Fast and furious. That’s how anticipated, and widely-acclaimed, albums from indie rockers have been pouring out of the spout.
The year started off with a bang. Top releases for January spawned enough singles to easily fill up the top ten indie songs playlists. The top ten indie rock songs for January features new and hot singles from Band of Horses; Yard Act; Animal Collective; Beach House; Black Country, New Road; Fontaines DC; The Wombats; Beirut; Broken Social Scene and Metronomy.
And just like that – another month has passed (good, closer to spring!). There were so many additional new singles and tracks from albums that dropped in February that it made it a challenge to pick out just 10.
As a result, the Ten 10 Indie Songs for February 2020 include keeper-singles from Dehd, Spoon, Rolling Blackouts Coastal Fever, Kurt Vile, Foals, Elf Power, Jack White, PUP, Frank Turner, and Big Thief.
Top Ten Indie Rock Songs – February 2022 (YOUTUBE)
Top 10 Indie Rock Songs – February 2022 (SOUNDCLOUD)
In considering the 10th studio album by Spoon, we take a moment to appreciate what kind of an underappreciated milestone that represents.
Among bands that can be considered part of the first- or second-generation American indie rock cohort, there are plenty of heroes (Pavement, Modest Mouse, the White Stripes, Death Cab for Cutie) who either couldn’t keep it together long enough or have seen their output slowed to a crawl.
Lucifer on the Sofa finds Spoon joining the double-digit club (waddup Sonic Youth, Sleater-Kinney, Guided by Voices, Flaming Lips) in full control of the distinct talents and trademarks that have become familiar on the nine previous LPs – this one distinctly more driving and aggressive than predecessor Hot Thoughts, where synths and atmosphere were the ruling order.
The album’s bookended by its two longest songs and two of the more ruminative tracks, leading off with a faithful cover of Smog’s “Held” and closing with the title track that begins by showcasing moody, scene-setting saxophones for a late-night travelogue through Lavaca Street, West Avenue, thoughts about Dale Watson, and an unnamed someone who has left the narrator to deal with remnants that include records, cassette tapes, letters, pictures, and what lead man Britt Daniel paints to be a small fortune in cigarettes.
This week’s quick hits features new singles and videos from Destroyer, String Machine; Destroyer; Partner Look; Spoon; Young Prisms. Coming up: the latest Singles Club; January’s best album drops and fest updates.
Destroyer gets gritty on “Tintoretto, It’s For You”
It’s been a minute since we’ve heard from regarded alt rock songwriter and musician Destroyer, aka Daniel Bejar.
His sizzling new single, “Tintoretto, It’s for You,” is an intoxicating mix of orchestration and synthesizers and crazy drumming.
Destroyer’s new album, Labrinthitis, drops in March.
String Machine reveals anthemic new single
Know Hope Records’ artist String Machine drop the video single, “Touring In January”, ahead of the release of the album Hallelujah Hell Yeah on February 25.
The track is full-blown, anthemic indie baroque pop that is reminiscient of bands like Arcade Fire.
Partner Look drops new jangly single
Melbourne rock band Partner Look will release their new album By the Book on February 4 via Trouble in Mind Records.
You wouldn’t be far-off if you think “Right Here” sounds like a Go-Betweens cover, but this track is an original recording. However, there is clearly a Go-Betweens influence.
Spoon goes western on new video
Spoon is best sticking to the studio – definitely not making westerns of any sort.
But “Wild” is satisfactory as a track – still, a staple Spoon song; nothing really noteworthy. The band’s latest release, Lucifer on the Sofa drops in February.
SF’s Young Prisms drop first new single in a decade
You couldn’t have blamed anyone over the past number of years for thinking that San Francisco shoegazers Young Prisms had disbanded.
But a soaring and sizzling new melodic single, “Honeydew” is providing for an exciting return by the band. It’s the debut single from the band’s first album in a decade.
