Iron & Wine
There are artists who pick up an acoustic guitar and pluck away creating nice singer/songwriter tunes and then there is Sam Beam. This former film professor of Miami writes songs Continue Reading →
Category Archives: Intermediate
The Decemberists
Its story-time, folks. Gather around your chosen device emitting stereo symphonic sound, get comfy and settle in for a fantastical tale. Colin Meloy and the Decemberists are the authors of Continue Reading →
Sufjan Stevens
Listening to the catalog of Sufjan Stevens is like stepping into a completely different world with each new album. This artist is a staple of the indie pop world that Continue Reading →
St. Vincent
Her voice is a soothing, mellow coo set against the instrumental backdrop equivalent to an anxiety attack. It may seem odd that such a strange description of music can be Continue Reading →
Tame Impala
Pull on your bell-bottoms and lace up your platforms, we’re taking a psychedelic trip with Tame Impala. With their debut full-length album, Innerspeaker, released in May of 2010, Kevin Parker, Continue Reading →
Neko Case
With a clean, controlled, vibrato-less voice as smooth as untouched ice, Neko Case guides listeners through her story-like songs. This alt-country songstress (yes, the genre Country just made an appearance Continue Reading →
The xx
With a stark black wardrobe and understated demeanor, it would be easy enough to dismiss The xx as a trio of sullen teens (despite now being in their early twenties). Continue Reading →
Massive Attack
If you combine reverberating, hip-hop bass lines, down-tempo electronica, guest vocalists running the gamut of bird-like songstress to monotone rapper, melodies dripping with funk and soul, orchestral arrangements and the Continue Reading →
The Smiths
For a band that was only active between 1982 and 1987, The Smiths left a lasting impression on the world of Indie and Pop music alike despite only releasing 4 Continue Reading →
The National
This is a band with a distinctive voice at the helm, a killer drummer as an anchor and some finely constructed tunes that can navigate across the line that separates Continue Reading →