Indie Music

Lucas Kavner

The Newest Indie Scene Is Where You Least Expect It

HuffingtonPost.com | Lucas Kavner | Posted 05.31.2012

Read More: Bands in the Woods, Wisconsin, Family Band, Catskills, Microphones, Indie Music Scenes, Bon Iver, Mount Eerie, Indie Bands, Justin Vernon, Indie Scenes, K Records, Phil Elverum, Indie Music, Bowerbirds, Anacortes, Culture News

Plenty of attention has been paid to the "cabin in the woods" component of Bon Iver's success. "Musician down on his luck heads to secluded cabin and ...

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Music Mondays: Playlist For Entire UMS Lineup!

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 05.30.2012

Read More: Denver Music, Spotify Playlist, Denver News, Denver's Best, Denver Music Scene, Huffpost Spotify Playlist, Hip Hop Music, Best of Denver, Music, Denver Around Town, Punk Music, Colorado, Underground Music Showcase, Denver Culture, Rock Music, Music Mondays, Colorado Music Scene, Spotify Playlists, Indie Music, Denver Colorado, Denver Ums, Underground Music Showcase Denver, Denver News

Welcome to Music Mondays (er, Wednesday?) -- our weekly Spotify playlist with the music we're currently obsessing over, locally and beyond. Okay, o...

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Music Mondays: Bands Playing Locally This Week Playlist

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 05.22.2012

Read More: Denver Music, Spotify Playlist, Denver News, Denver's Best, Huffpost Spotify Playlist, Denver Music Scene, Hip Hop Music, Music, Denver Around Town, Punk Music, Colorado, Best of Denver, Rock Music, Music Mondays, Colorado Music Scene, Spotify Playlists, Indie Music, Denver Colorado, Denver News

Welcome to the third installment of "Music Mondays," a weekly Spotify playlist with the music we're currently obsessing over, locally and beyond. F...

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Summer Music Preview: J.Lo, Enrique, Demi & More!

Posted 05.20.2012

Read More: Marc Anthony, Enrique Iglesias, Video, Music Festivals, Jlo, Indie Music, Bomba Estereo, Los Tigres Del Norte, Slideexpand, Latino Music, Latino Voices News

Summer is officially here and that means it's time for some fun in the sun and good music! If you're looking for the hottest concerts and musical ac...

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Music Mondays: Underground Music Showcase Lineup Playlist

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 05.14.2012

Read More: Denver Music, Spotify Playlist, Denver News, Huffpost Spotify Playlist, Denver Music Scene, Hip Hop Music, Music, Colorado, Punk Music, Rock Music, Music Mondays, Colorado Music Scene, Spotify Playlists, Indie Music, Denver Colorado, Denver News

Welcome to the second installment of "Music Mondays," a weekly Spotify playlist with the music we're currently obsessing over, locally and beyond. ...

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Music Mondays: HuffPost Denver's Weekly Spotify Playlist

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Denver Music, Spotify Playlist, Denver News, Huffpost Spotify Playlist, Denver Music Scene, Hip Hop Music, Music, Punk Music, Colorado, Rock Music, Music Mondays, Colorado Music Scene, Indie Music, Spotify Playlists, Denver Colorado, Denver News

Welcome to the first installment of "Music Mondays," a weekly Spotify playlist with the music we're currently obsessing over, locally and beyond. ...

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Ascend at the Dead End: The Kaleidoscopic Sounds of Greenpot Bluepot

Daniel J. Kushner | Posted 04.25.2012

Read More: Siouxsie and the Banshees, Indie Music, Drone Music, Metal Postcard, Ascend at the Dead End, Natalie LeBrecht, Matt Marinelli, Greenpot Bluepot, Avey Tare, Video, Culture News
Daniel J. Kushner

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Coachella: Beautiful Music, Not Enough Bandwidth

Marc Ruxin | Posted 04.23.2012

Read More: Coachella, Indie Music, Coachella 2012, Music Festivals, Coachella Music Festival, Music, Arts News
Marc Ruxin

It is easy to forget how many people love the music you love until you stand in tents and around stages with thousands of people wearing the same immensely satisfied smile on their faces as they are transcended at least for a moment into a completely different place.

