SINCE bursting onto the scene in 1989 from Buffalo, New York, Mercury Rev has carved out a legacy as audacious explorers of ...

Even in the dissection of rock music, though, the riff lives on. In the 2000s and 2010s, we experienced the indie boom. Much like the Big Bang, no one really knows where it came from, how it happened, ...

In the years immediately following the grunge and alt-rock movement of the 1990s, a new genre experienced a historical surge in mainstream commercial appeal: indie rock. Not quite heavy but not ...

The 1990s were a great decade for music, particularly in the indie rock and indie pop spaces. With so much good music to crowd the airwaves, it’s only expected that a few killer bands from that ...

Stephen Malkmus of ’90s indie rock gods Pavement is walking the streets of his newly adopted hometown of Chicago, his greying hair sprouting from underneath a trucker cap, making his way to the ...

Nottingham's Rock City in 2012. Picture: Alamy Nirvana took to the Rock City stage in December 1991 in the aftermath of the release of Nevermind and there were queues around the block when David ...

Dean Jackson and the team with guests The Sherlocks and Leddra Chapman. With BBC Upload. with Alyx Holcombe: Dream State Track of the Week New Bambie Thug, BLACKGOLD, Noahfinnce and Welsh band ...

Cast your minds back to 1995. It’s the battle of “Britpop” two of the greatest bands of the time Blur and Oasis are pitted head to head, both releasing singles on the same day. It was Oasis ...

What are the best indie games? The great indie boom triggered ... you can cruise along to a catchy soundtrack of American folk and vintage rock to distract you from the terrors bounding toward ...

Sugar Tongue, a surf-rock band, will headline, joined by 4-piece indie punk rockers Looch, funk rockers Attica, and alt-rock outfit Canino Drive. “ They’ve always been really good to work with and put ...

The Dublin singer changed musical direction this year. But she still wants every song she records to come with its own entire ...

Please verify your email address. Indie games on Xbox Game Pass offer innovative and daring experiences that showcase the passion and hard work of small studios. Celeste, Amnesia: The Bunker ...