indie pop

Within Oakland’s Fox Theater on March 9, the Australian singer and songwriter built a space of respite from the latest atmospheric river that hit the Bay Area.

Armed with a short yet striking setlist, the ever effervescent Wallice, dressed perfectly in pink and a pair of black boots, leapt on stage to kick off a carefree and exuberant night at San Francisco’s Bimbo’s 365 Club on March 7.

With this project, Samia fails to spark the same authenticity as her first record, instead relying on peculiar songwriting imbued with trivial stories and scattered melodies.

While the Nov. 18 release attempts to fuse genres into a succinct image of melancholic dissonance, it instead displays only disjointed mediocrity.

Bollinger built a dulcet dreamscape at San Francisco’s Bottom of the Hill on Oct. 12 for the first show of her Look at it in the Light tour.

Julia Jacklin pores over seemingly scattered past personal threads while tumbling through an impassioned kaleidoscope of present devotion and yearning.

'Parallel Universe Blues' as a whole combines somber lyrics with quick drums and heavy synth guitar, reflecting the sentiment of the album title.

Bell House is the second LP from Kansas City indie pop band Shy Boys, a band self-described as two brothers and three best friends.