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The Worst Coachella Style Guide

Annie Stamell | Posted 04.12.2012

Read More: Music Festivals, Indio, Coachella Style 2012, Coachella Style Guide, Coachella Music Festival, Style Guide, Coachella 2012, Coachella Fashion, J. Crew, Neon Clothes, Pop Culture, Music Fests in California, Coachella Indio, Los Angeles, Fashion Trends, Coachella, Palm Springs, Stamos, Indie Style, American Apparel, Hipster Fashion, Indie Music, Comedy News
Annie Stamell

If you want to meet your future spouse in a pair of acid-washed overall shorts and a neon orange tank top and moccasins and a Banksy tattoo on their wrist, then you are in luck! This is the place for you!

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LISTEN: Our Favorite Colo. Bands On Spotify Playlist!

The Huffington Post | Matt Ferner | Posted 04.11.2012

Read More: Colorado Bands, Best Colorado Bands, Denver News, Best Denver Bands, Denver Bands, Electronic Music, Denver Music Scene, Colorado Music Scene, Indie Music, Folk Music, Spotify Playlists, Hip Hop Music, Denver Colorado, Denver Indie Music, Colorado, Denver News

Denver, and Colorado at-large, has one of the most vibrant and rich music scenes in the country. As a way to celebrate a tiny fraction of the local mu...

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Jay Brannan Returns With Rob Me Blind

Louis Peitzman | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Singer-Songwriter, Shortbus, Indie Music, Lana Del Rey, Folk Music, Jay Brannan, Music, Indie Folk, Interview, Jay Brannan Album, Culture News
Louis Peitzman

Jay Brannan's latest album, Rob Me Blind, is a labor of love that reflects his growth as an artist, and his desire to take new chances. I chatted with Jay about his new music, his live shows and the undeniable pleasures of Lana Del Rey.

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The Trouble With "Content Farming," Courtesy of Bradford Cox

Maria Pulcinella Murray | Posted 05.28.2012

Read More: Deerhunter Concert, Content Farms, Indie Music, Bradford Cox, Bradford Cox Performance, Atlas Sound, Bradford Cox Quotes, Atlas Sound Concert, Bradford Cox My Sharona, My Sharona Cover, Deerhunter, Video, College News
Maria Pulcinella Murray

This isn't a new argument -- music journalists are quick to pick up concert buzz, and YouTube videos saturate the Internet with unneeded content -- but the extent to which we suck the live experience dry is notable.

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Daniel Bedingfield Performs New Single "Don't Write Me Off" Live on What's Trending

Shira Lazar | Posted 05.26.2012

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Shira Lazar

Daniel Bedingfield is back! The British singer-songwriter, who also happens to be Natasha Bedingfield's brother (music runs in the family), has ditched the labels and crowd sourced funding from his fans for his new album.

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The Soft Hills' The Bird Is Coming Down To Earth: Songs of Innocence and Experience

Daniel J. Kushner | Posted 04.18.2012

Read More: Robin Pecknold, Garrett Hobba, Fleet Foxes, Brittan Drake, Randall Skrasek, The Soft Hills, The Bird Is Coming Down to Earth, Indie Music, Tapete Records, Brett Massa, The Soft Hills Review, Video, Culture News
Daniel J. Kushner

On the surface, The Soft Hills is a group both blessed and cursed by the artistic milieu it occupies, and irrevocably so. The similarities to fellow Seattle folkies Fleet Foxes, for example, are unmistakable.

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The Civil Wars: Fighting the Indie Music Battle and Winning

Taryn Haight | Posted 03.26.2012

Read More: Sundance Film Festival, Indie Music, The Civil Wars, Grammys, Sundance 2012, Sundance, Country Music, Grammys 2012, Sundance Concerts, Barton Hollow, Interview With the Civil Wars, The Civil Wars Interview, Entertainment News
Taryn Haight

The past year has been quite the journey for Joy Williams and John Paul White -- a pair that only connected a few short years ago, during a music writing job in 2008.

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T-Mobile and Google Music Launch "Magnified Artists" Music Store at Sundance

Taryn Haight | Posted 03.24.2012

Read More: Google, Indie Artists, T-Mobile, Chancellor Warhol, Google Music, Taryn Haight, Bandcamp, Sundance Music, The Whigs, Vintage Trouble, Fort Lean, Music, Sundance Concerts, Sundance Film Festival, Itunes, Indie Music, The Civil Wars, Sundance Live Music, Bad Rabbits, Tao, Sundance 2012, G-Side, Sundance, Feather and Belle, Technology News
Taryn Haight

The concept is perhaps the biggest leap yet in this still hot and malleable direct-to-fan era of music vending -- and the process is quite simple once you remove the middleman.

