Better Looking Records
This Southern-California-based label isn't just more handsome than you, it also boasts a diverse catalogue of independent rock releases, including albums by The Jealous Sound, Ides Of Space, The And/Ors, and lots more.
The And/Ors
A winning combination of indie rock vets. The And/Ors deliver terrific rock anthems touched by a lot of different influences which glow with the band's passion for solid rock and roll.
Will Self Destruct
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2001
Boilermaker
Yearning emocore that will suit anyone feeling loss and discontent. Boilermaker concocts a curious potion of inquisitive indie punk, featuring full-bodied guitar stylings with sensitive vocals.
Boilermaker
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1998
Leucadia
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2001
Further
The now defunct Further played quintessential lo-fi slacker rock with a sense of humor. Its members went on to catch the country-rock bug, consequently founding Beachwood Sparks and Tyde.
Songs For Cassavetes
The Good Life
Cursive's Tim Kasher has named his side project The Good Life, but the choice of moniker may be a bit ironic, because The Good Life's sound suggests that Kasher's has been anything but. His music is a melancholy blend of confessional coffeehouse singer-songwriter fare and anguished synth-pop.
Holiday Matinee, Volume 2
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2000
Novena to a Nocturn
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2000
Ides Of Space
Just when you start to feel like there aren't any more bands interested in writing good, solid pop songs anymore, Ides of Space comes along and gives you hope. A hint of the shoegazer aesthetic, a hint of college rock, and a whole lot of great hooks. From Sydney, Australia.
There Are No New Clouds
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2001
The Jealous Sound
The members of The Jealous Sound know a thing or two about heartbreak. But their bad luck is our gain, because they've taken these experiences and transformed them into some of the most urgently infectious indie rock you're likely to hear.
The Jealous Sound
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2000
Make Up
The Make Up's smoldering, sexually-charged gospel-flavored garage punk is better, tighter, and more liberated than ever before. Their volcanic, lava-hot pelvis-rock will burn a path through your insides and leave you feeling hollow and all used up.
Save Yourself
Sound Verite
I Want Some
Songs For Cassavetes
Reuben's Accomplice
Phoenix-based Reuben's Accomplice will delight enthusiasts of raggedly melodic emotional indie rock, but they bring a bit more to the table, spiking the punch with a taste of roots-rock Americana.
I Blame The Scenery
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2001
Sleater-Kinney
Sleater-Kinney's celebrated trio of rock and roll cult heroes/goddesses conducts cathartic punk exorcisms (gender hierarchy, political inequality, consumerism) and baptisms (female empowerment, humanity, humor) with unflagging exuberance and passion.
Songs For Cassavetes
All Hands on the Bad One
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2000
One Beat
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2002
Tiara
Columbus quartet Tiara shines bright with clean, meticulously produced indie rock that's rich with melody and dynamics.
Holiday Matinee, Volume 2
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2000
Wheat
Incredibly lovely indie pop, like deep space stripped down to a star or two. Wheat wanders slowly across the spectrum of indie genres, from ambient pop to lo-fi folk to shoegazer, cloaking every song in a bittersweet haze.
Medeiros
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1998
Hope and Adams
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1999
Holiday Matinee, Volume 2
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2000
