Four, you would fucking listen to Gang Of Four, whatever. The incredible 13-song effort is only one of the reasons that Bloc Party is one of my favorite bands to surface over the last ten years.
Revisit “Helicopter” here:
Listen to the masterpiece “Like Eating Glass” here:
Download Silent Alarm here:
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Modest MouseIssaquah, Washington’s pride and joy are releasing their sixth studio album. This is the first LP since the 2007 effort We Were Dead Before The Ship Even Sank. Everything the group has shared so far off this new album is really solid.
I really dig “The Ground Walks, With Time In A Box”
Download Strangers To Ourselves here:
Tobias Jesso Jr. is an indie pianist from Vancouver. Pianist is a funny word, isn’t it? This is the solo debut from the former bassist from the band The Sessions.
If you enjoy pianist, check out “How Could You Babe” below:
Download Goon here:
George Lewis Jr. is the man behind the moniker Twin Shadow. His style is, dare I say, chillwavish. This is Mr. Lewis’ third studio album and the follow-up to 2012’s Confess.
Listen to the single “I’m Ready” below:
Download Eclipse here:
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Here are the Indie Bands scheduled to perform on late night television for the week of March 16, 2015. Check back throughout the week to watch the performances, or view previous weeks in the Indie On TV Alert page.
Tuesday = Modest Mouse
Tuesday = Spoon
Monday = Tobias Jesso Jr.
Thursday = Purity Ring
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