Suburban Light by The Clientele (2000) Essential tracks: “Reflections After Jane” & “We Could Walk Together” “Even as the Clientele‘s hazy, soft-focus indie pop suggests the influence of virtually every musical ancestor worth acknowledging, the band’s pastoral beauty nevertheless conjures a dreamscape entirely its own; fusing the heady otherness of psychedelia with the gentle caress of…
Six Underrated Albums of 2015
Other Lives, Rituals Stillwater, Oklahoma-based atmospheric indie rockers invoke names like Alt-J, Fleet Foxes, and early Radiohead. Ultimate Painting, Green Lanes Formed by James of Veronica Falls and Jack of Mazes, this duo crafts simple and true ’60s and ’70s-inspired guitar pop. Ryley Walker, Primrose Green An accomplished fingerstyle guitarist/songwriter whose music bridges…