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Support Your Favorite Indie Bands!

Jessica Norton | Posted 03.10.2012

Read More: The Maine, Indie Music, Jonas Brothers, Honor-Society, Honor Society a Tale of Risky Business, Music Downloads, Video, High School News
Jessica Norton

The Maine and Honor Society are just two of many bands that have worked their way to prosper in the music industry. Support your favorite artists by purchasing their full-lengths albums.

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From Chicago, Music in the Key of Life

Gail Vida Hamburg | Posted 02.02.2012

Read More: Rwanda Genocide, Women's Rights, Politics, Human Rights, Rape, Violence Against Women, Africa, Progressive Music, Activist Music, Indie Music, Music, Congo, Social Consiousness, Indie Rock, Clara May Band, Chicago News
Gail Vida Hamburg

Lullaby is in a larger sense an aria for the brave women of Congo, Rwanda and elsewhere who have experienced sexual violence, and who have risen out of the ashes like phoenix.

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Do We Care About The Lyrics Anymore?

Lucas Kavner | Posted 01.28.2012

Read More: Modern Music, Indie Music, Rock Music, Kanye West, Bob Dylan, Lyrics, Bon Iver, The National, Pitchfork, Springsteen, Real Estate, Deerhunter, Grizzly Bear, Andrew Bird, Bon Iver New Album, Bon Iver Lyrics, Culture News
Lucas Kavner

Music, in general, might be missing its lyrical heroes. Who are our real poets in 2011? With Occupy Wall Street and the recession and the slipping middle class, it seems like the right time for a new icon to emerge. One that speaks more directly to us, without hiding.

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Kia Makarechi

Little Dragon's Top 10 Songs Of The Moment

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 11.28.2011

Read More: Little Dragon, Ritual Union, Video, Little Dragon Band, Swedish House Mafia, Little Dragon Interview, Indie Music, Yukimi Nagano, Swedish Music, The Hives, Huffpost Playlist, Lykke Li, Miike Snow, Culture News

"I don't care if people have only heard the recent music," Yukimi Nagano told The Huffington Post when asked what it's like to see your 10-year-old ba...

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A-Sides with Jon Chattman: Rachael Yamagata, Madi Diaz, and Music You Can Feel

Jon Chattman | Posted 12.19.2011

Read More: Madi Diaz, Live Music, Rachael Yamagata, Indie Music, Madi Diaz Video, Rachael Yamagata Video, Entertainment News
Jon Chattman

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20 Questions With Lizzie Huffman

The Huffington Post | By Matt Ferner | Posted 01.30.2012

Read More: Video, Lizzie Huffman, Denver Indie Music Scene, Denver News, My Denver Huffpost, Mydenver, Denver Music Scene, Indie Music, Denver Colorado, My Denver, Rising Denver Musicians, Denver News

Who are you: Lizzie Huffman - Guitars and Vocals Phillip Peterson - Producer, Strings, Percussion, etc. Years In Denver: Just hit six months tod...

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After Aesthetics: Gabriel Kahane's Where Are The Arms

Daniel J. Kushner | Posted 11.12.2011

Read More: Where Are the Arms, Indie Music, Gabriel Kahane, Pop Music, Alternative Art Song, Art Song, Arts News
Daniel J. Kushner

On September 13, the composer/singer-songwriter Gabriel Kahane unleashes what is typically considered one of the trickiest of musical creatures -- the sophomore album.

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Audio Outliers: Rediscovering Recent Gems in Experimental Music

Daniel J. Kushner | Posted 11.06.2011

Read More: Seth Faergolzia, Indie Music, Mica Levi, Micachu and the Shapes, Experimental Music, London Sinfonietta, Dufus, Chopped and Screwed, Eth, Arts News
Daniel J. Kushner

The Autumn influx of new albums is nearly upon us, and I'm not quite ready. I'm still thinking about two on-the-margin releases from the previous 12 months that made me listen differently while revealing something significant about how the artists approach sound.

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Kia Makarechi

Zach Condon Of Beirut Talks The Rip Tide

HuffingtonPost.com | Kia Makarechi | Posted 10.30.2011

Read More: Beirut the Rip Tide, Beirut, Beirut Band, Arcade Fire, Video, Music Festivals, Bands, Indie Music, The Rip Tide, Zach Condon, Music, Outside Lands, Culture News

Zach Condon shattered his wrist as a young child, and says he can't play guitar for more than a few minutes without feeling pain. "At a young age, my ...

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