Cloudspeakers

A Sunny Day In Glasgow's Ashes Grammar was the rare album that not only worked most strongly as a whole, but actually flowed seamlessly as one extensive piece of music. The Philadelphia dream pop o... Read more

Ted Leo is very possibly the most likable man in rock music. He's the kind of guy who keeps on playing a show even after the power goes out. He'll play a cover of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs'"Maps" and seg... Read more

Titus Andronicus frontman Patrick Stickles wrote a lengthy screed last fall on the band's blog, recounting the story of how he was (forcibly) denied entry into a Vice-sponsored Halloween party that... Read more

From one album to the next, it becomes increasingly difficult to accurately predict which direction Liars will take, musically, conceptually or otherwise. Having started off as an abrasive post-pun... Read more

In 2008, Portishead made headlines by reuniting and releasing their first new album in 11 years. And they managed to keep fans' attention by releasing something significantly removed from the moody... Read more

"Ooh, you're like the ocean..."Comparing someone or something to the most massive and encompassing part of this planet of ours can be interpreted in almost countless ways. It sounds complimentary, ... Read more

San Francisco's Citay are, on a very basic level, a guitar band. Mastermind Ezra Feinberg, along with co-conspirator and Fucking Champ Tim Green, builds epic sonic worlds and pristine, euphoric mel... Read more

Since releasing their humble debut Sing the Greys in 2007, Frightened Rabbit has seemed primed for bigger things. In particular, that album's standout "Be Less Rude" showed the Scottish band as cap... Read more

In 2010, it's not quite enough to rely on pretty arrangements. Lush, delicate guitar melodies and three-part harmonies are adequately sufficient to move past an indie rock Olympian's qualifying rou... Read more

For 13 years, Sam Coomes and Janet Weiss have continually proven themselves as the hardest rocking, hardest working indie rock duo in the Pacific Northwest. And for at least half that time, the Por... Read more