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Indie Pop
Performer Mag’s reviews of new pop music and videos.
Grace Joyner – ‘Maybe Sometimes in C’ Album Review and Stream
Many artists tackle the topics of heartbreak, longing and acceptance, but Grace Joyner brings a...
VINYL OF THE MONTH: Twink “Dust Bunny”
VINYL OF THE MONTH Twink Dust Bunny Boston, MA (Disques de Lapin) “One-man toy piano band melts...
MUST WATCH: Valery Gore “Idols in the Dark Heart” Review
Valery Gore is a Canadian goddess of indie pop, and Idols in the Dark Heart just may be her most ambitious record yet. The classically trained singer/songwriter plays around with...
Mirah – “Changing Light” Review & Video
“Lyrical depth combined with haunting melodies” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHRR8PIE9II Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn has been creating incorruptible independent pop music since the late 1990s. Now on...
Tutlie – “Young Cries” Review
“Smart, intricate chamber pop that will challenge your imagination” The emergence of Tutlie, a harmony-heavy chamber-pop/rock band, is marking a wonderful balance to the prolific guitar-heavy output...
Ages and Ages – “Divisionary” Review
“Undeniable power pop tent revival music” Ages and Ages pull off their sound so well that it makes one wonder why more bands aren't playing secular power pop revival songs. There's no arguing that...
The Honey Trees – “Bright Fire” Review
“Introspective dream pop driven by full-bodied layers of strings, percussion and more…” Bright Fire is a hazy, dream pop album driven by carefully paced tempos, intricate harmonies and robust...
Sanders Bohlke – “Ghost Boy” Review Plus Album Stream
Sanders Bohlke's Ghost Boy could not be more appropriately named. Haunting and visceral, this recording was inspired when Bohlke retreated to the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia one winter and...
Lorde – “Pure Heroine” Review
“Shadowy electro-pop landscape meets introspective, hypnotic verses” Could the classic case of an old soul trapped in a sixteen-year-old body give way to a new pop archetype? Evidenced by her debut...
Lissie – “Back to Forever” Review
“Sepia-toned female fronted rock with sweet, alt-country vocal arches” Back to Forever positions Lissie, the Ojai, California-via-Illinois songwriter, within slick golden rhythms, precisely honed...
FIGHTs – “Music For Villains” Review
“Indie-Pop rhumba party” In solving for the slope of Music For Villains, one must use the equation: “rise over fun.” With brisk bass lines on the double drumbeats and magnetic melodies, the album’s...
Mike Isberto – “More in Love” Review
A dazzling effort of songwriting and vocal delivery by a rising California star, Mike Isberto’s More in Love is a collection of love songs and ballads that exercise the theme of facing the world...